{{short description|American politician (born 1952)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Stephen L. Nass | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | state = Wisconsin | state_senate = Wisconsin | district = [[Wisconsin's 11th Senate district|11th]] | term_start = January 3, 2015 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Neal Kedzie]] | successor = | office1 = Member of the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] | constituency1 = [[Wisconsin's 33rd Assembly district|33rd district]] | term_start1 = January 7, 2013 | term_end1 = January 3, 2015 | predecessor1 = [[Chris Kapenga]] | successor1 = [[Cody Horlacher]] | constituency2 = [[Wisconsin's 31st Assembly district|31st district]] | term_start2 = January 4, 1993 | term_end2 = January 7, 2013 | predecessor2 = [[Daniel P. Vrakas]] | successor2 = [[Amy Loudenbeck]] | constituency3 = [[Wisconsin's 38th Assembly district|38th district]] | term_start3 = January 7, 1991 | term_end3 = January 4, 1993 | predecessor3 = [[Margaret S. Lewis]] | successor3 = [[Steven Foti]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|10|7}} | birth_place = [[Whitewater, Wisconsin]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | alma_mater = [[University of Wisconsin–Whitewater]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Education|MSEd]]) | profession = Politician | allegiance = United States | branch = [[Wisconsin Air National Guard]] | unit = [[128th Air Refueling Wing]] | rank = [[Chief Master Sergeant]], ANG | service_years = 1972–2005 | battles = [[Gulf War]] | website = {{unbulleted list | [https://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate/11/nass Official website] | [http://www.nass4senate.com/ Campaign website] }} }}
'''Stephen Leonard Nass''' (born October 7, 1952) is an American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician from [[Whitewater, Wisconsin]]. He is a member of the [[Wisconsin Senate]], representing the [[Wisconsin's 11th Senate district|11th Senate district]] since 2015; he has announced he will not run for re-election in 2026 and his term will expire on January 4, 2027. He previously served 24 years in the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]], from 1991 to 2015, and served on the Whitewater city council from 1977 to 1981.
==Early life and career== Nass was born in [[Whitewater, Wisconsin]], on October 7, 1952.<ref name=WHSoc>{{cite web|url= https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS10962 |title= Nass, Stephen L. 1952 |website= [[Wisconsin Historical Society]] |accessdate= August 8, 2025 }}</ref><ref name="wileg">{{cite web|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legislators/senate/2822 |title= Senator Steve Nass |year= 2025 |website= [[Wisconsin Legislature]] |accessdate= January 4, 2026 }}</ref> He was raised in Whitewater and has resided there for most of his life; he graduated from [[Whitewater High School (Whitewater, Wisconsin)|Whitewater High School]] in 1971. After working for a time, he resumed his education, attending the [[University of Wisconsin–Whitewater]] and earning his bachelor's degree in 1978.<ref name=WHSoc/>
After college, Nass worked nearly a decade for the Wisconsin Association of School Boards as an information analyst, during which time he often served as an advisor to local school boards on negotiations with state teachers unions. In the late 1980s, he was hired as a payroll benefits analyst for the [[Wisconsin Department of Health Services|Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services]].<ref name="self">{{cite web|url= http://www.nass4senate.com/site/about-steve/ |title= About Steve |website= Steve Nass for State Senate |accessdate= January 4, 2026 }}</ref>
While employed in those roles, he continued his education at UW–Whitewater and earned a [[Master of Education|M.S.Ed.]] in school business management in 1990.<ref name=WHSoc/>
Nass enlisted with the [[Wisconsin Air National Guard]] after high school and ultimately served 33 years with the [[128th Air Refueling Wing]]. He volunteered for active duty in 1990 and served in the Persian Gulf region during [[Operation Desert Shield]], serving two months in [[Saudi Arabia]]. His unit was later activated for service in [[Operation Desert Storm]] and deployed to Egypt.<ref name=WHSoc/> Later in the 1990s, he served additional deployments in support of the no-fly zones in [[Iraqi no-fly zones conflict|Iraq]] and [[Operation Deny Flight|Bosnia]].<ref name="self"/> He retired as a [[chief master sergeant]] about 2005.<ref name="wileg"/><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/stevens-point-journal-nass/178459074/ |title= New legislator heads to gulf in military |newspaper= Stevens Point Journal |date= November 10, 1990 |page= 15 |accessdate= August 8, 2025 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>
