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Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

5

Shae Sortwell (Republican Party) is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing District 2. He assumed office on January 7, 2019. His current term ends on January 6, 2025.

Sortwell (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Wisconsin State Assembly to represent District 2. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Republican primary on August 13, 2024.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Sortwell was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Sortwell was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Sortwell was assigned to the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2024

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2

Incumbent Shae Sortwell and Alicia Saunders are running in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Shae Sortwell (R)
		Alicia Saunders (D)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2

Alicia Saunders advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2 on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alicia Saunders	99.9	4,134
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	3

	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 4,137
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2

Incumbent Shae Sortwell advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2 on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shae Sortwell	99.5	6,909
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	32

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source	Total votes: 6,941
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Campaign finance

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2022

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2

Incumbent Shae Sortwell defeated Renee Gasch in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shae Sortwell (R)	59.2	16,112
		Renee Gasch (D)	40.7	11,093
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	21

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,226
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2

Renee Gasch advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2 on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Renee Gasch	99.9	3,334
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	2

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,336
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2

Incumbent Shae Sortwell advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2 on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shae Sortwell	99.2	6,179
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	52

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,231
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2

Incumbent Shae Sortwell defeated Mark Kiley in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shae Sortwell (R)	63.1	22,244
		Mark Kiley (D)	36.8	12,970
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	34

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,248
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2

Mark Kiley advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Kiley	99.6	3,146
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	14

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,160
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2

Incumbent Shae Sortwell advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shae Sortwell	99.8	3,671
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	8

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,679
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2018

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2

Shae Sortwell defeated Mark Grams, Jeff Dahlke, and Kevin Bauer in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shae Sortwell (R)	54.8	15,014
		Mark Grams (D)	36.9	10,118
		Jeff Dahlke (Independent)	5.5	1,494
		Kevin Bauer (L)	2.7	745
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	18

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,389
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2

Mark Grams advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Grams	100.0	2,970

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,970
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2

Shae Sortwell defeated Dean Raasch in the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shae Sortwell	54.9	2,708
		Dean Raasch	45.1	2,221

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,929
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2

Kevin Bauer advanced from the Libertarian primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 2 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Bauer	100.0	18

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18
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2014

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 12, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Incumbent Eric Genrich was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Eric Wimberger was unopposed in the Republican primary. Shae Sortwell ran as a Serving Liberty and the People Party candidate. Genrich, Wimberger and Sortwell faced off in the general election.^[1]^[2] Incumbent Genrich defeated both challengers, and was re-elected for another term.^[3]

**Wisconsin State Assembly, District 90 General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Eric Genrich Incumbent	55%	7,953
	Republican	Eric Wimberger	36.9%	5,342
	Independent	Shae Sortwell	8.1%	1,164
Total Votes				14,459

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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2014

Sortwell's campaign website highlighted the following issues:^[4]

Flood Plains

Excerpt: "In short, many of our citizens are forced to purchase flood insurance through a federal government program run by FEMA. There is no competition and the government can arbitrarily raise the cost on taxpayers whenever they want. We need to put pressure on our federal Representative and Senators to bring competition and sanity to the program."

Excerpt: "In the meantime, I propose that we provide a $500 tax credit for those who must buy flood insurance on their primary homes. The specifics can be further worked out in cooperation with other legislators but something must be done to help the people who are losing their homes due to direct government action."

Personal Privacy

Excerpt: "We have a right to our own personal privacy in our own personal lives. Unfortunately, we have a politician representing Green Bay that feels otherwise. Recently, a local middle school did an activity with our children called "Crossing the Line." In this "game," many questions can be asked of the children including their sexual orientation, ethnicity, who has low self esteem, who is a republican/democrat, sexual activity and alcohol abuse in the family. This is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE and UN-AMERICAN. The government (and public schools are a branch of government) has absolutely no business asking these questions of adults, let alone our children."

Excerpt: "So I wrote to our current politician and proposed that the state pass a bill preventing any such prying into our personal lives by the government. His response? He felt that local government should be able to gather that information if they wanted to. He could not be more wrong. No government, not state, not federal, not local, has any business getting this information from us or our children. If I am elected, I will propose a bill preventing such prying by an overreaching government."

Eliminate sales tax on utility bills

Excerpt: "There is a reason the government does not tax food. It is because it is a necessity. Well, I sort of think that cooking my food is quite often a necessity as well, but that is not how the state sees things. Sometime, look at your utility bill. Quite often, you are paying tax on this bare necessity of providing food for your family and keeping your home at a comfortable temperature. We need to eliminate this tax for the working folks of Wisconsin."

Change how politicians are paid

Excerpt: "Too often our politicians seem to have lost touch with the working folks. They do whatever they like and no matter how it affects us, they still take home a nice paycheck very week. I propose to change that. Let them feel the same hurt that we feel. Instead of paying them a set salary, let us instead pay them the average household income for the state of Wisconsin and then tack on a penalty based on current unemployment rates. This will hold our poltiicians [sic] accountable to actually working for the good of our wallets because it will affect theirs as well."

Two Lives at Stake

Excerpt: "I am strongly pro-life. I have always been pro-life and have never wavered from that conviction. I believe that the life of the child begins with conception and he should be respected as a person."

Campaign finance summary

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Shae Sortwell campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Wisconsin State Assembly District 2	On the Ballot general	$12,938	$5,207
2022	Wisconsin State Assembly District 2	Won general	$69,819	$60,010
2020	Wisconsin State Assembly District 2	Won general	$34,368	N/A**
Grand total			$117,125	$65,217
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only availabale data.

Scorecards

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2023

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In 2023, the Wisconsin State Legislature was in session from January 3 to December 31.

