John Steinbrink

John Steinbrink
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 65th district
In office
January 6, 1997 – January 7, 2013
Preceded byRobert Wirch
Succeeded byTod Ohnstad
President of the Pleasant Prairie Board of Trustees
Incumbent
Assumed office
1995
Member of the Pleasant Prairie Board of Trustees
Incumbent
Assumed office
1989
Member of the Pleasant Prairie Town Board
In office
1985–1989
Personal details
Born
John Peter Steinbrink

(1949-04-17) April 17, 1949 (age 75)
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseRoberta
Children3
ResidencePleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
Professiongrain farmer, former dairy farmer

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]

References

  1. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 2002–2003,' Biographical Sketch of John Steinbrink, pg. 63
  2. ^ Stein, Jason; Marley, Patrick (July 8, 2011). "GOP redistricting maps make dramatic changes". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  3. ^ Berman, Ari (January 24, 2018). "How the GOP Rigs Elections". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 6, 2019.