Lindee Brill

Lindee Rae Brill ( Claerbout; born June 27, 1981) is an American marketing professional and Republican politician from Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Wisconsin's 27th Assembly district since 2025. She was also previously known as Lindee Rae Salazar, during her first marriage.

Early life and education Lindee Brill was born Lindee Claerbout, in June 1981 at Kohler, Wisconsin, just outside of Sheboygan. She was raised in the Sheboygan area, graduating from Oostburg High School in 1999. She went on to attend Hope College in Holland, Michigan, earning her bachelor's degree in 2003, studying management and Spanish. While attending Hope College, she spent a semester abroad at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in 2001. Over the next 2 decades, she worked in marketing for a number of other Sheboygan businesses and nonprofits, including the Sheboygan County YMCA, Oostburg State Bank, and Anchor of Hope Health Center (a pro-life pregnancy center), and finally Samaritan's Hand (an addiction treatment center). The primary was fiercely contested, and Brill was a target of negative ads from a PAC called , which advertised against several Republican primary candidates. The PAC was funded by another PAC, known as which had also been a major contributor to a PAC which exclusively supported Republican Assembly speaker Robin Vos. Brill won the primary by just 249 votes. She easily won the general election with 67% of the vote. She took office in January 2025.

During the opening session of the 107th Wisconsin legislature, Brill abstained from voting for incumbent Speaker of the Assembly, and fellow Republican, Robin Vos.

On October 3, Brill, alongside fellow freshman representative Jim Piwowarczyk, proposed a ban on the sale of hemp-derived THC products in the state of Wisconsin. Additionally, Brill has opposed the legalization of marijuana in the state.

On November 4, Brill proposed banning ballot drop-boxes in the state.

In January 2026, a proposal authored by Brill, alongside state senator Stephen Nass, that would prevent individuals from changing the biological sex listed on their birth certificates, while also defining sex based on sex chromosomes.

Personal life and family Lindee Brill is one of two children born to Daven and Teresa ( Wachter) Claerbout. Her mother was an active volunteer for the Republican Party and pro-life causes.

Lindee Claerbout took the last name Salazar when she married Cesar Salazar in 2009. They had been coworkers at Dutchland Plastics, but divorced just two years later.

Lindee subsequently married Eric J. Brill of Sheboygan and took his last name. They have three children and reside in the town of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin.

Electoral history Wisconsin Assembly (2024)