The American Conservative Union

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

2022

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In 2022, the Wisconsin State Legislature was in session from January 18 to March 8.

Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce: Senate and House

Legislators are scored on whether they voted for or against MMAC's position.

National Federation of Independent Business

Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters

Legislators are scored on their stances on conservation issues.

Wisconsin Family Action

Legislators are scored by the Wisconsin Family Action on their votes on legislation related to "marriage, family, the sanctity of human life, or religious freedom."

Wisconsin Grocers Association

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Wisconsin Professional Police Association

Legislators are scored on their votes by the Wisconsin Professional Police Association on legislation related to Wisconsin's law enforcement community.

Wisconsin Sierra Club

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.

2021

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In 2021, the Wisconsin State Legislature was in session from January 4 to December 31.

Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce: Senate and House

Legislators are scored on whether they voted for or against MMAC's position.

National Federation of Independent Business

Legislators are scored on their votes on small business issues.

The American Conservative Union

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters

Legislators are scored on their stances on conservation issues.

Wisconsin Family Action

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Wisconsin Grocers Association

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Wisconsin Professional Police Association

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Wisconsin Sierra Club

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.

2020

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In 2020, the Wisconsin State Legislature was in session from January 14 to May 13.

The American Conservative Union

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

Wisconsin AFL-CIO

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor policy.

Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters

Legislators are scored on their stances on conservation issues.

Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce

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Wisconsin Professional Police Association

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2019

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In 2019, the Wisconsin State Legislature was in session from January 7, 2019 through January 13, 2020.

The American Conservative Union

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

Wisconsin AFL-CIO

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor policy.

Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters

Legislators are scored on their stances on conservation issues.

Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce

Legislators are scored on whether they voted for or against MMAC's position.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by -	Wisconsin State Assembly District 2 2019-Present	Succeeded by -

Current members of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Robin Vos

Majority Leader:Tyler August

Minority Leader:Greta Neubauer

Representatives

District 1

Joel Kitchens (R)

District 2

Shae Sortwell (R)

District 3

Ron Tusler (R)

District 4

David Steffen (R)

District 5

Joy Goeben (R)

District 6

Peter Schmidt (R)

District 7

Daniel Riemer (D)

District 8

Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (D)

District 9

Vacant

District 10

Darrin Madison (D)

District 11

Dora Drake (D)

District 12

LaKeshia Myers (D)

District 13

Tom Michalski (R)

District 14

Robyn Vining (D)

District 15

Dave Maxey (R)

District 16

Kalan Haywood (D)

District 17

Supreme Omokunde (D)

District 18

Evan Goyke (D)

District 19

Ryan Clancy (D)

District 20

Christine Sinicki (D)

District 21

Jessie Rodriguez (R)

District 22

Janel Brandtjen (R)

District 23

Deb Andraca (D)

District 24

Paul Melotik (R)

District 25

Paul Tittl (R)

District 26

Terry Katsma (R)

District 27

Amy Binsfeld (R)

District 28

Gae Magnafici (R)

District 29

Clint Moses (R)

District 30

Shannon Zimmerman (R)

District 31

Ellen Schutt (R)

District 32

Tyler August (R)

District 33

Scott Johnson (R)

District 34

Rob Swearingen (R)

District 35

Calvin Callahan (R)

District 36

Jeffrey Mursau (R)

District 37

William Penterman (R)

District 38

Barbara Dittrich (R)

District 39

Mark Born (R)

District 40

Kevin Petersen (R)

District 41

Alex Dallman (R)

District 42

Jon Plumer (R)

District 43

Jenna Jacobson (D)

District 44

Sue Conley (D)

District 45

Clinton Anderson (D)

District 46

Melissa Ratcliff (D)

District 47

Jimmy Anderson (D)

District 48

Samba Baldeh (D)

District 49

Travis Tranel (R)

District 50

Tony Kurtz (R)

District 51

Todd Novak (R)

District 52

Jerry O'Connor (R)

District 53

Michael Schraa (R)

District 54

Lori Palmeri (D)

District 55

Nate Gustafson (R)

District 56

Dave Murphy (R)

District 57

Lee Snodgrass (D)

District 58

Rick Gundrum (R)

District 59

Ty Bodden (R)

District 60

Robert Brooks (R)

District 61

Amanda Nedweski (R)

District 62

Robert Wittke (R)

District 63

Robin Vos (R)

District 64

Tip McGuire (D)

District 65

Tod Ohnstad (D)

District 66

Greta Neubauer (D)

District 67

Rob Summerfield (R)

District 68

Karen Hurd (R)

District 69

Donna Rozar (R)

District 70

Nancy VanderMeer (R)

District 71

Katrina Shankland (D)

District 72

Scott Krug (R)

District 73

Angie Sapik (R)

District 74

Chanz Green (R)

District 75

David Armstrong (R)

District 76

Francesca Hong (D)

District 77

Shelia Stubbs (D)

District 78

Lisa Subeck (D)

District 79

Alex Joers (D)

District 80

Mike Bare (D)

District 81

Dave Considine (D)

District 82

Chuck Wichgers (R)

District 83

Nik Rettinger (R)

District 84

Robert Donovan (R)

District 85

Patrick Snyder (R)

District 86

John Spiros (R)

District 87

James Edming (R)

District 88

John Macco (R)

District 89

Elijah Behnke (R)

District 90

Kristina Shelton (D)

District 91

Jodi Emerson (D)

District 92

Treig Pronschinske (R)

District 93

Warren Petryk (R)

District 94

Steve Doyle (D)

District 95

Jill Billings (D)

District 96

Loren Oldenburg (R)

District 97

Scott Allen (R)

District 98

Adam Neylon (R)

District 99

Cindi Duchow (R)

Republican Party (64)

Democratic Party (34)

Vacancies (1)

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