Jim Ott: Difference between revisions

{{shortShort description|American Republican politician and former television meteorologist, member of the Wisconsin Assembly.}}

After earning his master's degree, in 1976 he went to work as an on-air meteorologist for [[Journal Media Group|Journal Communications]] on their ''[[WTMJ-TV]]'' television and ''[[WTMJ (AM)|WTMJ-AM]]'' radio stations. He worked there for 30 years, leaving only when he was elected to the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]] in 2006. During his time at Journal Communications, he became a member of the unit holders' council, chairperson of stock and information committee, and employee representative on the board of directors.<ref name="campaign"/>

While working as a meteorologist, he also served as [[Adjunct professor|adjunct faculty]] at [[University of Wisconsin–Parkside]], University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, [[Cardinal Stritch University]], [[Carroll University]], and [[Marquette University Law School]].<ref name="campaign"/>

Following the April 2006 announcement that incumbent state representative [[Curt Gielow]] would not seek re-election in 2006, Ott declared his candidacy for office.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65261660/gielow-not-seeking-reelection/ |title= Gielow won't seek re-election |newspaper= [[The Capital Times]] |author=[[Associated Press]] |author-link=Associated Press |date= April 5, 2006 |page= A12 |accessdate= December 14, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> In the Republican [[primary election|primary]], Ott defeated John Wirth and went on to win the general election with 56% of the vote over Democrat Stanley F. Teplin.<ref name="2006gen">{{cite report|url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2006_FallElection_Results_Summary_0.pdf |title= Results of Fall General Election - 11/07/2006 |publisher= Wisconsin State Elections Board |date= December 5, 2006 |page= 19 |accessdate= December 14, 2020 }}</ref> He went on to win re-election six times.

He was defeated for reelection by Democrat [[Deb Andraca]] on November 3, 2020.<ref name="2020gen">{{cite report| url=https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/Statewide%20Results%20All%20Offices%20%28pre-Presidential%20recount%29.pdf |title= Canvass Results for 2020 General Election - 11/3/2020 |publisher= [[Wisconsin Elections Commission]] |date= November 18, 2020 |accessdate= December 9, 2020 |page= 13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first1=Mitchell |last1=Schmidt |title= 2020 election again shows lopsided Republican legislative maps |url= https://madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/2020-election-again-shows-lopsided-republican-legislative-maps/article_d0c11425-df16-5d0b-a3e8-4954e7897652.html |work=[[Wisconsin State Journal]] |date=November 9, 2020 |accessdate=November 11, 2020 }}</ref>

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