Mark Spreitzer
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 15th district
Assumed office
January 2, 2023
Preceded byJanis Ringhand
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 45th district
In office
January 3, 2015  January 2, 2023
Preceded byJanis Ringhand
Succeeded byClinton Anderson
Personal details
Born (1986-12-16) December 16, 1986
Political partyDemocratic
SpousePhilip Gorman
Residence(s)Beloit, Wisconsin, U.S.
EducationBeloit College (BA)
WebsiteOfficial

Mark Spreitzer (born December 16, 1986) is an American Democratic politician from Beloit, Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Wisconsin's 15th State Senate district since January 2023. Spreitzer represented the 45th Assembly district in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2015 to 2023.

Education

Spreitzer received his bachelor's degree in political science from Beloit College.

Career

After graduating from college, Spreitzer worked as the assistant director of alumni and parent relations and annual support at Beloit College. He also served on the Beloit City Council from 2011 to 2015, including as City Council President from 2014 to 2015.

On November 4, 2014, Spreitzer was elected to his first term in the Wisconsin State Assembly[1] to succeed Janis Ringhand. He was reelected in 2016. A Democrat,[2] Spreitzer served on eight committees during the 2015–16 legislative session: Jobs and the Economy, Mining and Rural Development, Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Public Benefit Reform, Workforce Development, Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules, Speaker's Taskforce on Youth Workforce Readiness, and the Legislative Council Study Committee on Rural Broadband.

Personal life

Spreitzer is openly gay.[3] He is one of three openly LGBT members of the Wisconsin State Legislature, alongside Senator Tim Carpenter and Representative Todd D. Novak.

References

  1. WI Uncontested Archived 2014-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Votesmart.org.-Mark Spreitzer
  3. "Pride at the polls: LGBT candidates win". Wisconsin Gazette. November 13, 2014. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014.
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