==Political career== ===Early offices and Assembly (1977–2014)=== Nass began his political career while attending UW–Whitewater in 1977, when he was elected to an open seat on the Whitewater city council.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-times-whitewater-city-counci/188217543/ |title= Town vs gown in Whitewater vote |newspaper= [[The Capital Times]] |date= March 26, 1977 |first= Marion |last= Esseck |page= 1 |accessdate= January 4, 2026 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> He served four years on the city council, from 1977 to 1981; during that time he was also appointed to the UW–Whitewater board of visitors, serving from 1979 to 1989.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-whitewater-visit/188217958/ |title= Regents appoint visitor board |newspaper= [[Wisconsin State Journal]] |date= April 7, 1979 |page= 2 |accessdate= January 4, 2026 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref>
He made his first bid for state office in 1990, running as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] for [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] in the [[Wisconsin's 38th Assembly district|38th district seat]] being vacated by the retirement of representative [[Margaret S. Lewis]]. The 38th district at the time was anchored on Nass' home city, Whitewater, and stretched north to the municipalities of [[Jefferson, Wisconsin|Jefferson]] and [[Johnson Creek, Wisconsin|Johnson Creek]], and west to include northeast wards of the city of [[Janesville, Wisconsin|Janesville]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-nass-election/188218693/ |title= 38th Assembly: Nass |newspaper= [[Wisconsin State Journal]] |date= October 31, 1990 |page= 11 |accessdate= January 4, 2026 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> Nass faced a primary against political newcomer Jacquelin J. Wood, but prevailed with 60% of the vote.<ref name="1991elex"/> In the general election, his Democratic opponent was perennial candidate William Edington, a band teacher from Johnson Creek; an independent candidate, Wayne Harter, also ran. Nass prevailed with 52.6% of the vote and was sworn in as a state representative in January 1991.<ref name="1991elex"/>
In 1992, Wisconsin underwent a significant legislative redistricting. The plan was enacted by a panel of federal judges, due to the state government's inability to come to a compromise on a redistricting plan for the 1990 census. Nass' district was renumbered as the [[Wisconsin's 31st Assembly district|31st district]]; it remained anchored on Whitewater, but shifted away from Janesville and into southwest Waukesha County. In the new district configuration, he was re-elected five times receiving more than 60% of the vote in each race.<ref name="1993elex"/>
Another federal court redistricting in 2002 again significantly reshaped Nass' district. This time the old district population centers—Whitewater and Jefferson—were removed from the district as it shifted into Oconomowoc in the northeast and Elkhorn in the south. By then, Nass had moved his voting address to the village of [[Palmyra, Wisconsin]], just east of Whitewater, and therefore remained in the new district.<ref>{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/2JUOJDUUULAKX8L |title= State of Wisconsin 2003–2004 Blue Book |year= 2003 |publisher= [[Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau]] |editor-last1= Barish |editor-first1= Lawrence S. |editor-last2= Lemanski |editor-first2= Lynn |chapter= Biographies |pages= 40–41 |accessdate= January 4, 2026 }}</ref> The new district configuration was even more safely Republican, Nass was re-elected five more times in that configuration, never receiving less than 63% of the vote.<ref name="2002gen"/>
In 2010, Nass said he would introduce legislation banning [[Raised pavement marker|pavement markers]] designed to minimize conflicts between bicyclists and motorists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt_and_politics/article_7139503a-62e6-11df-93ae-001cc4c03286.html|title=Madison tries a European idea to improve bike safety|first=Patricia |last=Simms|newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal|date=May 18, 2010}}</ref><ref name="madison.com2">{{cite web|url=https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt_and_politics/article_233e0e24-6602-11df-a306-001cc4c002e0.html|title=State rep wants to stop city's use of Euro-style bike markers|first=Patricia|last=Simms|date=May 22, 2010|newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal}}</ref> Nass accused "liberal extremists in Madison who hate cars and think everyone should bike to work" with "basically making it difficult to use an automobile."<ref name="madison.com2" /> Nass's position drew a caustic response from Madison mayor [[Dave Cieslewicz]], who noted that Madison is 70 miles from the district that Nass represents. "Not having been able to solve a single significant state problem (which they actually got elected to do) in their combined 37 years in office these guys now want to micromanage the city of Madison. There's a way they can do that, of course. They can give up their seats in the Legislature and run for the Madison City Council."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://madison.com/ct/news/local/madison_360/article_20f2ce1e-73ce-11df-8ff5-001cc4c03286.html|title=Firing back at Madison's critics a capital idea|first=Paul |last=Fanlund|newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal|date=June 9, 2010}}</ref>
