| Cody Horlacher | |
| Office: | Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the |
| Term Start: | August 1, 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Fred Strampe |
| State1: | Wisconsin |
| State Assembly1: | Wisconsin |
| District1: | 33rd |
| Term Start1: | January 3, 2015 |
| Term End1: | January 2, 2023 |
| Predecessor1: | Stephen Nass |
| Successor1: | Scott Johnson |
| Party: | Republican |
| Birth Date: | 10 April 1987 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Wisconsin–Whitewater (B.A.) Marquette University Law School (J.D.) |
| Profession: | Lawyer, politician |
| Spouse: | Karlee Nimmer Horlacher |
| Children: | 3 |
| Residence: | Mukwonago, Wisconsin |
Cody Horlacher (born April 10, 1987) is an American lawyer and Republican politician from Waukesha County, Wisconsin. He is a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Waukesha County and previously served four terms as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 33rd Assembly district from 2015 through 2022.
From East Troy, Wisconsin, Horlacher graduated from East Troy High School. He then received his bachelor's degree from University of Wisconsin - Whitewater and his J.D. degree from Marquette University Law School. Horlacher then served as a special prosecutor for Walworth County, Wisconsin. He is a member of the Republican Party.[1] On November 4, 2014, Horlacher was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly.[2] He was re-elected in 2016, 2018, and 2020.[3]
In April 2022, Horlacher announced he would not run for a fifth term in the Assembly, and would instead begin preparing to run for a Wisconsin circuit court seat up for election in the 2023 Spring election.[4] Horlacher prevailed in his judicial election on April 4, 2023, defeating incumbent judge Fred Strampe.[5]
He now resides in Mukwonago, Wisconsin, with his wife Karlee and his three children.
| Year | Election | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Primary[6] | Republican | 2,195 | 57.90% | Rep. | 1,317 | 34.74% | 3,791 | 878 | ||||
| Rep. | 278 | 7.33% | |||||||||||
| General[7] | Republican | 19,429 | 98.04% | 19,818 | 19,040 | ||||||||
| 2016 | General[8] | Republican | 18,851 | 62.59% | Dem. | 11,246 | 37.34% | 30,120 | 7,605 | ||||
| 2018 | General[9] | Republican | 17,236 | 62.73% | Dem. | 10,219 | 37.19% | 27,478 | 7,017 | ||||
| 2020 | General[10] | Republican | 21,496 | 61.85% | Dem. | 13,228 | 38.06% | 34,755 | 8,268 | ||||