The Wisconsin Legislature's deluge of lawmaker retirements in 2022

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Of the outgoing legislators, 14 are Democrats and 17 are Republicans. Among them is Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke, R-Kaukauna, the second-ranking legislator in the Assembly behind the Speaker, who is retiring after 10 years in the legislature to pursue work in the private sector.

Not all want to leave politics. State Sen. Timothy Ramthun, R-Campbellsport, is running for governor. State Sen. Roger Roth, R-Appleton, and state Rep. Sara Rodriguez, D-Brookfield, are vacating seats to run for lieutenant governor. State Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, is running for secretary of state. State Reps. Dianne Hesselbein, D-Middleton, Mark Spreitzer, D-Beloit, and Rachael Cabral-Guevara, R-Appleton, have their eyes on the state Senate. And state Reps. Chuck Wichgers, R-Muskego, and Don Vruwink, D-Milton, are running to represent different districts on the newly-drawn Assembly map.

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https://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/the-wisconsin-legislatures-deluge-of-lawmaker-retirements-in-2022/

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1. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke announces early resignation after saying he won't seek reelect

Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke announces early resignation after saying he won't seek reelection

July 11, 2022



https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/politics/2022/07/11/wisconsin-assembly-majority-leader-jim-steineke-announced-resignation/10028466002/



Sophia Voight
Appleton Post-Crescent

KAUKAUNA - Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke, R-Kaukauna, announced Monday he will be resigning from the state Assembly.

Steineke announced in January he would not be seeking reelection. With the legislative session over for the year, he announced an early resignation effective July 27. After 11 years representing the 5th Assembly District — the last eight as majority leader — Steineke announced in a press release he will be resigning "to pursue interests in the private sector.”

"I’m pretty wide open to just about anything," Steineke told The Post-Crescent on Monday. "I’m looking at something that is yet another challenge to do for the next decade until I retire.”

Steineke is the third member of the Assembly to decide against seeking reelection and resign early, along with Rep. Mike Kuglitsch and Rep. Tyler Vorpagel.
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2. That's interesting. Ahead of the news on the horizon.

"I’m pretty wide open to just about anything," = no plans.