===State Senate (2014–2027)=== In May 2014, state senator [[Neal Kedzie]] announced that he would not run for re-election in 2014, and Nass quickly entered the race to succeed him in the [[Wisconsin's 11th Senate district|11th state Senate district]]. The 11th Senate district under the 2011 gerrymander comprised all of Walworth County, the eastern half of Rock County, southwestern Waukesha County, and parts of southeastern and central Jefferson County; it was a safe Republican seat. Nass faced no opposition for the Republican nomination and went on to the 2014 general election against Democratic candidate Daniel Kilkenny, a county supervisor from Walworth County.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lake-geneva-regional-news-nass-kilke/190598586/ |title= Kilkenny running for state senate |first= Robert |last= Ireland |newspaper= Lake Geneva Regional News |date= May 29, 2014 |accessdate= February 4, 2026 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> Nass easily won the 2014 general election, receiving 63% of the vote.<ref name="2014gen"/>
Since joining the [[Wisconsin Senate]] in January 2015,<ref name="wileg"/> Nass has been described as one of the chamber's most conservative members.<ref name=BauerCOVIDBillJan2021>{{cite news|url= https://apnews.com/article/legislature-bills-wisconsin-coronavirus-pandemic-fda9a35ce176ef590358a1823a6abcc8 |title= Wisconsin Assembly passes COVID-19 bill Senate GOP opposes |last= Bauer |first= Scott |work= [[Associated Press]] |date= January 7, 2021 |accessdate= January 4, 2026 }}</ref><ref name=English>{{cite news|url= https://apnews.com/article/417831b53345afca250f46e30f8fff5a |title= GOP resurrects bill to make English official language |last= Richmond |first= Todd |date =January 6, 2020 |work= [[Associated Press]] |accessdate= January 4, 2026 }}</ref> He was re-elected without opposition in 2018.<ref name="2018gen"/>
In 2022, his district was redrawn by the Wisconsin Supreme Court redistricting plan, Waukesha County was removed from his district, and more of southern Jefferson County was added, the district remained safely Republican. In the 2022 general election, Nass faced retired educator Steven J. Doelder.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-doelder/190601258/ |title= Election 2022 - 11th Senate District |newspaper= [[Wisconsin State Journal]] |date= October 29, 2022 |page= A7 |accessdate= February 4, 2026 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> This was Nass's closest election since 1990, but he still prevailed with 58% of the vote.<ref name="2022gen"/>
===Conflict with the University of Wisconsin=== In both the Assembly and Senate, Nass has had a bitter and adversarial relationship with the [[University of Wisconsin System]],<ref name="madison.com">{{cite web|url=https://madison.com/ct/news/local/education/campus_connection/article_afbaed3e-f75e-11df-960f-001cc4c03286.html|title=Campus Connection: UW critic Nass secures key post|first=Todd |last=Finkelmeyer |newspaper=The Capital Times|date=November 24, 2010}}</ref><ref name=Lombardo>Cara Lombardo, [https://apnews.com/article/610943610a2a4a6c98a44c7d81880120 Student guilty of black church arsons wants pro-white group], Associated Press (January 27, 2017).</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Republican-led committee votes to block UW campuses' COVID-19 requirements; UW-Madison immediately issues mask mandate|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/03/republicans-vote-block-uw-campuses-covid-19-requirements/5458951001/|access-date=2021-08-04|website=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|language=en}}</ref> which he has accused of "liberal indoctrination."<ref name=TommyT>Todd Richmond, [https://apnews.com/article/4cd556b8c6cd3eb23bc71970adb607fd Regent leader selects Tommy Thompson as interim UW president], Associated Press (June 19, 2020).</ref> His opinion of the University took on greater significance in the [[98th Wisconsin Legislature|2007–2008]] and [[100th Wisconsin Legislature|2011–2012]] legislative terms, when Nass was chair of the Assembly's Colleges and Universities Committee.<ref name="madison.com"/>
In 2007, Nass worked to cut funds for specific University of Wisconsin programs that he disagreed with philosophically, including the Havens Wright Center for Social Justice in UW–Madison's [[sociology]] department and the [[University of Wisconsin–Extension|UW–Extension]] School For Workers, saying that they are "too far to the left."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://madison.com/news/local/legislator-takes-aim-at-uw-programs-among-other-things-he-wants-to-cut-money-to/article_bed0652e-035e-51b4-97da-aa8c0df1614b.html|title=Legislator Takes Aim at UW Programs|first=Ryan J.|last=Foley|agency=Associated Press|date=July 25, 2007|newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal}}</ref> [[Paul Soglin]], the mayor of [[Madison, Wisconsin]], responded by calling Nass "the outlaw chairman of an Assembly committee that is designed to destroy the University of Wisconsin System."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.waxingamerica.com/2007/07/steve-nass-an-e.html|title=Steve Nass: An Embarrassment To Wisconsin|author=Paul Soglin|date=July 26, 2007|work=Waxing America}}</ref>
