| Angela Stroud | |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| State Assembly: | Wisconsin |
| District: | 73rd |
| Term Start: | January 6, 2025 |
| Succeeding: | Angie Sapik |
| Predecessor: | Angie Sapik --> |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Birth Place: | Texas |
| Residence: | Gingles, Wisconsin |
| Profession: | Educator, politician, author |
| Website: | Campaign website |
| Partner: | Cynthia Belmont |
| Children: | 1 (step-child) |
| Honorific Suffix: | Ph.D. |
Angela Stroud is an American educator, author, and Democratic politician from Gingles, Wisconsin. She is a member-elect of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and will represent Wisconsin's 73rd Assembly district beginning in 2025.
Stroud was born in southern Texas, roughly ten miles from the Mexican city of Reynosa in 1981. During her youth, she and her family would cross the border into Mexico at various points and often encountered extreme poverty among the populace in both the United States and Mexico.[1]
She moved to Ashland in 2012 and began teaching at Northland College.[2] At Northland, Stroud serves as a professor of Sociology and Social Justice, where she teaches courses including Sociology of Gender and Sexuality, Undoing Racism, Sociology of Community, Human Rights and Social Justice, and Introduction to Sociology.
Due to redistricting, the 73rd district's incumbent representative Angie Sapik announced she would not seek re-election in 2024, after which Stroud entered the race.[3] [4] She faced a primary against John Adams, a member of the Washburn City Board and candidate for the 74th district in 2022.[5] [6] During the campaign, Stroud ran on giving more public funding to Wisconsin public schools and supporting more environmental regulations.[7] In the primary election, she won the Democratic nomination with 80% of the primary vote.[8] Stroud went on to win the general election, receiving about 58% of the vote against Republican Frank Kostka, a former Department Commander for the Wisconsin American Legion and current member of the Wisconsin American Legion Board of Directors.[9] [10] [11]
Stroud lives in Gingles, Wisconsin, with her partner Cynthia, her stepson, and their rescue dog Mae.
| Year | Election | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Primary | Democratic | 6,490 | 80.13% | Dem. | 1,603 | 19.79% | 8,099 | 4,887 | |||
| General[13] | Democratic | 19,265 | 58.32% | Rep. | 13,720 | 41.53% | 33,033 | 5,545 | ||||