Amanda Nedweski

Amanda Nedweski
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 61st district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Preceded bySamantha Kerkman
Member of the Kenosha County, Wisconsin, Board of Supervisors from the 16th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 2022
Preceded byJerry Gulley
Personal details
BornDecember 1975 (1975-12) (age 49)
Kenosha County, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Glenn Madrigrano Jr.
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(m. 2002; div. 2014)​
Children1
ResidencePleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
Alma materCarthage College
University of Wisconsin–Parkside (BA)
WebsiteCampaign website

Amanda Marie Nedweski (born December 1975) is an American financial analyst and Republican politician from Kenosha County, Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Wisconsin's 61st Assembly district since January 2023. She is also currently a member of the Kenosha County board of supervisors.

She was previously known as Amanda Marie Madrigrano from 2002 through 2014.

Biography

Amanda Nedweski was born in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, and graduated from Mary D. Bradford High School in 1994. She attended University of Wisconsin–Parkside, in Kenosha County, and earned her bachelor's degree in 1998. She went to work for Braun Consulting after graduating, and in 2002 was hired by CNH Industrial as a financial analyst.[1]

She became a full time mom around 2006.

Political career

Nedweski first became politically active in opposition to distance learning in the Kenosha Unified School District during the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] In January 2021, she was a co-founder of the Kenosha chapter of Moms for Liberty—a conservative advocacy group directed at taking control of school boards. That was followed by more aggressive confrontation with the Kenosha School Board in 2021.[4] Ultimately, she sought to organize a recall effort against Kenosha's school board president, but failed to collect enough signatures to force an election.[5] Following the failure of the recall petition, Nedweski won election to the Kenosha County board of supervisors in the Spring 2022 election, running in an open seat.

In the same Spring 2022 election, incumbent state representative Samantha Kerkman was elected county executive of Kenosha County, and would therefore have to resign her Assembly seat. Nedweski announced her campaign for Wisconsin State Assembly just a month after winning her seat on the county board.[6] She defeated bar owner Mike Honold in the Republican primary[7] and went on to win 64% of the general election vote in the heavily Republican district.[8]

She assumed office in January 2023.

Personal life and family

Amanda Nedweski married Glenn Madrigrano, Jr., on October 19, 2002, and took the last name Madrigrano.[1] The Madrigrano family is well known in the Kenosha area, Glenn's great grandfather founded the family beer business, which is now a major beer distributor across southeast Wisconsin.[9] Amanda and Glenn Madrigrano had one son together before divorcing in 2014.[10] After the divorce, she changed her name back to Nedweski.

Electoral history

Kenosha County Board (2022)

Kenosha County Board of Supervisors, 16th District Election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan Primary, February 15, 2022 (top two)[11]
Nonpartisan Amanda Nedweski 453 51.19%
Nonpartisan LaVerne Jaros 362 40.90%
Nonpartisan James M. Kedrow 68 7.68%
Scattering 2 0.23%
Total votes 885 100.0%
General Election, April 5, 2022[12]
Nonpartisan Amanda Nedweski 960 54.73%
Nonpartisan LaVerne Jaros 791 45.10%
Scattering 3 0.17%
Plurality 169 9.64%
Total votes 1,754 100.0%

Wisconsin Assembly (2022)

Wisconsin Assembly, 61st District Election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Primary, August 9, 2022[7]
Republican Amanda Nedweski 5,030 56.96%
Republican Mike Honold 3,785 42.86%
Scattering 16 0.18%
Plurality 1,245 14.10%
Total votes 8,831 100.0%
General Election, November 8, 2022[8]
Republican Amanda Nedweski 17,542 64.00%
Democratic Max Winkels 9,851 35.94%
Scattering 15 0.05%
Plurality 7,691 28.06%
Total votes 27,408 100.0% -6.62%
Republican hold

References

  1. ^ a b "Madrigrano-Nedweski". Kenosha News. February 23, 2003. Retrieved December 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Anderson, Madeline (September 21, 2020). "Students at 7 Kenosha schools go virtual after 276 teacher absences". WITI (TV). Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  3. ^ "IN PHOTOS: Demonstration outside and the KUSD board meeting". Kenosha News. July 28, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  4. ^ Haines, Stephanie (August 24, 2021). "Kenosha School Board ends meeting after crowd refuses to social distance". WTMJ-TV. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  5. ^ Flores, Terry (October 26, 2021). "Efforts to recall KUSD School Board president fall short; unseating incumbents in April election group's next task". Kenosha News. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  6. ^ Gaitan, Daniel (May 14, 2022). "Kenosha County Supervisor Amanda Nedweski announces bid for state Assembly". Kenosha News. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  7. ^ a b Canvass Results for 2022 Partisan Primary - 8/9/2022 (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. August 26, 2022. p. 50. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  8. ^ a b Canvass Results for 2022 General Election - 11/8/2022 (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. November 21, 2022. pp. 22–23. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  9. ^ "Glenn R. Madrigrano Sr". Draeger Langendorf Funeral Home. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  10. ^ "Kenosha County Case Number 2014FA000567 In RE the marriage of Amanda Marie Madrigrano and Glenn Robert Madrigrano Jr". Wisconsin Circuit Court Access. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  11. ^ Kenosha County Election Results - 2022 Spring Primary (Report). Kenosha County Clerk. February 21, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  12. ^ Kenosha County Election Results - 2022 Spring Election (Report). Kenosha County Clerk. May 11, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
Wisconsin State Assembly
Preceded by Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 61st district
January 3, 2023 – present 		Incumbent