Nass's feud with the University continued into his time in the state Senate, where he served on the Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges. In 2017, Nass accused UW of waging a "war on men" with an initiative about [[masculinity]], and criticized a course offered by UW on [[white privilege]].<ref name=Lombardo/><ref name=TommyT/>
===Other political positions=== Nass is a supporter of [[Donald Trump]]. In 2017, Wisconsin taxpayers paid $966 to send Nass to Trump's first speech to a [[joint session of Congress]],<ref>{{cite news|url= https://apnews.com/article/34a5aac28b61484c9ef9a21502cbf1ad |title= Wisconsin taxpayers spent nearly $41K on senators' travel |first= Todd |last= Richmond |work= Associated Press |date= June 25, 2018 |accessdate= February 4, 2026 }}</ref> and in 2019, during the [[first impeachment of Donald Trump|Trump's first impeachment]], he accused Trump's enemies of "vile efforts to effectuate a political coup of the president."<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/b4758986b11e647c8f96278102e789e4 Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials], Associated Press (December 16, 2019).</ref> Nass has sponsored legislation to declare [[English-only movement|English the official language]] of Wisconsin.<ref name=English/>
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin|COVID-19 pandemic]], Nass criticized public health measures put into place by Democratic governor [[Tony Evers]], and in April 2020, Nass accused the state health secretary, [[Andrea Palm]], of promoting "excessive levels of fear."<ref>Scott Bauer, [https://apnews.com/article/6ab85f59162b6999bcd9a931f2b25e03 Republicans accuse Evers of stoking COVID-19 fears], Associated Press (April 10, 2020).</ref> In July 2020, after Evers issued an order requiring the wearing of [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|face coverings]] in public indoor spaces to prevent the spread of [[COVID-19 virus|the virus]], Nass called the order "illegal and unnecessary" and urged the state legislature to convene an emergency session to repeal the order.<ref>Scott Bauer, [https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-wisconsin-health-lifestyle-virus-outbreak-df38c0f189b4981afcacee126c5c0eaf Wisconsin governor orders masks statewide amid virus surge], Associated Press (July 30, 2020).</ref> During the pandemic, Nass supported the termination of Evers' emergency declarations.<ref>Todd Richmond, [https://apnews.com/article/health-wisconsin-coronavirus-pandemic-4741efa0494718d460a13afd27034445Evers calls lack of 2nd vaccine doses 'slap in the face'], Associated Press (January 15, 2021).</ref> He also pushed to require state workers to return to physical offices, revoke funding for schools that did not hold in-person classes, restrict the power of state and local health agencies, and expand [[school choice]] programs.<ref name=BauerCOVIDBillJan2021/> He introduced legislation to block the University of Wisconsin from instituting COVID-19 testing, masking and vaccination protocols on its campuses across the state.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-29|title=Republican to block UW virus testing, vaccination rules|url=https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-d780c891f55b321baceb63409e5820c4|access-date=2021-07-29|website=AP NEWS|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
In 2025 Nass voted against the 2025–2027 state budget, which had been created through negotiations between governor Evers, Senate Republicans, and Senate Democrats, describing it as the "Vos-Evers orgy of spending".<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 2, 2025 |title=Evers signs budget as guv, lawmakers beat reconciliation bill across finish line |url=https://www.wispolitics.com/2025/senate-approves-budget-19-14-sends-bill-to-assembly/ |access-date=July 3, 2025 |work=[[WisPolitics]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 2, 2025 |title=Sen. Nass: Vos-Evers budget – an orgy in spending |url=https://www.wispolitics.com/2025/sen-nass-vos-evers-budget-an-orgy-in-spending/ |access-date=July 3, 2025 |work=[[WisPolitics]]}}</ref>
===Retirement=== In February 2026, Nass announced he would not run for re-election in the [[2026 Wisconsin Senate election|2026 election]], and would retire at the end of the [[107th Wisconsin Legislature]].<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.wispolitics.com/2026/alert-nass-wont-seek-reelection/ |title= Nass won't seek reelection |date=February 2, 2026 |work= [[Wispolitics.com]] |accessdate= February 3, 2026 }}</ref>
==Personal life and family== Stephen Nass is one of four children born to {{nowrap|Wilfred Nass Sr.}} and his wife Joyce (''{{nee}}'' Sherman). Wilfred Nass was a longtime police officer in Whitewater; the Nass family were descendants of Friedrich Nass who settled in [[Walworth County, Wisconsin]], in the 1880s, after emigrating from the [[Pomerania]] region of the [[German Empire]].
