Shae Sortwell


Shae Sortwell is an American politician. He was elected to Wisconsin's 2nd Assembly District on November 6, 2018.

Political career

Local politics

After serving on the Green Bay, Wisconsin city council in 2010, Sortwell introduced an online petition in 2016 asking mayor Jim Schmitt to resign over criminal campaign finance violations. He later joined the Gibson, Wisconsin Town Board of Supervisors.

Wisconsin State Assembly

Sortwell ran for the Wisconsin state assembly in 2014, contesting the 90th Assembly District as an independent. In 2018, after incumbent Andre Jacque announced he would not run for reelection, Sortwell declared his candidacy for Wisconsin Assembly District 2. He defeated Dean Raasch in an August primary for the Republican nomination and won the November election over Democrat Mark Grams, garnering 55 percent of the vote.

Personal life

Sortwell graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in 2006. He formerly was a sergeant in the U. S. Army.