Janet Bewley (Wisconsin politician)

Janet Bewley

Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 25th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2015
Preceded by	Robert Jauch
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 74th district
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015
Preceded by	Gary Sherman
Succeeded by	Beth Meyers
Personal details
Born	(1951-11-10) November 10, 1951 Cleveland, Ohio
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	David Saetre
Children	3
Alma mater	Case Western Reserve University, University of Maine
Profession	Politician
Religion	Christian
Website	Official website

Janet Bewley (born November 10, 1951) is an Ashland, Wisconsin politician and legislator.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Bewley graduated from Case Western Reserve University. She was the first member of her family to graduate from college, and went on to earn a Master's in Academic Administration from the University of Maine in 1977. She was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2010, replacing Gary Sherman (who did not seek re-election). Before being elected to the Assembly, she served on the city council of Ashland. She is also a former Community Relations Officer for the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA).^[1]^[2]

On December 16, 2013 Bewley announced her intention to run for the Wisconsin Senate, District 25, to replace retiring Senator Robert Jauch, also a Democrat.^[3] She won the primary election with 72% of the vote, and will be opposed by Republican Dane Deutsch (Jauch's 2010 opponent) in the November general election.^[4] Her old seat will be contested by Democrat Beth Meyers and Republican Jamey Francis in the November 2014 general election.^[5] On November 4, 2014, Bewley was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate.^[6]

External links

Notes

↑ Meet Janet - Janet Bewley for Assembly
↑ Wisconsin State Legislature
↑ Janet Bewley announces state Senate run
↑ Bergquist, Lee. "Election 2014: Allen, Brostoff, Wanggaard, Bowen win legislative primaries" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel August 13, 2014
↑ Bayfield Today staff. " Bewley, Meyers and Westlund, and Duffy claim primary victories; Next stop: November general election" Bayfield Today August 13, 2014
↑ 'Janet Bewley wins Wisconsin Senate Dist. 25 seat,' NNCNOW.com., November 5, 2014

Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly

102nd Wisconsin Legislature (2015–2017) Speaker of the Assembly: Robin Vos (R) Speaker pro tempore: Tyler August (R) Majority Leader: Jim Steineke (R) Minority Leader: Peter W. Barca (D)

Joel Kitchens (R) Andre Jacque (R) Al Ott (R) David Steffen (R) Jim Steineke (R) Gary Tauchen (R) Daniel Riemer (D) JoCasta Zamarripa (D) Josh Zepnick (D) David Bowen (D) Mandela Barnes (D) Fred Kessler (D) Rob Hutton (R) Dale P. Kooyenga (R) Joe Sanfelippo (R) Leon Young (D) La Tonya Johnson (D) Evan Goyke (D) Jonathan Brostoff (D) Christine Sinicki (D) Jessie Rodriguez (R) Janel Brandtjen (R) Jim Ott (R) Dan Knodl (R) Paul Tittl (R) Terry Katsma (R) Tyler Vorpagel (R) Adam Jarchow (R) John Murtha (R) Dean Knudson (R) Amy Loudenbeck (R) Tyler August (R) Cody Horlacher (R) Rob Swearingen (R) Mary Czaja (R) Jeffrey Mursau (R) John Jagler (R) Joel Kleefisch (R) Mark Born (R) Kevin David Petersen (R) Joan Ballweg (R) Keith Ripp (R) Andy Jorgensen (D) Debra Kolste (D) Janis Ringhand (D) Gary Hebl (D) Robb Kahl (D) Melissa Sargent (D) Travis Tranel (R) Edward Brooks (R) Todd Novak (R) Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R) Michael Schraa (R) Gordon Hintz (D) Mike Rohrkaste (R) Dave Murphy (R) Amanda Stuck (D) Bob Gannon (R) Jesse Kremer (R) Robert Brooks (R) Samantha Kerkman (R) Tom Weatherston (R) Robin Vos (R) Peter W. Barca (D) Tod Ohnstad (D) Cory Mason (D) Tom Larson (R) Kathy Bernier (R) Bob Kulp (R) Nancy VanderMeer (R) Katrina Shankland (D) Scott Krug (R) Nick Milroy (D) Janet Bewley (D) Romaine Quinn (R) Chris Taylor (D) Terese Berceau (D) Lisa Subeck (D) Dianne Hesselbein (D) Sondy Pope-Roberts (D) Dave Considine (D) Ken Skowronski (R) David Craig (R) Mike Kuglitsch (R) Dave Heaton (R) John Spiros (R) James Edming (R) John Macco (R) John Nygren (R) Eric Genrich (D) Dana Wachs (D) Chris Danou (D) Warren Petryk (R) Steve Doyle (D) Jill Billings (D) Lee Nerison (R) Scott Allen (R) Adam Neylon (R) Cindi Duchow (R)

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