Stephen Nass has never been married, but has been in a long term relationship with Sheila Reiff. Reiff is also a prominent Republican in Walworth County, serving several years as county clerk and as a member of the county board.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.dailyunion.com/obituaries/joyce-may-nass-80-whitewater/article_146a3b40-7d79-51fa-afb9-ce408f3e9114.html |title= Joyce May Nass, 80, Whitewater |date= April 14, 2010 |newspaper= Daily Jefferson County Union |accessdate= August 8, 2025 }}</ref>
==Electoral history== ===Wisconsin Assembly, 38th district (1990)===
{| class=wikitable |- ! Year ! Election ! Date !! colspan="4"| Elected !! colspan="4"| Defeated ! Total ! Plurality |- ! rowspan="3" valign="top" | 1990 | valign="top" | Primary<ref name="1991elex">{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/LVXTGFG6N2TVJ8P |title= State of Wisconsin 1991–1992 Blue Book |editor1-last= Barish |editor1-first= Lawrence S. |editor2-last= Theobald |editor2-first= H. Rupert |publisher= [[Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau]] |year= 1991 |chapter= Elections |pages= [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ALVXTGFG6N2TVJ8P/full/AYNPDWD4GLW4H682 901], [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ALVXTGFG6N2TVJ8P/full/ATFIYLIYS7OGKV9E 917] |accessdate= August 7, 2025 }}</ref> | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Sep. 11}} | valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass'''}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | valign="top" align="right" | 2,034 | valign="top" align="right" | 60.20% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Jacquelin J. Wood}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 1,345 | valign="top" align="right" | 39.80% | valign="top" align="right" | 3,379 | valign="top" align="right" | 689 |- | rowspan="2" valign="top" | General<ref name="1991elex"/> | rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{nowrap|Nov. 6}} | rowspan="2" valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass'''}} | rowspan="2" valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 7,393 | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 52.56% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|William P. Edington}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 6,448 | valign="top" align="right" | 45.84% | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 14,066 | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 945 |- | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Wayne E. Harter}} | {{Party shading/Independent}} | [[Independent (United States)|Ind.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 225 | valign="top" align="right" | 1.60% |}
===Wisconsin Assembly, 31st district (1992–2010)=== {| class=wikitable |- ! Year ! Election ! Date !! colspan="4"| Elected !! colspan="4"| Defeated ! Total ! Plurality |- ! valign="top" | 1992 | valign="top" | General<ref name="1993elex">{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/6GO4S5JO5BQTO8M |title= State of Wisconsin 1993–1994 Blue Book |editor1-last= Barish |editor1-first= Lawrence S. |editor2-last= Meloy|editor2-first= Patricia E. |publisher= [[Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau]] |year= 1993 |chapter= Elections |page= [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A6GO4S5JO5BQTO8M/full/A25XTGLFI24QBM8Y 922] |accessdate= August 7, 2025 }}</ref> | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Nov. 3}} | valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass'''}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | valign="top" align="right" | 14,294 | valign="top" align="right" | 61.06% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Shirley M. Wheeler}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 9,117 | valign="top" align="right" | 38.94% | valign="top" align="right" | 23,411 | valign="top" align="right" | 5,177 |- ! valign="top" | 1994 | valign="top" | General<ref name="1995elex">{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/YPHDP7TNI56WH8E |title= State of Wisconsin 1995–1996 Blue Book |editor1-last= Barish |editor1-first= Lawrence S. |editor2-last= Meloy|editor2-first= Patricia E. |publisher= [[Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau]] |year= 1995 |chapter= Elections |page= [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AYPHDP7TNI56WH8E/full/ABJL4O6LA3VU7E9C 922] |accessdate= August 7, 2025 }}</ref> | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Nov. 8}} | valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass''' (inc)}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | valign="top" align="right" | 10,265 | valign="top" align="right" | 69.26% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Shirley M. Wheeler}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 4,557 | valign="top" align="right" | 30.74% | valign="top" align="right" | 14,822 | valign="top" align="right" | 5,708 |- ! rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1996 | rowspan="2" valign="top" | General<ref name="1997elex">{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/V57G6QVOUSNPG8T |title= State of Wisconsin 1997–1998 Blue Book |editor1-last= Barish |editor1-first= Lawrence S. |editor2-last= Meloy|editor2-first= Patricia