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Senator Janet Bewley

Minority Leader

Senate District 25

(D - Mason) Madison Office:
Room 206 South
State Capitol
PO Box 7882
Madison, WI 53707
Telephone:
(608) 266-3510
(800) 469-6562
Fax:
(608) 282-3565
Voting Address:
60995 Pike River Road
Mason, WI 54856

Staff:
Joseph Hoey Joseph.Hoey@legis.wisconsin.gov
Eric LaGesse Eric.LaGesse@legis.wisconsin.gov
Ryan Lashua Ryan.Lashua@legis.wisconsin.gov
Samantha Linden Samantha.Linden@legis.wisconsin.gov
Steven Worley Steven.Worley@legis.wisconsin.gov

Biography

  • Born Painesville, Ohio, November 10, 1951; married; 5 children, 5 grandchildren.
  • Graduate James Ford Rhodes High School (Cleveland, Ohio), 1969; B.A., Case Western Reserve University, 1973; M. Ed., University of Maine, 1977.
  • Full-time legislator. Former Community Relations Officer, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority; former Dean of Students, Northland College; former executive director, Mary H. Rice Foundation.
  • Member: Original cast member at Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua and current member of the Rittenhouse Chamber Singers; Wisconsin Family Impact Seminar (advisory board member); Wisconsin Paper Caucus (vice chair); Democratic National Committee.
  • Former Member: Governor’s Task Force on Opioid Abuse; Fostering Futures Policy Advisory Committee.
  • Recipient: Wisconsin Association of Free & Charitable Clinics Legislative Advocate of the Year 2019; Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin Legislator of the Year 2018; Wisconsin Economic Development Association Champion of Economic Development 2018; Wisconsin Builders Association Friend of Housing 2018, 2016, 2014; Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association Enlightened Legislator of the Year 2018; Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters Conservation Champion 2018, 2014, 2012; Wisconsin Brewers Guild Friend of Wisconsin Craft Brewers 2013.
  • Ashland City Council, 2007–09.
  • Elected to Assembly 2010–12. Elected to Senate 2014. Leadership positions: Assistant Minority Leader 2017.
  • Additional appointments, 2017: Wisconsin Council on Forestry; Governor’s Task Force on Opioid Abuse.

Member of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse, Council on, Tourism, Council on and Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority

2019 Authored Proposals

(first or second author, first sponsor)

2019 Co-authored Proposals

2019 Cosponsored Proposals

2019 Authored Amendments

2019 Votes