| Kristina Shelton | |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| State Assembly: | Wisconsin |
| District: | 90th |
| Term Start: | January 4, 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Staush Gruszynski |
| Office1: | Member of the Green Bay Area School Board |
| Term Start1: | August 14, 2018 |
| Term End1: | January 4, 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | Christopher Wagner |
| Successor1: | Laura Laitinen-Warren |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Birth Name: | Kristina Marie Sandherr |
| Birth Date: | 2 June 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Children: | 2 |
| Profession: | educator, politician |
| Alma Mater: | Pennsylvania State University (BS) Marymount University (MS) |
| Residence: | Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Kristina Marie Shelton ( Sandherr; born June 2, 1980) is an American educator and Democratic politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Wisconsin's 90th Assembly district since 2021. She previously served on the Green Bay Area School Board.
Shelton was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 2, 1980.[1] She attended Pennsylvania State University from 1998 until 2002, graduating with a B.S. in kinesiology, physical and health education. She later attended Marymount University from 2008 until 2010, earning a master's degree in science and health promotion management. She then taught in the Health and Physical Education department at Northern Virginia Community College from 2010 until 2013. Shelton worked for Action for Healthy Kids from 2012 until 2019, when she became a program director at a Green Bay area YWCA.[1] [2]
Shelton's political career began as an appointee to the Green Bay Area Public School Board in 2018, chosen by the other members of the board from a list of applicants.[3] She then won a three-year term in the 2019 spring election,[4] and was serving as the board's vice president when she was elected to the state Assembly.[5]
In December 2019, Green Bay's state representative, Staush Gruszynski, was the subject of sexual harassment accusations from an Assembly staffer. As a result, Gordon Hintz, Democratic leader in the Assembly, stripped Gruszynski of all committee assignments.[6] Two months later, in February 2020, Shelton announced she would launch a challenge against Gruszynski in the Democratic primary, with the hope of replacing him in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[7] [8] Shelton defeated Gruszynski in the primary with nearly 80% of the vote,[9] and went on to face Republican Drew Kirsteatter, a 21-year-old airline employee and college student, whom she defeated in the general election.[10]
In February 2024, Shelton announced she would not run for re-election that year and would retire from the Assembly to focus on her family and career.[11]
Shelton is married to Jon Shelton, a professor of history and Democracy & Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. They have two children, Sara and Keith. Shelton is a certified yoga instructor.[12]
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