E. |publisher= [[Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau]] |year= 1997 |chapter= Elections |page= [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AV57G6QVOUSNPG8T/full/AE3VNDQM62A3ZV8K 903] |accessdate= August 7, 2025 }}</ref> | rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{nowrap|Nov. 5}} | rowspan="2" valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass''' (inc)}} | rowspan="2" valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 14,214 | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 61.55% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Shirley M. Wheeler}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 8,226 | valign="top" align="right" | 35.62% | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 23,092 | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 5,988 |- | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Edward J. Frami}} | {{Party shading/Constitution}} | [[US Taxpayers Party|Tax.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 652 | valign="top" align="right" | 2.82% |- ! valign="top" | 1998 | valign="top" | General<ref name="1999elex">{{cite report|url= https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/4K4QRBLSRUNJE8R |title= State of Wisconsin 1999–2000 Blue Book |editor1-last= Barish |editor1-first= Lawrence S. |editor2-last= Meloy|editor2-first= Patricia E. |publisher= [[Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau]] |year= 1999 |chapter= Elections |page= [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A4K4QRBLSRUNJE8R/full/AFGF6GBIHIFFNB8R 882] |accessdate= August 7, 2025 }}</ref> | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Nov. 3}} | valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass''' (inc)}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | valign="top" align="right" | 11,620 | valign="top" align="right" | 64.85% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Shirley M. Wheeler}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 6,299 | valign="top" align="right" | 35.15% | valign="top" align="right" | 17,919 | valign="top" align="right" | 5,321 |- ! valign="top" | 2000 | valign="top" | General<ref name="2000gen">{{cite report |url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2000_General_Election_Summary_Results.pdf |title= Results of Fall General Election - 11/07/2000 |publisher= Wisconsin State Elections Board |date= May 10, 2001 |page= 20 |accessdate= August 7, 2025 |archive-date= January 10, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210110070313/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2000_General_Election_Summary_Results.pdf |url-status= dead }}</ref> | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Nov. 7}} | valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass''' (inc)}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | valign="top" align="right" | 20,589 | valign="top" align="right" | 86.79% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Bernard T. Dalsey}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 3,103 | valign="top" align="right" | 13.08% | valign="top" align="right" | 23,723 | valign="top" align="right" | 17,486 |- ! valign="top" | [[2002 Wisconsin State Assembly election|2002]] | valign="top" | General<ref name="2002gen">{{cite report |url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/elec02F_results.pdf |title= Results of Fall General Election - 11/05/2002 |publisher= Wisconsin State Elections Board |date= December 2, 2002 |page= 21 |accessdate= August 7, 2025 |archive-date= January 12, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200112214409/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/elec02F_results.pdf |url-status= dead |via=[[Wayback Machine]] }}</ref> | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Nov. 5}} | valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass''' (inc)}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | valign="top" align="right" | 13,883 | valign="top" align="right" | 86.78% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Leroy L. Watson}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 2,091 | valign="top" align="right" | 13.07% | valign="top" align="right" | 15,998 | valign="top" align="right" | 11,792 |- ! rowspan="2" valign="top" | [[2004 Wisconsin State Assembly election|2004]] | rowspan="2" valign="top" | General<ref name="2004gen">{{cite report |url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2004_FallElection_Results_Summary.pdf |title= Results of Fall General Election - 11/02/2004 |publisher= Wisconsin State Elections Board |date= December 1, 2004 |page= 21 |accessdate= August 7, 2025 |archive-date= May 11, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220511100747/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2004_FallElection_Results_Summary.pdf |url-status= dead |via=[[Wayback Machine]] }}</ref> | rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{nowrap|Nov. 2}} | rowspan="2" valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass''' (inc)}} | rowspan="2" valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 20,934 | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 66.06% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Scott Woods}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 10,041 | valign="top" align="right" | 31.68% | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 31,691 | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 10,893 |- | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Bruce Hinkforth}} | {{Party shading/Green}} | [[Wisconsin Green Party|Grn.