Travis Tranel

Travis Tranel

Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 49th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Phil Garthwaite

Personal details
Born	(1985-09-12) September 12, 1985 Dubuque, Iowa
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Stephanie
Residence	Cuba City, Wisconsin
Alma mater	Loras College
Profession	Politician
Website	Official website

Travis Tranel (born September 12, 1985) is a Wisconsin dairy farmer, Republican politician and legislator.

Background

Born in Dubuque, Iowa, Tranel graduated from Wahlert Catholic High School of Dubuque in 2004, and Loras College in 2007, and operates his own dairy farm.

Legislative career

He was elected as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2010. After winning his primary election by 3024 to 2519, he unseated incumbent Democrat Phil Garthwaite, with 10,384 votes to 7844 for Garthwaite.^[1] He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and the National Rifle Association^[2]^[3]

In 2012, he was re-elected, with 14,232 votes to 11,961 for Democrat Carol Beals, president of the AFSCME union local for employees of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. In 2014, he won re-election again with 12,240 votes as Democrat Chad Henneman had only 7,689 votes. In 2016, Tranel was elected to a fourth term in the state assembly with 15,056 votes beating Democrat Jesse Bennett.

Notes

↑ Wisconsin Blue Book 2011 – 2012; pp. 904, 908
↑ Wisconsin State Legislature website bio
↑ Travis Tranel for Assembly

Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
103rd Wisconsin Legislature (2017–2019) Speaker of the Assembly: Robin Vos (R) Speaker Pro Tempore: Tyler August (R) Majority Leader: Jim Steineke (R) Minority Leader: Peter W. Barca (D)
Joel Kitchens (R) Andre Jacque (R) Ron Tusler (R) David Steffen (R) Jim Steineke (R) Gary Tauchen (R) Daniel Riemer (D) JoCasta Zamarripa (D) Josh Zepnick (D) David Bowen (D) Jason Fields (D) Fred Kessler (D) Rob Hutton (R) Dale P. Kooyenga (R) Joe Sanfelippo (R) Leon Young (D) David Crowley (D) Evan Goyke (D) Jonathan Brostoff (D) Christine Sinicki (D) Jessie Rodriguez (R) Janel Brandtjen (R) Jim Ott (R) Dan Knodl (R) Paul Tittl (R) Terry Katsma (R) Tyler Vorpagel (R) Adam Jarchow (R) Rob Stafsholt (R) Shannon Zimmerman (R) Amy Loudenbeck (R) Tyler August (R) Cody Horlacher (R) Rob Swearingen (R) Mary Felzkowski (R) Jeffrey Mursau (R) John Jagler (R) Joel Kleefisch (R) Mark Born (R) Kevin David Petersen (R) Joan Ballweg (R) Keith Ripp (R) Don Vruwink (D) Debra Kolste (D) Mark Spreitzer (D) Gary Hebl (D) Jimmy P. Anderson (D) Melissa Sargent (D) Travis Tranel (R) Edward Brooks (R) Todd Novak (R) Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R) Michael Schraa (R) Gordon Hintz (D) Mike Rohrkaste (R) Dave Murphy (R) Amanda Stuck (D) Bob Gannon (R) Jesse Kremer (R) Robert Brooks (R) Samantha Kerkman (R) Tom Weatherston (R) Robin Vos (R) Peter W. Barca (D) Tod Ohnstad (D) Cory Mason (D) Rob Summerfield (R) Kathy Bernier (R) Bob Kulp (R) Nancy VanderMeer (R) Katrina Shankland (D) Scott Krug (R) Nick Milroy (D) Beth Meyers (D) Romaine Quinn (R) Chris Taylor (D) Terese Berceau (D) Lisa Subeck (D) Dianne Hesselbein (D) Sondy Pope-Roberts (D) Dave Considine (D) Ken Skowronski (R) Chuck Wichgers (R) Mike Kuglitsch (R) Patrick Snyder (R) John Spiros (R) James Edming (R) John Macco (R) John Nygren (R) Eric Genrich (D) Dana Wachs (D) Treig Pronschinske (R) Warren Petryk (R) Steve Doyle (D) Jill Billings (D) Lee Nerison (R) Scott Allen (R) Adam Neylon (R) Cindi Duchow (R)
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