{{short description|American Democratic politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Joe Wineke |image = Joe Wineke (127536465) (1).jpg |caption = Wineke in 2006 |state = Wisconsin |office = Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin |term_start = June 11, 2005 |term_end = June 13, 2009 |predecessor = Linda Honold |successor = Mike Tate |state_senate1 = Wisconsin |district1 = 27th |term_start1 = April 1993 |term_end1 = January 4, 1999 |predecessor1 = Russ Feingold |successor1 = Jon Erpenbach |office2 = Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly |constituency2 = 79th district |term_start2 = January 7, 1985 |term_end2 = April 1993 |predecessor2 = David Prosser Jr. |successor2 = Richard A. Skindrud |constituency3 = 97th district |term_start3 = January 3, 1983 |term_end3 = January 7, 1985 |predecessor3 = Lolita Schneiders |successor3 = Lolita Schneiders |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|1|5}} |birth_place = Madison, Wisconsin |death_date = |death_place = |party = Democratic |spouse = Debora |children = 4 |alma_mater = University of Wisconsin-Madison |profession = Legislator, Realtor |signature = |footnotes = }} '''Joseph S. Wineke''' (born January 5, 1957) is an American politician. He was chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from 2005 through 2009. During his term as chair, he saw the Democrats gain full control of Wisconsin's executive and legislative branches for the first time since 1986. Before becoming party chair, he served ten years in the Wisconsin State Assembly and six years in the Wisconsin State Senate, representing suburban areas of Dane, Green, and Rock counties.
==Early life and career== Wineke graduated from Verona Area High School in 1975.<ref name="Ferolie">{{cite web|url=http://www.veronapress.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=3235|title=Wineke joins exec race|last=Ferolie|first=Jim|date=December 22, 2010|work=Verona Press|accessdate=January 13, 2011|archive-date=July 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717194228/http://www.veronapress.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=3235|url-status=dead}}</ref> He graduated with a B.A. in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1980. He served on the Verona City Council from 1980 to 1983. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly and served from 1983 to 1993, when he was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in the April 1993 special election. Wineke was reelected in 1994.<ref>[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=goto&id=WI.WIBlueBk1985&isize=M&submit=Go+to+page&page=75 Wisconsin Blue Book 1985, Biographical Sketch of Joe Wineke]</ref>
==Political career== In 1998, Wineke ran for the open seat being vacated by United States Representative Scott Klug in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was defeated in the Democratic primary, receiving 27 percent of the vote. Tammy Baldwin won both the primary and general election.
Wineke was elected the chairperson of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin in 2005. He served the limit of two terms, and was succeeded by Mike Tate, who was elected in June 2009. He went on to serve as the Executive Director of the Construction Labor-Management Council of Greater Wisconsin Inc. The Council was created in 1990 as a joint effort between building trades unions and contractors to promote a better construction industry.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.clmcwisc.com/ |title=Construction Labor-Management Council of Greater Wisconsin Inc |access-date=January 5, 2010 |archive-date=January 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123071243/http://www.clmcwisc.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Wineke currently serves as the Administrator of the State of Wisconsin Division of Compensation and Labor Relations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/090914OSERrelease.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=November 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719084809/http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/090914OSERrelease.pdf |archivedate=July 19, 2011 }}</ref>
==Personal life== Wineke was born in Madison and raised in Verona, Wisconsin. He and his wife, Debora, have three children, Scott, Brian, and Jessica.
== References == {{reflist|2}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Joe Wineke}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110222170322/http://www.fightingbob.com/article.cfm?articleID=370 Fighting Bob Interview with Joe Wineke] *{{C-SPAN|1027085}}
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