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 696 | valign="top" align="right" | 2.20% |- ! rowspan="2" valign="top" | [[2006 Wisconsin State Assembly election|2006]] | rowspan="2" valign="top" | General<ref name="2006gen">{{cite report |url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2006_FallElection_Results_Summary_0.pdf |title= Results of Fall General Election - 11/07/2006 |publisher= Wisconsin State Elections Board |date= December 5, 2006 |page= 22 |accessdate= August 7, 2025 |archive-date= January 15, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200115080856/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2006_FallElection_Results_Summary_0.pdf |url-status= dead |via=[[Wayback Machine]] }}</ref> | rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{nowrap|Nov. 7}} | rowspan="2" valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass''' (inc)}} | rowspan="2" valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 15,494 | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 63.99% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Scott A. Woods}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 8,129 | valign="top" align="right" | 33.57% | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 24,212 | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 7,365 |- | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Ben Bourdo}} | {{Party shading/Independent}} | [[Independent (United States)|Ind.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 579 | valign="top" align="right" | 2.39% |- ! valign="top" | [[2008 Wisconsin State Assembly election|2008]] | valign="top" | General<ref name="2008gen">{{cite report |url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2008_FallElection_Results_Recount_Summary_0.pdf |title= Results of Fall General Election - 11/04/2008 |publisher= Wisconsin State Elections Board |date= December 1, 2008 |page= 19 |accessdate= August 8, 2025 |archive-date= April 21, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200421202607/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2008_FallElection_Results_Recount_Summary_0.pdf |url-status= dead |via=[[Wayback Machine]] }}</ref> | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Nov. 4}} | valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass''' (inc)}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | valign="top" align="right" | 21,780 | valign="top" align="right" | 66.66% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Frank E. Urban}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 10,853 | valign="top" align="right" | 33.22% | valign="top" align="right" | 32,671 | valign="top" align="right" | 10,927 |- ! rowspan="2" valign="top" | [[2010 Wisconsin State Assembly election|2010]] | valign="top" | Primary<ref name="2010pri">{{cite report |url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2010%20Fall%20Primary%20summary%20post%20recount.pdf |title= Results of Fall Partisan Primary - 9/14/2010 |publisher= [[Wisconsin Government Accountability Board]] |date= October 4, 2010 |pages= 33–34 |accessdate= August 8, 2025 |archive-date= October 17, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201017031137/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2010%20Fall%20Primary%20summary%20post%20recount.pdf |url-status= dead |via=[[Wayback Machine]] }}</ref> | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Sep. 14}} | valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass''' (inc)}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | valign="top" align="right" | 7,463 | valign="top" align="right" | 74.99% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Craig Peterson}} | {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Rep.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 2,480 | valign="top" align="right" | 24.92% | valign="top" align="right" | 9,952 | valign="top" align="right" | 4,983 |- | valign="top" | General<ref name="2010gen">{{cite report |url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2010%20Fall%20General%20Election%20Results%20Summary.pdf |title= Results of Fall General Election - 11/02/2010 |publisher= [[Wisconsin Government Accountability Board]] |date= December 1, 2010 |page= 16 |accessdate= August 8, 2025 |archive-date= April 21, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200421202618/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2010%20Fall%20General%20Election%20Results%20Summary.pdf |url-status= dead |via=[[Wayback Machine]] }}</ref> | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Nov. 2}} | valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass''' (inc)}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | valign="top" align="right" | 20,193 | valign="top" align="right" | 89.29% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Leroy L. Watson}} | {{Party shading/Libertarian}} | [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Lib.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 2,378 | valign="top" align="right" | 10.52% | valign="top" align="right" | 22,614 | valign="top" align="right" | 17,815 |}
