Jay Schroeder

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Jay Schroeder

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August 9, 2022

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Jay Schroeder (Republican Party) ran for election for Wisconsin Secretary of State. He lost in the Republican primary on August 9, 2022.

Schroeder was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 55 of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Prior to running for state assembly, Schroeder was briefly a Republican candidate for Wisconsin Secretary of State in the 2014 elections.

Schroeder was also a 2012 Republican candidate for District 55 of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

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Schroeder's professional experience includes serving as town supervisor of Menasha, Wisconsin.

Elections

2022

See also: Wisconsin Secretary of State election, 2022

General election

General election for Wisconsin Secretary of State

Incumbent Douglas J. La Follette defeated Amy Loudenbeck, Neil Harmon, and Sharyl McFarland in the general election for Wisconsin Secretary of State on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Douglas J. La Follette (D)	48.3	1,268,748
		Amy Loudenbeck (R)	48.0	1,261,306
		Neil Harmon (L)	2.1	54,413
		Sharyl McFarland (G)	1.6	41,532
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	944

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,626,943
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State

Incumbent Douglas J. La Follette defeated Alexia Sabor in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Douglas J. La Follette	63.6	300,773
		Alexia Sabor	36.4	171,954

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 472,727
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State

Amy Loudenbeck defeated Jay Schroeder and Justin Schmidtka in the Republican primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Loudenbeck	46.3	264,940
		Jay Schroeder	39.9	228,191
		Justin Schmidtka	13.8	78,846

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 571,977
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dmitry Becker (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State

Neil Harmon advanced from the Libertarian primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Neil Harmon	95.8	769
		Other/Write-in votes	4.2	34

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 803
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2020

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 55

Rachael Cabral-Guevara defeated Dan Schierl in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 55 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R)	54.8	19,056
		Dan Schierl (D)	45.1	15,658
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	35

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,749
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 55

Dan Schierl advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 55 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dan Schierl	99.8	4,073
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	9

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,082
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 55

Rachael Cabral-Guevara defeated Lauri Asbury and Jay Schroeder in the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 55 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rachael Cabral-Guevara	58.5	3,481
		Lauri Asbury	23.5	1,401
		Jay Schroeder	18.0	1,069
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	4

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,955
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2018

See also: Wisconsin Secretary of State election, 2018

General election

General election for Wisconsin Secretary of State

Incumbent Douglas J. La Follette defeated Jay Schroeder in the general election for Wisconsin Secretary of State on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Douglas J. La Follette (D)	52.7	1,380,752
		Jay Schroeder (R)	47.2	1,235,034
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	2,162

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,617,948
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State

Incumbent Douglas J. La Follette defeated Arvina Martin in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Douglas J. La Follette	65.9	327,020
		Arvina Martin	34.1	169,130

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 496,150
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State

Jay Schroeder defeated Spencer Zimmerman in the Republican primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jay Schroeder	71.4	254,424
		Spencer Zimmerman	28.6	101,818

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 356,242
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2014

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 12, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Mark Westphal was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Mike Rohrkaste defeated John R. Lehman, Ryan Pheifer, Steven Gillespie and Jay Schroeder in the Republican primary. Westphal faced Rohrkaste in the general election. Jarrod Kuehn (R), Ryan Rothenbach (R) and Rich Martin (L) were removed from the ballot. Republican Rohrkaste defeated Westphal in the general election, and was elected to the seat.

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 55 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mike Rohrkaste	57.8%	14,027
	Democratic	Mark Westphal	42.2%	10,240
Total Votes				24,267

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 55 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mike Rohrkaste	31.5%	1,442
Ryan Pheifer	27.7%	1,268
Steven Gillespie	22.2%	1,016
John R. Lehman	9.6%	440
Jay Schroeder	9%	410
Total Votes		4,576

Secretary of State campaign

See also: Wisconsin secretary of state election, 2014

Schroeder ran for election to the office of Wisconsin Secretary of State but withdrew before the Republican primary on August 12.

