2020 CANDIDATE PROFILES W ISCO NSIN ASSEMBL Y REPU BLICANS CANDIDATE RECEPTION Monday, June 1 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Paid for by the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE PROFILES WISCONSIN’S 1ST ASSEMBLY DISTRICT Joel Kitchens PERSONAL COMMITTEE 62; Married to Sherry; 3 Kids: Rebecca, Caroline, and Will; 1 Grandkid Kitchens for Assembly EDUCATION TREASURER Ballard High School Joel Kitchens Ohio State University, BS, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine CAMPAIGN ADDRESS PROFESSIONAL 1117 Cove Road, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Elected to the Assembly in 2014; Large Animal Veterinarian CONTACT INFO CIVIC [email protected] (920) 857-6434 Sturgeon Bay Board of Education (13 years as President); Sturgeon Bay Moravian joelkitchens.com Church; Member, Rotary Club LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP Chair, Committee on Environment; Vice-Chair, Committee on Education; Committee on Agriculture; Committee on Financial Institutions; Committee on Tourism; Speaker’s NOVEMBER2018 RESULTS Task Force on Water Quality. No Opponent DISTRICT Towns: Eaton, Green Bay, Humboldt, Scott, Baileys, Brussels, Clay Banks, Egg Harbor, Forestville, Gardner, Gibraltar, Jacksonsport, Liberty Grove, Nasewaupee, Sevastopol, Sturgeon Bay, Union, Washington, Ahnapee, Carlton, Casco, Franklin, Lincoln, Two Creeks, Luxemburg, Montpelier, Pierce, Red River, West Kewaunee, Baileys Harbor Villages: Egg Harbor, Ephraim, Forestville, Sister Bay, Casco, Luxemburg Cities: Green Bay, Sturgeon Bay, Algoma, Kewaunee ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE PROFILES WISCONSIN’S 2ND ASSEMBLY DISTRICT Shae Sortwell PERSONAL COMMITTEE 34; Married to Krista; 5 Kids: Tyler, Erin, Maximus, Felicity, and Hope Taxpayers for Shae Sortwell EDUCATION TREASURER University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, BA in Public Administration #omas Wickham Schmidt CAMPAIGN ADDRESS PROFESSIONAL 13219 County Road Q, Two Rivers, Elected to the Assembly in 2018; US Army Veteran, Sgt for 9 Years; Operator, Aldrich WI 54241 Chemical Company for 5 Years; Former Supervisor, Town of Gibson CONTACT INFO CIVIC [email protected] (920) 366-4398 Former County Chair WRTL; County Captain Rick Santorum 2012; 2010 Chad votesortwell.com Weininger for Assembly; 2008 McCain for President (via Lincoln Strategy Group); 2006 Gard for Congress Field Sta!; 2004 RNC campus coordinator UWGB LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP NOVEMBER 2018 RESULTS Vice-Chair, Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety; Committee on Campaign and Elections, Committee on Energy and Utilities, Committee on Public Bene"t Sortwell: 55% Reform, Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform. Opponent: 37% DISTRICT Towns: Copperstown, Franklin, Gibson, Kossuth, Mishicot, Two Rivers, Holland, Lawrence, Ledgeview, Morrison, New Denmark, Rockland, Wrightstown Villages: Francis Creek, Kellnersville, Maribel, Mishicot, Denmark, Wrightstown Cities: Two Rivers, De Pere ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE PROFILES WISCONSIN’S 3RD ASSEMBLY DISTRICT Ron Tusler PERSONAL COMMITTEE 36; Married to Devon: 2 Kids Friends of Ron Tusler EDUCATION TREASURER University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Major in Urban Education and History, Minor in Gordon Bubolz Political Science CAMPAIGN ADDRESS PROFESSIONAL 207 W. College Avenue, Appleton, WI 54911 Elected to the Assembly in 2016; Local attorney and owner of Tusler Law, SC CONTACT INFO CIVIC [email protected] (920) 749-0400 Current Member and Former Chairman, President and Treasurer of the Appleton Area rontuslerforassembly.com Jaycees; 2012 Jaycee of the Year; Former Chairman, Outagamie County Republican Party; Former Chairman, Appleton Fireworks Committee LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP Chair, Committee on Campaigns and Elections; Committee on Education; Committee NOVEMBER 2018 RESULTS on Environment; Committee on Insurance; Committee on International A!airs and Commerce; Committee on Judiciary; Committee on Sporting Heritage; Committee on Tusler: 57% Forestry, Parks and Outdoor Recreation; Speaker’s Task Force on Adoption. Opponent: 43% DISTRICT Towns: Brillion, Harrison, Stockbridge, Woodville, Buchanan Villages: Harrison, Sherwood, Stockbridge, Combined Locks, Harrison, Kimberly, Little Chute Cities: Appleton, Brillion, Kaukauna, Menasha ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE PROFILES WISCONSIN’S 4TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT David Ste!en PERSONAL COMMITTEE 48; Married Ste!en for Wisconsin EDUCATION TREASURER Ashwaubenon High School, Graduate Dan Deppler University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A. in Political Science CAMPAIGN ADDRESS PROFESSIONAL 715 Olive Tree Ct, Green Bay, WI 54313 Elected to the Assembly in 2014; Owner of two in-district businesses CONTACT INFO CIVIC [email protected] (920) 246-0102 Advisory Board Member, McPherson Eye Research Institute; Former Brown County ste!en4wisconsin.com