Robert Brooks | |
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Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 60th district | |
Assumed office January 5, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Duey Stroebel |
Chairman of the Ozaukee County,Wisconsin,Board of Supervisors | |
In office April 2004 –April 2013 | |
Preceded by | Gustav W. Wirth Jr. |
Succeeded by | Lee Schlenvogt |
Personal details | |
Born | Rockford,Illinois,U.S. | July 13,1965
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Dawn |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Saukville,Wisconsin |
Education | University of Wisconsin–La Crosse |
Website | |
Robert Brooks (born July 13, 1965) is an American businessman and Republican politician from Saukville, Wisconsin. He is state representative for the 60th district of the Wisconsin State Assembly, since January 2015. [1]
Born in Rockford, Illinois, Brooks moved with his parents to Wisconsin and graduated from Parkview High School in Orfordville, Wisconsin. He went on to attend the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, but did not graduate. He went to work in the real estate business, and owned a number of restaurants, taverns, and rental properties. Since 1996, he has managed his real estate through Brooks Investment Group LLC. [2]
From 2002 through 2014, Brooks was an elected member of the Ozaukee County Board of Supervisors; he was chairman from 2004 through 2013. While serving on the county board, he was a commissioner on the South Eastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission and was a member of the board of directors of the Wisconsin Mutual Insurance Company. [3]
In 2014, incumbent State Representative Duey Stroebel announced he would run for United States House of Representatives rather than seek another term in the Assembly. Brooks jumped into the race for the open seat in the Wisconsin State Assembly. In the Republican primary, he defeated Jean Opitz, the wife of former State Representative David W. Opitz. He was unopposed in the general election, and went on to begin his term in January 2015. [4] He went on to win reelection in 2016 by a wide margin, with only an independent opponent.
In the 2017–2018 session of the Assembly, Brooks was elected by his caucus as the assistant majority leader. However, he ran into problems in 2018 when the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Brooks had made "sexual comments to two female state lawmakers and a racial remark to a Latina legislator". [5] Brooks attributed the comments to the influence of alcohol, apologized, and resigned his leadership position in the assembly. [6] Republican Governor Scott Walker, in the middle of his own reelection campaign, called for Brooks to resign from the Assembly. [7] [8] Despite the pressure from inside his own party, Brooks resisted calls to resign and was reelected in the 2018 general election. [9]
He faced his first primary challenge as an incumbent in 2020, but Brooks prevailed again, taking 75% of the Republican primary vote. He was again unopposed in the 2020 general election. [10]
Year | Election | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
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2014 | Primary [11] | August 12 | Robert Brooks | Republican | 4,791 | 58.03% | Jean F. Opitz | Republican | 3,457 | 41.87% | 8,256 | 1,334 |
General [12] | November 4 | Robert Brooks | Republican | 24,066 | 98.93% | Perry Duman (write-in) | Dem. | 5 | 0.02% | 24,326 | 23,811 | |
2016 | General [13] | November 8 | Robert Brooks (inc.) | Republican | 23,806 | 74.87% | David Pelikan | Ind. | 7,895 | 24.83% | 31,798 | 15,911 |
2018 | General [9] | November 8 | Robert Brooks (inc.) | Republican | 20,702 | 64.86% | Chris Rahlf | Dem. | 11,182 | 35.03% | 31,920 | 9,520 |
2020 | Primary [14] | August 11 | Robert Brooks (inc.) | Republican | 6,958 | 75.99% | Chris Reimer | Rep. | 2,198 | 24.01% | 9,156 | 4,760 |
General [10] | November 3 | Robert Brooks (inc.) | Republican | 28,853 | 96.77% | 29,817 | 27,889 |
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