Mark Spreitzer | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 15th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Janis Ringhand |
| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 45th district | |
| In office January 3,2015 –January 3,2023 | |
| Preceded by | Janis Ringhand |
| Succeeded by | Clinton Anderson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 16,1986 Chicago,Illinois,U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Philip Gorman |
| Residence(s) | Beloit,Wisconsin,U.S. |
| Education | Beloit College (BA) |
| Website | Official website |
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 Senate district since 2023. He previously served four terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly,from 2015 to 2023,and before that was a member of the Beloit City Council.
Mark Spreitzer was born in Chicago,Illinois,in 1986. He was raised and educated in Chicago,graduating from Northside College Preparatory High School in 2005. He attended Beloit College,in Beloit,Wisconsin,and decided to remain there after earning his bachelor's degree in 2009. [1]
After graduating from college,Spreitzer worked as the assistant director of alumni and parent relations and annual support at Beloit College.
During and after college,Spreitzer became active in politics with the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. He volunteered for the U.S. House campaigns of Tammy Baldwin,the 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama,and the 2010 U.S. Senate campaign of Russ Feingold. [2]
In 2011,Spreitzer ran for a seat on the Beloit city council. Beloit's city council elected its members in at-large multi-winner elections. In 2011,seven candidates were seeking three seats on the city council,with two incumbents running for re-election. [3] [4] Spreitzer was ultimately one of two new candidates to win a seat on the council,and served until 2015,serving as council president for the 2014–2015 term. [1]
In the fall of 2013,state senator Timothy Cullen announced his retirement from politics;his resignation prompted state representative Janis Ringhand to announce her candidacy to succeed him,creating an open seat in the 45th Assembly district. In early December 2013,Spreitzer announced that he would run to succeed her in the Wisconsin State Assembly. [5]
On November 4,2014,Spreitzer was elected to his first term in the Wisconsin State Assembly [6] to succeed Janis Ringhand. He was reelected in 2016.
Spreitzer is openly gay. [7] He is one of several openly LGBTQ members of the Wisconsin State Legislature.
| Year | Election | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Primary [8] | Aug. 12 | Mark Spreitzer | Democratic | 1,993 | 54.07% | Sheila De Forest | Dem. | 1,691 | 45.88% | 3,686 | 302 |
| General [9] | Nov. 4 | Mark Spreitzer | Democratic | 12,856 | 99.02% | --unopposed-- | 12,983 | |||||
| 2016 | General [10] | Nov. 8 | Mark Spreitzer (inc) | Democratic | 17,867 | 98.00% | 18,231 | |||||
| 2018 | General [11] | Nov. 7 | Mark Spreitzer (inc) | Democratic | 14,198 | 79.10% | Reese Wood | Lib. | 3,496 | 19.48% | 17,950 | 10,702 |
| 2020 | General [12] | Nov. 3 | Mark Spreitzer (inc) | Democratic | 14,451 | 54.80% | Tawny Gustina | Rep. | 11,895 | 45.11% | 26,370 | 2,556 |
| Year | Election | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | General [13] | Nov. 8 | Mark Spreitzer | Democratic | 46,192 | 61.38% | Mark Trofimchuck | Rep. | 29,006 | 38.54% | 75,260 | 17,186 |