John Nygren

Nygren is a fourth generation resident of northeast Wisconsin. He graduated from Marinette High School in 1982, studied at the University of Wisconsin-Marinette,{{cite report |url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2007_2008 |editor-last1= Barish |editor-first1= Lawrence S. |title= State of Wisconsin 2007-2008 Blue Book |location= Madison, Wisconsin |author= Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau |publisher= State of Wisconsin |year= 2007 |isbn= 978-0-9752820-2-1 |chapter= Biographies |chapter-url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2007_2008/279_ad_88_90.pdf |page= 79 |accessdate= December 2, 2020}} and worked in the restaurant industry for over 12 years, eventually becoming co-owner/operator of his own establishment. In 1998 he started work at Great Lakes Financial Management Group selling insurance and other financial services.{{cite web |url= https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/89/nygren/biography/ |title= Biography |website= State Representative John Nygren |accessdate= December 2, 2020 }}

Nygren was involved with the Jaycees, serving as Marinette's chapter president, the regional director for Northeast Wisconsin, Wisconsin state president, and United States national president.

Nygren was chairman of the Marinette County Republican Party and served on the City of Marinette Recreation and Planning Board from 2003 to 2006. In 2006, Nygren ran for Wisconsin State Assembly to replace Speaker John Gard, who was vacating his Assembly seat to run for United States House of Representatives. Nygren narrowly won the Republican primary election, defeating former state senator Gary Drzewiecki by just 37 votes.{{cite report |url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2006_FallElection_Primary_Recount_Results_Summary.pdf |title= Results of Fall Primary Election - 09/12/2006 |date= October 17, 2006 |publisher= Wisconsin State Elections Board |page= 70 |accessdate= December 2, 2020 |archive-date= January 11, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210111173119/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2006_FallElection_Primary_Recount_Results_Summary.pdf |url-status= dead }} Nygren went on to defeat Democrat Randy Koehn in the November general election with 54% of the vote.{{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 |date= December 5, 2006 |publisher= Wisconsin State Elections Board |page= 41 |accessdate= December 2, 2020 |archive-date= May 11, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220511100748/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2006_FallElection_Results_Summary_0.pdf |url-status= dead }}

In the Assembly, he was assigned to the standing committees on Insurance; on Education, Health and Health care reform; and on Jobs and the Economy.

Nygren was re-elected seven times, facing a Democratic opponent in six of the seven general elections. After the 2011 redistricting, Nygren's district became more safely Republican, and he did not receive less than 59% in any election after redistricting.

In 2011, a recall campaign was initiated by Democrats, resulting from the upheaval over the Budget Repair bill. Republicans retaliated by launching their own recall effort, targeting Democratic state senators. One of the senators who was successfully pulled into a recall was Democrat Dave Hansen. Nygren, who lived in his district, sought to challenge him in the recall election. However, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board ruled that he was two signatures short of the necessary 400 signatures on his nomination petition, and thus his name would not appear on the ballot.{{cite news |title= Judge refuses to put candidate back on recall ballot |url= http://www.piercecountyherald.com/event/article/id/37276/group/News/ |newspaper= Pierce County Herald |accessdate= July 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20111004094505/http://www.piercecountyherald.com/event/article/id/37276/group/News/ |archivedate= October 4, 2011 }}

Nygren won a substantial victory in 2020 with 68% of the vote.{{cite news|url= https://www.jsonline.com/elections/results/race/2020-11-03-state_house-WI-50438/ |title= 2020 Wisconsin State Assembly District 89 Election Results |newspaper= Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date= November 3, 2020 |accessdate= December 2, 2020 }} However, only a month after the election, Nygren announced he would immediately resign his seat.{{cite news|url= https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/budget-committee-co-chairperson-john-nygren-resigns-assembly-seat/article_e4e5ee13-8109-526f-8446-355f812033e1.html |title= Budget committee co-chair John Nygren resigns Assembly seat |newspaper= Wisconsin State Journal |first= Riley |last= Vetterkind | date= December 1, 2020 |accessdate= December 2, 2020 }} Governor Tony Evers announced he would call a special election to fill the vacancy.{{cite news|url= https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2020/12/01/wisconsin-assembly-state-rep-john-nygren-resigns-office/3783868001/ |title= State Rep. John Nygren resigns from Assembly weeks after winning reelection |first= Haley |last= BeMiller |newspaper= Green Bay Press-Gazette |date= December 1, 2020 |accessdate= December 2, 2020 }} On December 14, it was announced that Nygren would work as executive director at the Wisconsin Association of Health Plans, a lobbying group for health insurers.{{cite news|url= https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/oconto-county/2020/12/14/wisconsin-health-insurance-lobby-hires-nygren-after-he-quit-assembly/6538760002/ |title= John Nygren to lead health insurance lobbying group after resigning from Wisconsin Assembly |newspaper= Green Bay Press-Gazette |date= December 14, 2020 |first= Kent |last= Tempus |accessdate= December 14, 2020 }}{{cite press release |url= https://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/john-nygren-announced-as-association-executive-director/ |title= John Nygren Announced as Association Executive Director |work= Wisconsin Association of Health Plans |date= December 14, 2020 |accessdate= December 14, 2020 }}

Nygren is married to Maggie, a family and consumer education teacher at Marinette High School,{{cite web|url= https://www.marinette.k12.wi.us/protected/StaffView.aspx?iid=5G3230 |title= Staff Details - Margarita Nygren |website= Marinette School District |accessdate= December 2, 2020 }} and they have three children; Cassie, Cali and Colin. The Nygren family is active at Faith Lutheran Church. John serves as church elder, and previously spent four years as church president.

