Roger Roth

Roger J. Roth Jr. (born February 5, 1978) is an American politician and homebuilder, currently serving as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.

Roger Roth
President of the Wisconsin Senate
Assumed office
January 3, 2017
Preceded byMary Lazich
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 19th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2015
Preceded byMichael Ellis
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 56th district
In office
2007–2011
Preceded byTerri McCormick
Succeeded byMichelle Litjens
Personal details
Born (1978-02-05) February 5, 1978
Appleton, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin–Oshkosh (BA)

Early life and education

Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Roth served in the Wisconsin Air National Guard and is an Iraq War veteran. Roth graduated from St. Mary Central High School in Neenah, Wisconsin and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh.

Career

Prior to entering politics, Roth was a self-employed homebuilder. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican from 2007 to 2011.[1][2]

Roth ran for the Wisconsin State Senate against Penny Bernard Schaber in the 19th district to replace long time incumbent Michael Ellis in the 2014 election.[3] On November 4, 2014, Roth won the election.[4]

In 2019, Roth claimed that Wisconsin Republicans did not curb the powers of the incoming Democratic administration during the lame-duck session. The statement was ranked "pants-on-fire" by factchecking source PolitiFact.[5]

On March 26, 2020, in response to a request from Wu Ting, the wife of the newly-appointed Chinese consul-general in Chicago, to Roth to introduce a resolution[6] indicating the support of Wisconsin for China's response to the coronavirus, Roth instead proposed a resolution on the Wisconsin State Senate floor praising the Chinese civilization, yet asserting that "the Chinese people [have been] held hostage by a brutal and oppressive regime these past 70 years" and that the Chinese Communist Party "has deliberately and intentionally misled the world," listing in detail various human rights abuses from the 70-year period that the People's Republic of China has existed as a nation, including the Occupation of Tibet, the persecution of Uyghurs, the systematic harvesting of organs from Falun Gong practitioners and other political prisoners, and other restrictions on religious freedom and freedom of speech, in addition to accusing the Chinese government of sustained intellectual property theft.[7][8][9][10] The resolution is located here:[11]

Personal life

His uncle, Toby Roth, served in the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin from 1979 to 1997.[12]

Electoral history
Wisconsin 19th Senate election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Roger Roth 41, 628 57.17
Democratic Penny Bernard Schaber 31, 135 42.76
Republican hold
Wisconsin 56th Assembly election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Roger Roth (incumbent) 20,971 59.66
Democratic Susan Garcia Franz 14,144 40.24
[[|N/A]] Scattering 34 0.10
Republican hold
Wisconsin 56th Assembly election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Roger Roth 15,472 59.04
Democratic Susan Garcia Franz 10, 722 40.91
Republican hold

Notes
  1. Votesmart.org-Roger Roth, Jr.
  2. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 2007-2008', Biographical sketch of Roger J. Roth Jr., p. 57.
  3. http://ballotpedia.org/Wisconsin_State_Senate_elections,_2014
  4. 'Republicans fend Democratic attempt at control, keep majority in Wisconsin state Senate', Minneapolis Star Tribune, Todd Richmond, November 5, 2014.
  5. "Roth veers from party line with lame-duck action impact". @politifact. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  6. https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/6886-chinese-diplomat-wu-ting-s-dra/86b0dc081f114a331e95/optimized/full.pdf#page=1
  7. https://www.nationalreview.com/news/chinese-consulate-asked-wisconsin-state-senate-to-praise-ccp-for-sharing-key-information-about-coronavirus-emails-show/
  8. https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2020/04/10/chinese-government-asks-wisconsin-senate-for-a-commendation/
  9. https://www.businessinsider.com/analysis-china-coronavirus-political-points-mostly-not-working-2020-4
  10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX-LR_HYbUM
  11. https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/related/proposals/sr7
  12. "Politics runs deep for Roger Roth". Post-Crescent Media. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
Political offices
Preceded by
Mary Lazich		 President of the Wisconsin Senate
2017–present		 Incumbent
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