===Wisconsin Assembly, 33rd district (2012)=== {| class=wikitable |- ! Year ! Election ! Date !! colspan="4"| Elected !! colspan="4"| Defeated ! Total ! Plurality |- ! rowspan="2" valign="top" | [[2012 Wisconsin State Assembly election|2012]] | rowspan="2" valign="top" | General<ref>{{cite report |url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/Amended%20Percentage%20Results-11.6.12%20President.pdf |title= Canvass Results for 2012 Presidential and General Election - 11/6/2012 |publisher= [[Wisconsin Government Accountability Board]] |date= December 26, 2012 |page= 16 |accessdate= August 8, 2025 |archive-date= April 5, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200405213803/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/Amended%20Percentage%20Results-11.6.12%20President.pdf |url-status= dead |via=[[Wayback Machine]] }}</ref> | rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{nowrap|Nov. 6}} | rowspan="2" valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass'''}} | rowspan="2" valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 18,891 | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 62.79% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Scott A. Woods}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 10,229 | valign="top" align="right" | 34.00% | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 30,087 | rowspan="2" valign="top" align="right" | 8,662 |- | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Terry Virgil}} | {{Party shading/Independent}} | [[Independent (United States)|Ind.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 945 | valign="top" align="right" | 3.14% |}
===Wisconsin Senate (2014–2022)=== {| class=wikitable |- ! Year ! Election ! Date !! colspan="4"| Elected !! colspan="4"| Defeated ! Total ! Plurality |- ! valign="top" | [[2014 Wisconsin Senate election|2014]] | valign="top" | General<ref name="2014gen">{{cite report |url=https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/11.4.14%20Summary%20Results-all%20offices.pdf |title= Canvass Results for 2014 General Election - 11/4/2014 |publisher= [[Wisconsin Government Accountability Board]] |date= November 26, 2014 |page= 6 |accessdate= August 8, 2025 |archive-date= April 21, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200421202631/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/11.4.14%20Summary%20Results-all%20offices.pdf |url-status= dead |via=[[Wayback Machine]] }}</ref> | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Nov. 4}} | valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass'''}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | valign="top" align="right" | 43,842 | valign="top" align="right" | 63.29% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Dan Kilkenny}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 25,377 | valign="top" align="right" | 36.63% | valign="top" align="right" | 69,271 | valign="top" align="right" | 18,465 |- ! valign="top" | [[2018 Wisconsin Senate election|2018]] | valign="top" | General<ref name="2018gen">{{cite report |url=https://elections.wi.gov/sites/default/files/legacy/Summary%2520Results-2018%2520Gen%2520Election_0.pdf |title= Canvass Results for 2018 General Election - 11/6/2018 |publisher= [[Wisconsin Elections Commission]] |date= February 22, 2019 |page= 7 |accessdate= August 8, 2025 }}</ref> | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Nov. 6}} | valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass''' (inc)}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | valign="top" align="right" | 59,512 | valign="top" align="right" | 95.89% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Steve M. Johnson ''(write-in)''}} | {{Party shading/Independent}} | [[Independent (United States)|Ind.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 53 | valign="top" align="right" | 0.09% | valign="top" align="right" | 62,066 | valign="top" align="right" | 57,011 |- ! valign="top" | [[2022 Wisconsin Senate election|2022]] | valign="top" | General<ref name="2022gen">{{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 |publisher= [[Wisconsin Elections Commission]] |date= November 30, 2022 |page= 6 |accessdate= August 8, 2025 }}</ref> | valign="top" |{{nowrap|Nov. 8}} | valign="top" | {{nowrap|'''Stephen L. Nass''' (inc)}} | valign="top" {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | valign="top" align="right" | 44,974 | valign="top" align="right" | 58.31% | valign="top" | {{nowrap|Steven J. Doelder}} | {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Dem.]] | valign="top" align="right" | 32,087 | valign="top" align="right" | 41.60% | valign="top" align="right" | 77,123 | valign="top" align="right" | 12,887 |}
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * [https://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate/11/nass Official website] * [http://www.nass4senate.com/ Campaign website] * [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legislators/senate/2822 Senator Steve L. Nass (2025)] at [[Wisconsin Legislature]] * {{CongLinks|votesmart= 3522}} * {{Ballotpedia|Stephen_Nass}}
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