| Robert Wittke | |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| State Assembly: | Wisconsin |
| District: | 62nd |
| Term Start: | January 7, 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Tom Weatherston |
| Office1: | President of the Racine Unified School Board |
| Term Start1: | April 2017 |
| Term End1: | April 2019 |
| Predecessor1: | Michael Frontier |
| Successor1: | Brian O'Connell |
| Office2: | Member of the Racine Unified School Board from the 9th district |
| Term Start2: | April 2016 |
| Term End2: | April 2019 |
| Predecessor2: | Position Established |
| Successor2: | Kimberly Hoover |
| Party: | Republican |
| Birth Date: | 23 September 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Racine, Wisconsin |
| Alma Mater: | University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire |
| Profession: | Accountant |
| Spouse: | Alison |
| Children: | 4 |
| Residence: | Wind Point, Wisconsin |
Robert Otto Wittke Jr. (born September 23, 1957) is an accountant and Republican politician. He is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 62nd district, representing the northern half of Racine County.[1]
Born in Racine, Wisconsin, to Robert Wittke Sr. and Margaret Wittke née Jankowski, Wittke graduated from William Horlick High School in 1975 and received a B.A. in accounting from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 1980. He worked as a tax accountant for Modine Manufacturing in Racine from 1980 to 1986, then at Snap-on Inc. in Kenosha from 1988 to 1994. He then worked for Deloitte in their tax consultancy from 1994 to 2002. Since 2012, he has been employed by CORPTAX, a tax software as a service company based in Deerfield, Illinois.[2]
Wittke resides in Wind Point, Wisconsin, he is married and has four children.
Wittke first ran for Racine Unified School Board in 2013, placing fourth in a top-three at-large election.[3]
In 2015, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a law requiring Racine Unified School Board seats to be assigned to geographic districts, rather than elected at-large.[4] Wittke ran for the newly drawn ninth district in the 2016 school board elections. He was elected in April 2016, defeating retiree Kurt Squire. A year later, in April 2017, Wittke was elected School Board President.[5]
In April 2018, Tom Weatherston announced that he would not seek re-election to a fourth term representing the 62nd district in the Wisconsin State Assembly.[6] Wittke announced his candidacy for the seat the next day.[7] He defeated John Leiber in the Republican Primary, and went on to defeat former State Senator John Lehman in the 2018 general election.[8] [1]
Wittke announced that he would not seek re-election to the Racine School Board in 2019.[9]
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 2, 2013 | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 5, 2016
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Republican Primary, August 14, 2018[10] | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 6, 2018[11] | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 3, 2020[12] | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 7, 2022 (unofficial results)[13]