In January 2020, Nygren's daughter, Cassie, was found guilty of being a party to a first-degree reckless homicide stemming from the death of a pregnant woman to whom she sold drugs.{{cite news |url= https://cbs58.com/news/wisconsin-legislators-daughter-sentenced-for-womans-death |agency= Associated Press |title= Wisconsin legislator's daughter to be sentenced for role in woman's death |work= WDJT-TV |date= January 7, 2020 |accessdate= January 8, 2020 }}

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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Republican Primary, September 12, 2006

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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 7, 2006

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|candidate = Randy Koehn

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{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Assembly, 89th District Election, 2008{{cite report |url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2008_FallElection_StateAssembly_CountyReturns.pdf |title= Canvass Summary Fall General Election - 11/04/2008 |date= November 24, 2008 |publisher= Wisconsin State Elections Board |page= 89 |accessdate= December 2, 2020 }} }}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 4, 2008

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|candidate = John Nygren (incumbent)

|votes = 14,814

|percentage = 53.54%

|change = -0.56%

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|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Randy Koehn

|votes = 12,839

|percentage = 46.40%

|change = +0.67%

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|votes = 1,975

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{{Election box total

|votes = 27,668

|percentage = 100.0%

|change = +26.39%

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{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Assembly, 89th District Election, 2010{{cite report |url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2010%20Fall%20General%20Election%20Results%20Summary.pdf |title= 2010 Fall General Election Results Summary |date= December 1, 2010 |publisher= Wisconsin Government Accountability Board |page= 31 |accessdate= December 2, 2020 |archive-date= April 21, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200421202618/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/2010%20Fall%20General%20Election%20Results%20Summary.pdf |url-status= dead }} }}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 2, 2010

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|candidate = John Nygren (incumbent)

|votes = 15,788

|percentage = 67.68%

|change = +14.14%

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Bob Orwig

|votes = 7,520

|percentage = 32.24%

|change = -14.17%

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|votes = 8,268

|percentage = 35.45%

|change = +28.31%

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{{Election box total

|votes = 23,326

|percentage = 100.0%

|change = -15.69%

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{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Assembly, 89th District Election, 2012{{cite report |url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/Amended%20Percentage%20Results-11.6.12%20President.pdf |title= Canvass Results for 2012 Presidential and General Election - 11/6/2012 |publisher= Wisconsin Government Accountability Board |date= December 26, 2012 |page= 30 |accessdate= December 2, 2020 |archive-date= April 21, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200421202609/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/Amended%20Percentage%20Results-11.6.12%20President.pdf |url-status= dead }}}}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 6, 2012

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|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = John Nygren (incumbent)

|votes = 16,081

|percentage = 59.05%

|change = -8.63%

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|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Joe Reinhard

|votes = 11,129

|percentage = 40.87%

|change = +8.63%

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|votes = 4,952

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|votes = 27,232

|percentage = 100.0%

|change = +16.75%

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

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{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Assembly, 89th District Election, 2016{{cite report |url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/Statewide%20Results%20All%20Offices%20%28post-Presidential%20recount%29.pdf |title= Canvass Results for 2016 General Election - 11/8/2016 |date= December 22, 2016 |publisher= Wisconsin Elections Commission |page= 29 |accessdate= December 2, 2020 |archive-date= March 7, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200307173552/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/Statewide%20Results%20All%20Offices%20%28post-Presidential%20recount%29.pdf |url-status= dead }} }}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 8, 2016

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|candidate = John Nygren (incumbent)

|votes = 19,429

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|candidate = Heidi Fencl

|votes = 9,055

|percentage = 31.78%

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|votes = 5

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|votes = 10,374

|percentage = 36.41%

|change = +28.31%

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|votes = 28,489

|percentage = 100.0%

|change = +53.17%

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Assembly, 89th District Election, 2018{{cite report |url= https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/Summary%20Results-2018%20Gen%20Election_0.pdf |title= Canvass Results for 2018 General Election - 11/6/2018 |date= February 2, 2019 |publisher= Wisconsin Elections Commission |page= 30 |accessdate= December 2, 2020 |archive-date= February 7, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200207221049/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/Summary%20Results-2018%20Gen%20Election_0.pdf |url-status= dead }} }}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 6, 2018

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = John Nygren (incumbent)

|votes = 17,091

|percentage = 66.85%

|change = -1.35%

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Ken Holdorf

|votes = 8,461

|percentage = 33.10%

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|votes = 8,630

|percentage = 33.76%

|change = -2.66%

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{{Election box total

|votes = 25,565

|percentage = 100.0%

|change = -10.26%

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Assembly, 89th District Election, 2020{{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 |page= |access-date= December 3, 2020 |archive-date= March 15, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210315220054/https://elections.wi.gov/sites/elections.wi.gov/files/Statewide%20Results%20All%20Offices%20%28pre-Presidential%20recount%29.pdf |url-status= dead }} }}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 3, 2020

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = John Nygren (incumbent)

|votes = 22,823

|percentage = 68.73%

|change = +1.88%

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Karl Jaeger

|votes = 10,374

|percentage = 31.24%

|change = -1.86%

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|votes = 10

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|votes = 12,449

|percentage = 37.49%

|change = +3.73%

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{{Election box total

|votes = 33,207

|percentage = 100.0%

|change = +29.89%

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Reflist}}

• {{CongLinks|votesmart= 65090}}
• {{Ballotpedia |John_Nygren}}
• [https://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/89/nygren/biography/ Official website]
• [http://johnnygren.us/ Campaign website]
• [https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/legislators/assembly/1883 Representative John Nygren] at Wisconsin Legislature
• [https://www.wihealthplans.org/ Wisconsin Association of Health Plans]

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