{{Short description|American politician (born 1984)}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Angie Sapik | state = Wisconsin | state_assembly = Wisconsin | district = 73rd | term_start = January 3, 2023 | term_end = January 6, 2025 | predecessor = Nick Milroy | successor = Angela Stroud | party = Republican | birth_name = Angela Mary Vee | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|8|4}} | birth_place = Grand Rapids, Minnesota, U.S. | spouse = Nathan Sapik | children = 2 | education = University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire<br>Duluth Business University (AS) | occupation = Sales | office1 = Member of the Douglas County Board of Supervisors from the {{nowrap|20th district}} | predecessor1 = Jim Borgeson | term_start1 = April 16, 2024 }} '''Angela Mary "Angie" Sapik''' (''{{nee}}'' '''Vee'''; born August 4, 1984) is an American sales professional and Republican politician from Douglas County, Wisconsin. She served one term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Wisconsin's 73rd Assembly district during the 2023–2024 term. She is a candidate for Wisconsin's 25th Senate district in the 2026 election.
==Biography== Angie Sapik was born Angela Mary Vee in Grand Rapids, Minnesota and was raised in Superior, Wisconsin. She graduated from Northwestern High School, in the town of Maple, Wisconsin, and went on to attend University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire for two years. She ultimately earned her associate's degree from Duluth Business University. For the last ten years, she has worked as a sales associate for her family business, Vee's Marketing, Inc.<ref name="vees">{{Cite web|url= https://veesmarketing.com/about-us/ |title= About Vee's |website= Vee's Marketing |accessdate= December 9, 2022 }}</ref>
==Political career== After surviving the closest election in the Wisconsin Legislature in 2020, incumbent state representative Nick Milroy announced in April 2022 that he would not run for an 8th term in the Assembly that Fall. A few weeks later, Sapik announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 73rd district seat being vacated by Milroy.<ref name="announce">{{cite news|url= https://www.superiortelegram.com/news/local/race-heats-up-for-wisconsins-73rd-district-assembly-seat |title= Race heats up for Wisconsin's 73rd District Assembly seat |first= Shelley |last= Nelson |date= May 18, 2022 |newspaper= Superior Telegram |accessdate= December 9, 2022 }}</ref> She defeated Douglas County supervisor Scott Luostari in the Republican primary and went on to face child services consultant Laura Gapske in the general election.<ref name="2022pri2">{{cite report |url=https://elections.wi.gov/media/16386/download |title=Canvass Results for 2022 Partisan Primary – 8/9/2022 |date=August 26, 2022 |publisher=Wisconsin Elections Commission |page=56 |access-date=July 14, 2025}}</ref> In the November general election, the 73rd Assembly district was again one of the closest legislative races in the state. Sapik prevailed by 490 votes.<ref name="2022gen2">{{cite report |url=https://elections.wi.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Statewide%20Summary%20Results_1.pdf |title=Canvass Results for 2022 General Election - 11/8/2022 |date=November 30, 2022 |publisher=Wisconsin Elections Commission |page=26 |accessdate=July 14, 2025}}</ref>
The 2024 legislative redistricting act significantly altered Sapik's 73rd Assembly district, and Sapik announced in March 2024 that she would not run for another term in office.<ref>{{cite press release|url= https://drydenwire.com/news/representative-angie-sapik-will-not-seek-reelection-reelection/ |title= Rep. Angie Sapik Not Seeking Reelection |work= Office of Representative Angie Sapik |date= March 21, 2024 |via= Dryden Wire |accessdate= March 22, 2024 }}</ref>
Following the redistricting Sapik filed a write-in campaign for the 20th district on the Douglas County Board of Supervisors. No other candidates filed to run for the seat and Sapik was elected with 76 votes out of 152 write-in votes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kremer |first=Rich |date=April 4, 2024 |title=Republican lawmaker wins 2 county board seats via write-in votes |url=https://www.wpr.org/news/douglas-county-board-seats-write-in-votes |access-date=July 14, 2025 |work=Wisconsin Public Radio}}</ref>
==Personal life and family== Angela Vee is one of three children of Scott Vee.<ref name="engage">{{cite news|url= https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/vee-sapik-engagement |title= Vee, Sapik engagement |date= September 8, 2012 |newspaper= Duluth News Tribune |accessdate= December 9, 2022 }}</ref> Her father founded the produce company Vee's Marketing, Inc., in 1989. Her father is now retired and her brother owns and runs the business.<ref name="vees"/>
Angela Vee took the last name Sapik when she married Nathan Sapik, in September 2012.<ref name="engage"/> They live in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin, with their two children.
