| Mary E. Panzer | |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Office: | Majority Leader of the Wisconsin Senate |
| Term Start: | January 6, 2003 |
| Term End: | January 3, 2005 |
| Predecessor: | Russ Decker (acting co-leader) Fred Risser (acting co-leader) |
| Successor: | Dale Schultz |
| Office1: | Minority Leader of the Wisconsin Senate |
| Term Start1: | January 25, 2000 |
| Term End1: | January 6, 2003 |
| Predecessor1: | Michael Ellis |
| Successor1: | Jon Erpenbach |
| State Senate2: | Wisconsin |
| District2: | 20th |
| Term Start2: | September 30, 1993 |
| Term End2: | January 3, 2005 |
| Predecessor2: | Donald K. Stitt |
| Successor2: | Glenn Grothman |
| Office3: | Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly |
| Constituency3: | 59th district |
| Term Start3: | January 4, 1993 |
| Term End3: | September 30, 1993 |
| Predecessor3: | Michael A. Lehman |
| Successor3: | Glenn Grothman |
| Constituency4: | 53rd district |
| Term Start4: | January 7, 1985 |
| Term End4: | January 4, 1993 |
| Predecessor4: | Cletus J. Vanderperren |
| Successor4: | Carol Owens |
| Constituency5: | 72nd district |
| Term Start5: | January 3, 1983 |
| Term End5: | January 7, 1985 |
| Predecessor5: | Patricia A. Goodrich |
| Successor5: | Marlin Schneider |
| Constituency6: | 53rd district |
| Term Start6: | February 6, 1980 |
| Term End6: | January 3, 1983 |
| Predecessor6: | James R. Lewis |
| Successor6: | Cletus J. Vanderperren |
| Party: | Republican |
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Waupun, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Residence: | West Bend, Wisconsin |
| Father: | Frank E. Panzer |
| Alma Mater: | University of Wisconsin, Madison (BA) |
| Profession: | banker |
Mary E. Panzer (September 19, 1951) is an American banker and politician. A Republican, she served 25 years in the Wisconsin Legislature, including 11 years in the Wisconsin State Senate (1993 - 2005) and 14 years in the State Assembly (1980 - 1993). Her father, Frank E. Panzer, was also a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.
Born in Waupun, Wisconsin, Panzer was educated at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, after which she was a banker and worked in the Wisconsin State Legislature.
In 1980, Panzer was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in a special election to replace fellow Republican James R. Lewis (who had been convicted of perjury). (She had almost defeated then-incumbent Lewis in the 1974 Republican primary.) She served until 1993, when she was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in another special election.[1] Panzer eventually rose to be the majority leader of the senate.
In the Republican primary election in September 2004, Panzer was herself defeated for renomination by her successor in the state assembly, Glenn Grothman, who alleged that she was not sufficiently conservative for the modern-day Republican Party.[2] Grothman won with a vote of 79% to 21% for Panzer.[3]
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