Mandy Wright (born June 7, 1977) is an American educator and politician. From

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, Wright graduated from

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and earned her master's degree in education from

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. Wright was a 6th grade teacher in Wausau. In November 2012, Wright was elected to the

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as a

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. On November 4, 2014, Wright was defeated by Republican challenger David Heaton, losing by 84 votes out of over 20,000 cast She ran again in 2016 and lost to Patrick Snyder, her Republican opponent from the first election. Wright currently (2018) has three children; Ruby, Sylvia, and Lucy. In 2017 Wright began working at Marathon Venture Academy, a public charter school.

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