2012

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2012

Schroeder ran in the 2012 election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 55. He was defeated by incumbent Dean Kaufert in the Republican primary on August 14, 2012. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 55 Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Dean Kaufert Incumbent	65%	4,612
Jay Schroeder	35%	2,487
Total Votes		7,099

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2020

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Leadership

Minority Leader:Greta Neubauer

Representatives

District 1

Joel Kitchens (R)

District 2

Shae Sortwell (R)

District 3

Ron Tusler (R)

District 4

David Steffen (R)

District 5

Joy Goeben (R)

District 6

Elijah Behnke (R)

District 7

Karen Kirsch (D)

District 8

Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (D)

District 9

Priscilla Prado (D)

District 10

Darrin Madison (D)

District 11

Sequanna Taylor (D)

District 12

Russell Goodwin (D)

District 13

Robyn Vining (D)

District 14

Angelito Tenorio (D)

District 15

Adam Neylon (R)

District 16

Kalan Haywood (D)

District 17

Supreme Omokunde (D)

District 18

Margaret Arney (D)

District 19

Ryan Clancy (D)

District 20

Christine Sinicki (D)

District 21

Jessie Rodriguez (R)

District 22

Paul Melotik (R)

District 23

Deb Andraca (D)

District 24

Daniel Knodl (R)

District 25

Paul Tittl (R)

District 26

Joe Sheehan (D)

District 27

Lindee Brill (R)

District 28

Rob Kreibich (R)

District 29

Treig Pronschinske (R)

District 30

Shannon Zimmerman (R)

District 31

Tyler August (R)

District 32

Amanda Nedweski (R)

District 33

Robin Vos (R)

District 34

Rob Swearingen (R)

District 35

Calvin Callahan (R)

District 36

Jeffrey Mursau (R)

District 37

Mark Born (R)

District 38

William Penterman (R)

District 39

Alex Dallman (R)

District 40

Karen DeSanto (D)

District 41

Tony Kurtz (R)

District 42

Maureen McCarville (D)

District 43

Brienne Brown (D)

District 44

Ann Roe (D)

District 45

Clinton Anderson (D)

District 46

Joan Fitzgerald (D)

District 47

Randy Udell (D)

District 48

Andrew Hysell (D)

District 49

Travis Tranel (R)

District 50

Jenna Jacobson (D)

District 51

Todd Novak (R)

District 52

Lee Snodgrass (D)

District 53

Dean Kaufert (R)

District 54

Lori Palmeri (D)

District 55

Nate Gustafson (R)

District 56

Dave Murphy (R)

District 57

Kevin Petersen (R)

District 58

Rick Gundrum (R)

District 59

Robert Brooks (R)

District 60

Jerry O'Connor (R)

District 61

Robert Donovan (R)

District 62

Angelina Cruz (D)

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Robert Wittke (R)

District 64

Tip McGuire (D)

District 65

Ben DeSmidt (D)

District 66

Greta Neubauer (D)

District 67

David Armstrong (R)

District 68

Rob Summerfield (R)

District 69

Karen Hurd (R)

District 70

Nancy VanderMeer (R)

District 71

Vinnie Miresse (D)

District 72

Scott Krug (R)

District 73

Angela Stroud (D)

District 74

Chanz Green (R)

District 75

Duke Tucker (R)

District 76

Francesca Hong (D)

District 77

Renuka Mayadev (D)

District 78

Shelia Stubbs (D)

District 79

Lisa Subeck (D)

District 80

Mike Bare (D)

District 81

Alex Joers (D)

District 82

Scott Allen (R)

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Dave Maxey (R)

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Chuck Wichgers (R)

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Patrick Snyder (R)

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John Spiros (R)

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Brent Jacobson (R)

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Benjamin Franklin (R)

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Ryan Spaude (D)

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Amaad Rivera-Wagner (D)

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Jodi Emerson (D)

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Clint Moses (R)

District 93

Christian Phelps (D)

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Steve Doyle (D)

District 95

Jill Billings (D)

District 96

Tara Johnson (D)

District 97

Cindi Duchow (R)

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Jim Piwowarczyk (R)

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Barbara Dittrich (R)

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