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Janet Bewley
Minority Leader of the Wisconsin Senate
In office
April 24, 2020 – January 3, 2023
Preceded byJennifer Shilling
Succeeded byMelissa Agard
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 25th district
In office
January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2023
Preceded byRobert Jauch
Succeeded byRomaine Quinn
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 74th district
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015
Preceded byGary Sherman
Succeeded byBeth Meyers
Personal details
Born (1951-11-10) November 10, 1951 (age 73)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseDavid Saetre
Children3
EducationCase Western Reserve University (BA)
University of Maine (MEd)

Janet Bewley (born November 10, 1951) is an American politician and former Democratic minority leader in the Wisconsin State Senate. She was a member of the Wisconsin Senate from 2015 through 2023, and previously served four years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Iron, Ashland, Bayfield, and Price counties in the northwest of the state.

Biography

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Bewley graduated from Cleveland's James Ford Rhodes High School in 1969 and earned her B.A. from Case Western Reserve University. She was the first member of her family to graduate from college and went on to earn a Master's in Academic Administration from the University of Maine in 1977. She was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2010, replacing Gary Sherman (who did not seek re-election). Before being elected to the assembly, she served on the city council of Ashland. She is a former community relations officer for the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.

On December 16, 2013, Bewley announced her intention to run for the Wisconsin Senate, District 25, to replace retiring Senator Robert Jauch, also a Democrat. She won the primary election with 72% of the vote and was opposed by Republican Dane Deutsch (Jauch's 2010 opponent) in the November general election. Her old seat was contested by Democrat Beth Meyers and Republican Jamey Francis in the November 2014 general election. On November 4, 2014, Bewley was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate, and Meyers was elected to Bewley's old Assembly seat.

On April 24, 2020, the Wisconsin Senate Democratic Caucus chose Bewley as their new leader after the resignation of Senator Jennifer Shilling from that role.

On July 22, 2022, Bewley was involved in a fatal car crash. She drove her car out of a public beach to turn east onto U.S. Highway 2. Her car was struck by a vehicle driven by 27-year-old Alyssa Ortman, which was driving west at roughly 100 mph. Ortman's car was forced across the highway and hit a third car that was traveling east. Both Ortman and her five-year-old daughter were killed in the crash. An electronic cigarette containing delta-8-THC was found in Ortman's possession. Bewley was talking on the phone with a reporter from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel at the time of the crash and had had eye surgery the day before.

Bewley did not run for reelection in 2022.

References

  1. "Meet Janet".
  2. "2019 Wisconsin State Representatives". docs.legis.wisconsin.gov.
  3. "Bewley announces campaign to replace Jauch : Madisondotcom". Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.
  4. "Allen, Brostoff, Wanggaard, Bowen win legislative primaries". www.jsonline.com.
  5. Wisconsin, APG of. "apg-wi.com". APG of Wisconsin.
  6. Reilly, Briana (April 24, 2020). "Wisconsin Senate Democrats choose Janet Bewley as new minority leader". The Capital Times. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  7. "Woman who died in crash with Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley was traveling 100 MPH, records show".
  8. Bowen, Joe (July 25, 2022). "Pennsylvania woman, daughter, 5, dead after crash with Wisconsin senator". The Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  9. "Quinn and Westlund fight for 25th senate district".

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Wisconsin Senate
Preceded byRobert Jauch Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 25th district
2015–2023 		Succeeded byRomaine Quinn
Preceded byJennifer Shilling Minority Leader of the Wisconsin Senate
2020–2023 		Succeeded byMelissa Agard
Members of the Wisconsin Senate
106th Wisconsin Legislature (2023–2024)
  1. ▌André Jacque (R)
  2. ▌Robert Cowles (R)
  3. ▌Tim Carpenter (D)
  4. --Vacant--
  5. ▌Rob Hutton (R)
  6. ▌La Tonya Johnson (D)
  7. ▌Chris Larson (D)
  8. ▌Dan Knodl (R)
  9. ▌Devin LeMahieu (R)
  10. ▌Rob Stafsholt (R)
  11. ▌Stephen Nass (R)
  12. ▌Mary Felzkowski (R)
  13. ▌John Jagler (R)
  14. ▌Joan Ballweg (R)
  15. ▌Mark Spreitzer (D)
  16. ▌Melissa Agard (D)
  17. ▌Howard Marklein (R)
  18. ▌Dan Feyen (R)
  19. ▌Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R)
  20. ▌Duey Stroebel (R)
  21. ▌Van Wanggaard (R)
  22. ▌Robert Wirch (D)
  23. ▌Jesse James (R)
  24. ▌Patrick Testin (R)
  25. ▌Romaine Quinn (R)
  26. ▌Kelda Roys (D)
  27. ▌Dianne Hesselbein (D)
  28. ▌Julian Bradley (R)
  29. ▌Cory Tomczyk (R)
  30. ▌Eric Wimberger (R)
  31. ▌Jeff Smith (D)
  32. ▌Brad Pfaff (D)
  33. ▌Chris Kapenga (R)
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