(The Center Square) – Another Wisconsin Senator announced that he will not seek reelection on Monday as Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, announced his retirement from the Wisconsin Senate.
The announcement comes just more than a week after Sen. Rob Hutton, R-Brookfield, made a similar announcement.
“The time has come for a new fighter to take on the mission of preserving life, liberty and pursuit of happiness for the citizens of the 11th State Senate District,” Nass said in a statement. “While the challenges are many facing the people of Wisconsin, the preservation of the American Dream in this state will prevail if each of us rises up and in unison defends our inalienable rights bestowed upon us from God.”
Nass has been in the Senate since 2014 and was first elected to the Assembly in 1990.
Nass spent 33 years in the Wisconsin Air National Guard, retiring as a chief master sergeant. He served in the Middle East in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
“ I have proudly fought for the taxpayers in my district with every vote that I cast for and against legislation,” Nass said. “I have always been bipartisan in my scorn of fiscal mismanagement and bureaucratic overreach regardless of whether the Republicans or Democrats were in charge, since the affliction of Big Government is a disease that infects both parties in Madison.”
The State Senate Democratic Committee said that the retirement is a sign that Democrats are set to take control of the Wisconsin Senate.
“Senator Ness’ retirement, the second high profile Republican retirement in as many weeks, is yet another proof point that Republicans are expecting to lose control of the Senate in November,” SSDC Communications Director Will Karcz said in a statement. “After embarrassing January fundraising reports showing democratic candidates and the SSDC wiping the floor with their Republican opponents, Senate Republicans are continuing to raise the white flag of defeat as they confront the reality of a democratic majority.”