Supervisor; Former Village of Howard Trustee; Chairman of Brown County Republican Party (2006); Founder, Howard Small Business Partnership; President; Ashwaubenon Business Association; President, Prevent Blindness, NE Wisconsin Chapter; Former Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce Chairman NOVEMBER 2018 RESULTS LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP Ste!en: 55% Chair, Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight; Vice-Chair, Committee on Energy and Utilities; Opponent: 45% Committee on Insurance; Committee on Local Government; Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety DISTRICT Villages: Allouez, Ashwaubenon, Howard Cities: De Pere, Green Bay ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE PROFILES WISCONSIN’S 5TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT Jim Steineke PERSONAL COMMITTEE 49; Married to Heather; 3 Kids: Carter, Sawyer, Kassidy Steineke for Assembly EDUCATION TREASURER Attended University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Heather Steineke PROFESSIONAL CAMPAIGN ADDRESS N2352 Vandenbroek Rd. Kaukauna, Elected to the Assembly in 2010; Realtor and Past Appointee to the Wisconsin Realtor’s WI 54130 Association Public Policy Committee CONTACT INFO CIVIC [email protected] (920) 427-2477 Founder, Fox Valley Initiative; Former Chairman, Town of Vandenbroek; Supervisor, jimsteineke.com Town of Vandenbroek (2005-07); Former Supervisor, Outagamie County Board LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP Majority Leader; Chair, Committee on Rules; Vice-Chair, Committee on Assembly Organization; Vice-Chair, Committee on Employment Relations; Vice-Chair, Joint NOVEMBER 2018 RESULTS Committee on Employment Relations; Joint Committee on Legislative Organization; Joint Legislative Council Steineke: 61% Opponent: 39% DISTRICT Towns: Black Creek, Center, Cicero, Ellington, Freedom, Kaukauna, Oneida, Osborn, Seymour, Vandenbroek Villages: Hobart, Howard, Black Creek, Little Chute, Nichols Cities: Kaukauna, Seymour ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE PROFILES WISCONSIN’S 6TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT Gary Tauchen PERSONAL COMMITTEE 66; Single Friends of Gary Tauchen EDUCATION TREASURER Bonduel High School, Graduate Marlys Tauchen University of Wisconsin- River Falls, BS in Animal Science CAMPAIGN ADDRESS PROFESSIONAL N3397 S Broadway Rd. Bonduel, WI 54107 Elected to the Assembly in 2006. Dairy Farmer; Co-Owner of Tauchen Harmony Valley, Inc.; Former Director, Badger AgVest; Director, Rural Health Initiative; Former Director, Shawano County Farm Bureau; Former Director, Shawano County Dairy Promotions CONTACT INFO [email protected] (715) 758-6181 CIVIC garytauchen.com Former Director, National Dairy Herd Improvement Association; Former Director, Shawano County Holstein Association; Founding Board Member, Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin, Cooperative Resources International, and Wisconsin Livestock Identi"cation Consortium; Former Chair, UW Center for Dairy Pro"tability; Former Chair, AgSource Cooperative Services; Former Director, M&I Bank - Shawano; Member, Shawano Area Chamber of Commerce; Member, Shawano Rotary Club; NOVEMBER 2018 RESULTS Member, Brown, Outagamie, Shawano and Waupaca County Republican Parties Tauchen: 62% LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP Opponent: 32% Chair, Committee on Agriculture; Vice-Chair, Committee on State A!airs; Committee on Energy and Utilities; Committee on Family Law; Committee on International A!airs and Commerce; Committee on Tourism DISTRICT Towns: Pitts"eld, Bovina, Deer Creek, Hortonia, Liberty, Maine, Maple Creek, Angelica, Bartelme, Belle Plaine, Fairbanks, Germania, Grant, Hartland, Herman, Lessor, Maple Grove, Morris, Navarino, Pella, Red Springs, Richmond, Senexa, Waukechon, Wescott, Wittenberg, Bear Creek, Lebanon, Matteson Villages: Pulaski, Bear Creek, Hortonville, Shiocton, Bonduel, Gresham, Tigerton, Wittenberg, Embarrass Cities: Shawno, Clintonville ASSEMBLY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE PROFILES WISCONSIN’S 8TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT Ruben Velez PERSONAL COMMITTEE 29; Single Velez for Wisconsin TREASURER EDUCATION Ruben Velez Milwaukee School of Engineering, Agriculture Engineering CAMPAIGN ADDRESS 1670 S 11th St., Apt.416, Milwaukee, WI 53204 PROFESSIONAL 2020-Present: Shepard Home Builders - General Manager CONTACT INFO 2020-Present: Sheaprd Trucking - Operations Manager 2016-2019: Germantown Iron & Steel - Engineering Project Manager (414) 748-1775 2014-2016: Shepard Logistics LLC - General Manager [email protected] 2014-2015: Wireless Empire LLC - Owner/Operator 2013-2014: Snacks R Us Distributing LLC - Operations Manager velezforwisconsin.com 2013-2013: Cell U Call LLC - Store Manager 2013-2013: Fashions A & M - Store Manager 2009-2013: United States Marine Corps - Combat Engineer 2007-2008: LA Fitness - Sales Membership Lead CIVIC Founder and President, Shield22; Non-Pro"t Organization Program Coordinator/ Instructor,