==Electoral history== ===Wisconsin Assembly (2022)=== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Election !Date ! colspan="4" |Elected ! colspan="4" |Defeated !Total !Plurality |- ! rowspan="2" valign="top" |2022 | valign="top" |Primary<ref name="2022pri2" /> | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Aug. 9}} | valign="top" |{{nowrap|'''Angie Sapik'''}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican | align="right" valign="top" |2,872 | align="right" valign="top" |57.84% | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Scott Luostari}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep. | align="right" valign="top" |2,081 | align="right" valign="top" |41.91% | align="right" valign="top" |4,965 | align="right" valign="top" |791 |- | valign="top" |General<ref name="2022gen2" /> | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Nov. 8}} | valign="top" |{{nowrap|'''Angie Sapik'''}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican | align="right" valign="top" |13,268 | align="right" valign="top" |50.83% | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Laura R. Gapske}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem. | align="right" valign="top" |12,778 | align="right" valign="top" |48.96% | align="right" valign="top" |26,101 | align="right" valign="top" |490 |}
=== Douglas County Board of Supervisors (2024) === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Election !Date ! colspan="4" |Elected ! colspan="4" |Defeated !Total !Plurality |- ! rowspan="7" valign="top" |2024 | rowspan="7" valign="top" |General<ref name="2024pri">{{cite report |url=https://www.douglascountywi.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3774 |title=Election Results - Write-in Candidate Results (County Board) |date=April 9, 2024 |publisher=Douglas County, Wisconsin |page=2 |accessdate=July 14, 2025}}</ref> | rowspan="7" valign="top" |{{nowrap|Apr. 2}} | rowspan="7" valign="top" |{{nowrap|'''Angie Sapik''' (write-in)}} | rowspan="7" valign="top" {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Nonpartisan | rowspan="7" align="right" valign="top" |76 | rowspan="7" align="right" valign="top" |50.00% | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Danna Livingston-Matherly (write-in)}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Non. | align="right" valign="top" |53 | align="right" valign="top" |34.86% | rowspan="7" align="right" valign="top" |152 | rowspan="7" align="right" valign="top" |23 |- | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Jacob Moss (write-in)}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Non. | align="right" valign="top" |17 | align="right" valign="top" |11.18% |- | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Jim Borgeson (inc) (write-in)}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Non. | align="right" valign="top" |2 | align="right" valign="top" |1.32% |- | valign="top" |{{nowrap|James Delanghe (write-in)}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Non. | align="right" valign="top" |1 | align="right" valign="top" |0.66% |- | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Sam Jones (write-in)}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Non. | align="right" valign="top" |1 | align="right" valign="top" |0.66% |- | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Robert Olee (write-in)}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Non. | align="right" valign="top" |1 | align="right" valign="top" |0.66% |- | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Bill Wilson (write-in)}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |Non. | align="right" valign="top" |1 | align="right" valign="top" |0.66% |}
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==External links== * {{Ballotpedia|Angie_Sapik}} * [https://wisconsinvote.org/candidate/angie-sapik/ Angie Sapik] at Wisconsin Vote * [https://veesmarketing.com/ Vee's Marketing, Inc.]
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