Scott Fitzgerald
Republican Representative of Wisconsin's 5th district
Representative
Wisconsin, district 5
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Representative
Wisconsin, district 5
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
2
Congresses Served
2
House Terms
November 16, 1963 (61 years old)
Birthday
- Former newspaper publisher
- Served in the U.S. Army Reserve, retiring as a lieutenant colonel
- Served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1995 to 2021, including terms as majority and minority leader
- Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020, representing Wisconsin’s 5th congressional district
- Involved in the 2011 Wisconsin protests over collective bargaining rights
- Played a role in defending Wisconsin’s legislative maps against accusations of gerrymandering
- Supported legislation to limit the powers of the incoming Democratic administration in Wisconsin after the 2018 elections
- Opposed measures to delay elections and implement statewide face mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Objected to counting Arizona’s and Pennsylvania’s electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election
- Voted to provide Israel with support following a 2023 attack
- Serves on the Judiciary, Education and Labor, and Small Business committees
- Member of the Republican Study Committee
- Father was a sheriff and head of the Wisconsin State Patrol; brother served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was Assembly Speaker
- Married with three sons and owns a ranch in Montana
- Practices Roman Catholicism