(Dem.), 43rd Assembly District Born Berlin, September 10, 1967; married; 3 children. Graduate Omro H.S. 1986; Brown Institute (MN) 1987. Former morning radio personality, assembly line operator, UAW shop steward, General Motors Janesville, worked on family dairy farm. Bd. member: Respite Care Assn. of Wis.; Jefferson Co. Local Emergency Planning Council; Jefferson Co. Agribusiness Club. Member: Rock Co. Farm Bureau; Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Atkinson. Elected to Assembly 2006; reelected since 2008. Minority Caucus Chairperson 2013. Biennial committee assignments: 2013 — Agriculture (since 2007); Assembly Organization; International Trade and Commerce; Rules; Rural Affairs (also 2007); Small Business Development. 2011 — Rural Economic Development and Rural Affairs; Transportation; Jt. Legis. Audit (vice chp. 2009). 2009 — Renewable Energy and Rural Affairs (chp.); Rural Economic Development (vice chp.); Labor. 2007 — Biofuels and Sustainable Energy; Consumer Protection and Personal Privacy. Back to the full file.