Robert Otto Wittke Jr. (born September 23, 1957) is an accountant and Republican politician. He is a member of the

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for the 62nd district, representing the northern half of

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Biography

Born in

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, to Robert Wittke Sr. and Margaret Wittke ''née'' Jankowski, Wittke graduated from

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in 1975 and received a B.A. in accounting from the

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in 1980. He worked as a tax accountant for Modine Manufacturing in Racine from 1980 to 1986, then at Snap-on Inc. in Kenosha from 1988 to 1994. He then worked for

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in their tax consultancy from 1994 to 2002. Since 2012, he has been employed by CORPTAX, a tax

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company based in Deerfield, Illinois. Wittke resides in

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, he is married and has four children.

Political career

Wittke first ran for Racine Unified School Board in 2013, placing fourth in a top-three

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election. In 2015, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a law requiring Racine Unified School Board seats to be assigned to geographic districts, rather than elected at-large. Wittke ran for the newly drawn ninth district in the 2016 school board elections. He was elected in April 2016, defeating retiree Kurt Squire. A year later, in April 2017, Wittke was elected School Board President. In April 2018, Tom Weatherston announced that he would not seek re-election to a fourth term representing the 62nd district in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Wittke announced his candidacy for the seat the next day. He defeated

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in the Republican Primary, and went on to defeat former State Senator John Lehman in the 2018 general election. Wittke announced that he would not seek re-election to the Racine School Board in 2019.

Electoral history

Racine School Board (2013, 2016)

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Wisconsin Assembly (2018–present)

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References

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