Becky Weber is a American

United States

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 Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 politician from Wisconsin

Wisconsin

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.

Background

Born in Green Bay

Green Bay, Wisconsin

Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...

, Weber graduated from Bay Port High School

Bay Port High School

Bay Port High School is a public high school located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Founded in 1963, it had a graduating class of 30 in 1964. Its enrollment for the 2006/2007 school year was a little over 1,675....

 in 1972; attended Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

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; the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

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; and the University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

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 Retail Lending School. She was self-employed in restaurant development and as an insurance agent, owned a printing

Printing

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 and office supply

Office Supply

Office Supply is a New Wave band consisting of three keyboardists. The band has successfully released their debut album Work in Progress, on the independent record label Toaster Records on April 30, 2006...

 store, and was a bank

Bank

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 officer.

Public office

Weber, who had previously served on the Green Bay Plan Commission

Urban planning

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, was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly

Wisconsin State Assembly

The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin....

's 5th District (northeastern Outagamie County and the Town of Maple Grove

Maple Grove, Wisconsin

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) in 2002, unseating incumbent Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

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 Lee Meyerhofer with 8621 votes to Meyerhofer's 7909, and was assigned to the standing committee

Standing Committee

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s on aging and long-term care

Long-term care

Long-term care is a variety of services which help meet both the medical and non-medical need of people with a chronic illness or disability who cannot care for themselves for long periods of time....

; budget

Budget

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 review; government operations and spending limitations; insurance

Insurance

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; rural affairs; and small business

Small business

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. She was defeated for reelection in 2004 by Democrat Tom Nelson

Tom Nelson

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, who polled 15,014 votes to her 14,249