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Shelia Renee Stubbs (née Hoskins; born February 22, 1971) is an American pastor, former probation and parole agent, and Democratic politician from Madison, Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the south side of the city of Madison since 2019. She is Dane County's first African American representative in the Wisconsin Legislature. She also previously served 16 years as a member of the Dane County Board of Supervisors (2006–2022), and was the only African American member from 2006 to 2020.

Early life and career

Shelia Stubbs was born Shelia Renee Hoskins in Camden, Arkansas, in February 1971. As a child, she moved with her family to Beloit, Wisconsin, where she was raised and educated; her uncle, Walter Knight, served on Beloit's city council and its police and fire commission. She graduated from Beloit Memorial High School and attended Tougaloo College, earning a baccalaureate degree in political science. She went on to study at Mount Senario College, earning a second baccalaureate, in criminal justice management, and then earned a master's in management at Milwaukee's Cardinal Stritch University. She has been a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated since April 2003.

She worked for eight years as a probation and parole agent with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections before first being elected to the Dane County Board of Supervisors in 2006.

Political career

Democratic incumbent Terese Berceau announced on February 2, 2018, that she would not be running for re-election from the 77th Assembly district, and Stubbs announced her own candidacy the same day. With the Democratic nomination tantamount to winning in this heavily-Democratic district, she acquired three opponents (and Berceau's endorsement). In the primary election, she achieved a plurality of fractionally under 50% of the votes, with 7,758 to Shabnam Lotfi's 5,611 (36%), John Imes' 1,222 (8%) and Mark Garthwaite's 968 (6%). Unopposed in the general election for the 2019–2020 Assembly term, Stubbs became the first African-American woman to represent a Dane County district in the legislature, and was the only African-American woman in the Assembly.

Police call

Stubbs's campaign attracted national news coverage when during her canvassing in a predominantly-white neighborhood, a call was made to the Madison Police Department reporting her and her family (she was with her daughter and mother) as "They are waiting for drugs at the local drug house — would like them moved along." (She did not announce the incident until after the primary.) An anonymous letter purporting to be from the person who made the call, and emphasizing "but I never called the police on you, on a woman of color in the neighborhood... I called on a car, not you" has been received by a local television station.

Personal life and family

Shelia Stubbs is the daughter of Linda Hoskins, a former president of the Madison chapter of the NAACP.

Shelia Hoskins took the last name Stubbs when she married bishop Godfrey Stubbs. The Stubbs' are co-founders of End Time Ministries International Church in Madison; they have one school-age daughter.

Electoral history

Wisconsin Assembly, 77th district (2018–2022)

Wisconsin Assembly, 78th district (2024–present)

References

1. Salaries of Wisconsin State Elected Officials, 2023 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. February 2023. p. 2. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
2. Meet your new dane County Board forwardlookout.com April 2020
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5. Van Egeren, Jessica (April 20, 2014). "Q&A: Shelia Stubbs is done talking about racial inequality in Dane County". The Capital Times. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
6. Canvass Results for 2018 Partisan Primary - 8/14/2018 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. August 31, 2018. p. 93. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
7. Conde, Ximena (August 15, 2018). "After Historic Primary Win, Dane County's Shelia Stubbs Looks At Work Ahead In State Legislature". Wisconsin Public Radio. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
8. Brogan, Dylan (June 28, 2018). "Madison Assembly race turns competitive: Heir apparent Shelia Stubbs faces three opponents in Aug. 14 Democratic primary". Isthmus. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
9. Gomez, Melissa (September 21, 2018). "Black Candidate Wants to Know Who Called 911 as She Talked to Voters". The New York Times. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
10. "Shelia Stubbs's Campaigning-While-Black Incident & Minorities Report". The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Comedy Central. September 20, 2018. Archived from the original on September 26, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
11. Plutchak, Dan (September 24, 2018). "Person who called police on Dane County candidate: 'So, so very sorry'". WKOW-TV. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
12. "About Shelia". Shelia Stubbs for State Assembly. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
13. Canvass Results for 2018 Partisan Primary - 8/14/2018 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. August 31, 2018. p. 93. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
14. Canvass Results for 2018 General Election - 11/6/2018 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. February 22, 2019. p. 28. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
15. Canvass Results for 2020 General Election - 11/3/2020 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. November 18, 2020. p. 26. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
16. Canvass Results for 2022 General Election - 11/8/2022 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. November 30, 2022. p. 26. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
17. County by County Report - 2024 Partisan Primary (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. August 26, 2024. p. 78. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
18. County by County Report - 2024 General Election (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. November 27, 2024. p. 78. Retrieved December 4, 2024.

External links

• Representative Shelia Stubbs at Wisconsin Legislature
• Campaign website
• Former campaign website (Archived Nov. 5, 2018)
• End Time Ministries International
• Shelia Stubbs at Ballotpedia
• Profile at Vote Smart

• 1971 births
• Living people
• Probation and parole officers
• People from Camden, Arkansas
• Politicians from Beloit, Wisconsin
• Politicians from Madison, Wisconsin
• Cardinal Stritch University alumni
• Tougaloo College alumni
• Mount Senario College alumni
• Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• African-American state legislators in Wisconsin
• Women state legislators in Wisconsin
• 2020 United States presidential electors
• 21st-century African-American women politicians
• 21st-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
• 21st-century African-American politicians