American politician from Wisconsin

Donna J. Seidel (born August 6, 1950) is an American former politician, police officer and investigator from Neenah, Wisconsin who served as a Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin State *embly, representing the 85th *embly District (Wausau and other parts of Marathon County and two tiny portions of Shawano County) from her election in 2004 until 2013.

Contents

• 1 Background
• 2 Public office
• 3 Personal life
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Background

Seidel was born in Neenah on August 6, 1950. She graduated from Neenah High School, and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 1972. She worked as a police officer, and as an investigator for a district attorney’s office.

Public office

She was the elected Marathon County Clerk of Circuit Court from 1989-2004. She ran for the *embly in 2004, was unopposed in the Democratic primary, and won the general election with 15,666 votes (57.29%) to 11,667 (42.67%) for Republican Sarah Kamke. She was *igned to the standing committees on children and families; on corrections and the courts; on tourism; and on workforce development. She was re-elected in 2006 with 64.55% of the vote and in 2007 became secretary of the Minority Caucus of the *embly. Re-elected in 2008 with 64.08%, she was elected *istant Majority Leader of the *embly Democrats. She was re-elected in 2010 with 52.53% of the vote to 43.15% for Republican Charles Eno and 4.23 percent for Libertarian Jim Maas; and remained *istant Leader of the *embly Democrats until she retired in 2012.

Seidel was a candidate in the 2012 Senate recall election for the 29th District Wisconsin State Senate seat formerly held by Republican Pam Galloway (who had already resigned). On June 5, 2012 Jerry Petrowski defeated Seidel in the special election.

Personal life

Seidel is married. She has one daughter and two step-children.

References

External links

• Profile at Vote Smart
• Follow the Money - Donna J. Seidel
  • 2008 2006 2004 campaign contributions
• Campaign 2008 campaign contributions at Wisconsin Democracy Campaign