Jessie Rodriguez

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Jessie Rodriguez
Republican Party
Wisconsin State Assembly District 21
Tenure
2013 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
12
Compensation
Base salary
$60,924
Per diem
$171/day (with overnight); $85.50/day (no overnight; also the maximum for Dane County reps)
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
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Jessie Rodriguez (Republican Party) is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing District 21. She assumed office on December 4, 2013. Her current term ends on January 4, 2027. Rodriguez is not running for re-election to Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 in 2026.

Rodriguez (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Wisconsin State Assembly to represent District 21. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

On May 7, 2026, Rodriguez announced she would not run for re-election to the Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 in 2026.[1]


Committee assignments

2025-2026

Rodriguez was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Rodriguez was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Rodriguez was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Rodriguez was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Wisconsin committee assignments, 2017
• Education
• Energy and Utilities
• Family Law, Chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Rodriguez served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2026

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2026

Jessie Rodriguez did not file to run for re-election.

2024

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2024

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21

Incumbent Jessie Rodriguez defeated David Marstellar in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jessie Rodriguez
Jessie Rodriguez (R)
 
51.3
 
16,923
Image of David Marstellar
David Marstellar (D)
 
48.5
 
15,993
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
93

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 33,009
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21

David Marstellar advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Marstellar
David Marstellar
 
99.7
 
5,447
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
15

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,462
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21

Incumbent Jessie Rodriguez advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jessie Rodriguez
Jessie Rodriguez
 
99.5
 
3,559
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
17

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,576
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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Pledges

Rodriguez signed the following pledges.

  • U.S. Term Limits Pledge

2022

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21

Incumbent Jessie Rodriguez defeated Nathan Jurowski in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jessie Rodriguez
Jessie Rodriguez (R)
 
54.2
 
13,712
Image of Nathan Jurowski
Nathan Jurowski (D) Candidate Connection
 
45.8
 
11,580
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
17

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 25,309
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21

Nathan Jurowski advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Nathan Jurowski
Nathan Jurowski Candidate Connection
 
99.8
 
3,808
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
6

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,814
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21

Incumbent Jessie Rodriguez advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jessie Rodriguez
Jessie Rodriguez
 
99.3
 
5,310
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
39

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,349
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21

Incumbent Jessie Rodriguez defeated Erik Brooks in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jessie Rodriguez
Jessie Rodriguez (R)
 
54.6
 
17,729
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Erik Brooks (D)
 
45.3
 
14,708
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
29

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 32,466
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21

Erik Brooks advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Erik Brooks
 
99.3
 
4,190
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
30

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,220
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21

Incumbent Jessie Rodriguez advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jessie Rodriguez
Jessie Rodriguez
 
99.8
 
2,899
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
6

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,905
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2018

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21

Incumbent Jessie Rodriguez defeated Gabriel Gomez in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jessie Rodriguez
Jessie Rodriguez (R)
 
54.7
 
14,280
Image of Gabriel Gomez
Gabriel Gomez (D)
 
45.2
 
11,806
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
37

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 26,123
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21

Gabriel Gomez advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gabriel Gomez
Gabriel Gomez
 
100.0
 
4,081

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,081
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21

Incumbent Jessie Rodriguez advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jessie Rodriguez
Jessie Rodriguez
 
100.0
 
3,597

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,597
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2016

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2016

Elections for the Wisconsin State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.

Incumbent Jessie Rodriguez defeated John F. Redmond in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 general election.[2][3]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 21 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jessie Rodriguez Incumbent 59.40% 16,589
     Democratic John F. Redmond 40.60% 11,338
Total Votes 27,927
Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission


John F. Redmond defeated Frank Disco Gratke in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 21 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png John F. Redmond 69.40% 1,771
     Democratic Frank Disco Gratke 30.60% 781
Total Votes 2,552


Incumbent Jessie Rodriguez ran unopposed in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 21 Republican primary.[4][5]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 21 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jessie Rodriguez Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 12, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Incumbent Jessie Rodriguez was unopposed in the Republican primary. Rodriguez was unopposed in the general election.[6][7][8]


2013

See also: Wisconsin state legislative special elections, 2013

Rodriguez won election in the 2013 election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 21. The seat was vacant following Mark Honadel's (R) resignation to take a job in the private sector. Rodriguez defeated Larry Gamble, Ken Gehl, Chris Kujawa and Jason Red Arnold in the October 22 Republican primary and defeated Elizabeth Coppola (D) in the special election, which took place on November 19, 2013.[9][10][11][12][13]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 21, Special Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJessie Rodriguez 56.4% 4,557
     Democratic Elizabeth Coppola 43.6% 3,523
Total Votes 8,080

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Jessie Rodriguez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Jessie Rodriguez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign finance summary

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Jessie Rodriguez campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024Wisconsin State Assembly District 21Won general$1,435,232 $1,393,277
2022Wisconsin State Assembly District 21Won general$132,160 $145,463
2020Wisconsin State Assembly District 21Won general$245,872 N/A**
2016Wisconsin State Assembly, District 21Won $76,773 N/A**
2014Wisconsin State Assembly, District 21Won $23,928 N/A**
Grand total$1,913,965 $1,538,740
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ “Adams MultiMedia Wisconsin’’, “More Assembly Republicans announce 2026 plans: Rodriguez retiring, Donovan to seek reelection’, May 7, 2026
    2. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates on Ballot by Election - 2016 General Election - 11/8/2016," accessed November 4, 2016
    3. ↑ Wisconsin Elections Commission, "2016 Fall General Election Results," accessed December 2, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidate Tracking by Office," accessed June 20, 2016
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wisconsin Elections and Ethics Commission, "2016 Partisan Primary," accessed September 16, 2016
    6. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability, "Candidates Registered by Office," June 11, 2014
    7. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "2014 Partisan Primary Candidates," accessed June 19, 2014
    8. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Canvass Results for 2014 General Election," December 1, 2014
    9. ↑ wrn.com, "Special election called for 21st Assembly District," September 18, 2013
    10. ↑ wuwm.com, "Fields Finalized For Special Elections," October 23, 2013
    11. ↑ nationalreview.com, "Hispanic Republican Woman Elected to Wisconsin Legislature Special Elections Show Surprising GOP Strength," November 20, 2013
    12. ↑ gab.wi.gov, "Official Republican primary results," accessed December 11, 2013
    13. ↑ gab.wi.gov, "Official special election results," accessed December 11, 2013

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