Janet Bewley (Wisconsin politician)

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Janet Bewley
Gary Sherman
Succeeded byBeth Meyers
Personal details
Born (1951-11-10) November 10, 1951 (age 72)
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

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

city council of Ashland. She is a former community relations officer for the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.[1][2]

On December 16, 2013, Bewley announced her intention to run for 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.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8]

Bewley did not run for reelection in 2022.[9]

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. The Duluth News Tribune
    . Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  9. ^ "Quinn and Westlund fight for 25th senate district".

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