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Wisconsin state Rep. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, was elected to the state Assembly in 2006. In September 2017, his colleagues elected him minority leader of the Assembly.

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Gordon Hintz
stated on February 23, 2021 in a speech:

Republicans are “trying to create a fake unemployment insurance crisis.”

By Eric Litke • March 4, 2021
Gordon Hintz
stated on February 5, 2021 in TV interview:

“We know mask mandates work. There’s enough evidence out there between counties that have done it and counties that haven’t."

By Haley BeMiller • February 12, 2021
Gordon Hintz
stated on November 18, 2018 in a TV interview:

"One year ago, (Republicans) would not fill seats vacated for people who went to the administration because of the cost of those elections. Now, they’re talking about changing the rules to add additional elections that will cost millions of dollars of taxpayer expense."

By D.L. Davis • November 28, 2018
Gordon Hintz
stated on November 21, 2017 in an interview:

Wisconsin's Lincoln Hills youth prison has a "66 percent recidivism rate," while "states like Missouri, that have more of a regional model -- 8 percent."

By Tom Kertscher • December 6, 2017
Gordon Hintz
stated on January 30, 2017 in an interview:

"Eleven individuals who make over $30 million each got $22 million credit" from Wisconsin's manufacturing and agriculture tax credit.

By Tom Kertscher • February 17, 2017

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