Janis Ringhand

Janis Ringhand (born February 13, 1950) is an American accountant and Democratic politician from Rock County, Wisconsin. She is a member of the Rock County board of supervisors, since 2024. She previously represented Rock County for twelve years in the Wisconsin Legislature, serving eight years in the Wisconsin Senate (2015–2023) and four years in the Wisconsin State Assembly (2011–2015). Prior to serving in the legislature, she was mayor of Evansville, Wisconsin, from 2002 to 2006.

Biography

Ringhand graduated from Madison Area Technical College in 1985, and served as the mayor of Evansville from 2002 to 2006. A Democrat, Ringhand was elected to the Assembly in 2010, unseating Republican incumbent Amy Loudenbeck, and re-elected in 2012.

In 2014, with the announced retirement of state senator Tim Cullen, Ringhand ran for Cullen's seat rather than seek re-election to the Assembly. She won the Democratic primary election in August, with 6,157 votes to 5,883 for former Cullen aide Austin Scieszinski and 3,448 for former Assembly Speaker Michael J. Sheridan. On November 4, 2014, Ringhand was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate.