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and

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area, Loudenbeck graduated from the

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in 1991. She was elected to the

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in 2010 as a Republican from the 45th district. (Democratic incumbent

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did not seek re-election.) She was a candidate in the 2022 Wisconsin Secretary of State Election, calling for the

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to be dismantled and power over elections returned to the Secretary of State. She lost by a margin of 7,600 votes to incumbent

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Electoral History

Wisconsin Assembly, 45th district (2010)

Wisconsin Assembly, 31st district (2012–2020)

Wisconsin Secretary of State (2022)

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1969 births 21st-century American women politicians Living people Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly People from Clinton, Rock County, Wisconsin Politicians from Rock County, Wisconsin Politicians from Chicago Politicians from Detroit University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Women state legislators in Wisconsin 21st-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1960s-stub