John Steinbrink Explained

John Steinbrink
State:Wisconsin
State Assembly:Wisconsin
District:65th
Term Start:January 6, 1997
Term End:January 7, 2013
Predecessor:Robert Wirch
Successor:Tod Ohnstad
Term Start1:1995
Term Start2:1989
Term Start3:1985
Term End3:1989
Party:Democrat
Birth Name:John Peter Steinbrink
Birth Date:17 April 1949
Birth Place:Kenosha, Wisconsin
Profession:grain farmer, former dairy farmer
Residence:Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
Spouse:Roberta
Children:3

John Peter Steinbrink Sr. (born April 17, 1949) is an American politician and was a Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the southeastern part of Kenosha County for eight terms, from 1997 until 2013. He has been President of the Pleasant Prairie Village Board since 1995.

Biography

Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Steinbrink graduated from George Nelson Tremper High School. He then went to Carthage College and University of Wisconsin–Madison Farm and Industry short course. He was a dairy and grain farmer. He has served continuously on the Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin board since 1985, bridging the 1989 transition from Town to Village.[1]

He was elected to the Assembly in the 65th Assembly District in 1996, defeating popular Republican Jeff Toboyek from the City of Kenosha. He was re-elected seven times in the 65th District.

However, in 2011 the new Republican majority used their power to redraw the state's legislative maps, and Steinbrink was one of eleven Democrats who were drawn out of their old districts entirely. Pleasant Prairie was separated from neighboring Kenosha and gerrymandered into a district with distant rural communities of western Kenosha County. Steinbrink was forced to run against incumbent Republican Samantha Kerkman in the 61st District and lost by ten points.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 2002–2003,' Biographical Sketch of John Steinbrink, pg. 63
  2. Web site: GOP redistricting maps make dramatic changes. . Stein. Jason . Marley. Patrick . July 8, 2011. April 6, 2019.
  3. Web site: How the GOP Rigs Elections . . Berman . Ari . January 24, 2018 . April 6, 2019 .