Mike Rohrkaste (born September 24, 1958) is an American businessman and politician. A Republican, he was a member of the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Assembly is controlled by the Republican ...

from 2015 to 2021, representing

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, Grand Chute, and northeast Winnebago County.

Early life

Born in

Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of cities in Ohio, sixth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 137,644 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Dayton metro ...

, Rohrkaste graduated from Chaminade-Julienne High School in Dayton. He received his bachelor's degree in social science and master's degree in labor and industrial relations from

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State or MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State o ...

Career

Rohrkaste moved to

Neenah, Wisconsin Neenah ( ) is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. It is situated on the banks of Lake Winnebago, Little Lake Butte des Morts, and the Fox River (Green Bay tributary), Fox River approximately northeast of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, O ...

, in 1994. He worked for

Miller Brewing Company The Miller Brewing Company is an American brewery and beer company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1855 by Frederick Miller. Molson Coors acquired the full global brand portfolio of Miller Brewing Company in 2016, and operates the ...

, Menasha Corporation, and

Oshkosh Corporation Oshkosh Corporation, formerly Oshkosh Truck, is an American industrial company that designs and builds specialty trucks, military vehicles, truck bodies, airport fire apparatus, and access equipment. The corporation also owns Pierce Manufact ...

, before retiring from Oshkosh Corporation in 2014 as Chief Human Resources Officer. That same year, on November 4, Rohrkaste was elected to the

. He was re-elected in 2016 and 2018, but is not seeking re-election in 2020.

References

External links

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* * 1958 births Living people Politicians from Dayton, Ohio Politicians from Neenah, Wisconsin Michigan State University alumni Businesspeople from Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 21st-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1950s-stub