Shelia Stubbs

Shelia R. Stubbs (born February 22, 1971) is an American politician, pastor, and former probation and parole agent. She is a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, elected in 2018, representing the south and west parts of Madison, Wisconsin. She is also a member of the Dane County Board of Supervisors, since 2006; she is the only African American on the County Board and is Dane County's first African American representative in the Wisconsin Legislature.

Shelia Stubbs
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 77th district
Assumed office
January 7, 2019
Preceded byTerese Berceau
Member of the Dane County Board of Supervisors from the 23rd district
Assumed office
April 2006
Preceded byDon Eggert
Personal details
Born (1971-02-22) February 22, 1971
Camden, Arkansas
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Godfrey Stubbs
Children1
ResidenceMadison, Wisconsin
Alma materTougaloo College (B.A.)
Mount Senario College (B.S.)
Cardinal Stritch University (M.S.M.)
Professionprobation officer
Salary$52,999[1]
WebsiteState Assembly website
Official twitter

Background

Stubbs was born in Camden, Arkansas, but moved to Beloit, Wisconsin, as a child (Walter Knight, her uncle, served on Beloit's city council and its police and fire commission). She graduated from Beloit Memorial High School and attended Tougaloo College, earning a baccalaureate degree in political science. She went on to study at Mount Senario College, earning a second baccalaureate, in criminal justice management, and then earned a master's in management at Milwaukee's Cardinal Stritch University. She had worked for eight years as a probation and parole agent with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections before first being elected to the Dane County Board in 2006.[2] She and her husband, Godfrey Stubbs, have one daughter. The Stubbs' are co-founders of End Time Ministries International Church in Madison. Her mother, Linda Hoskins, is a former president of the Madison chapter of the NAACP.

2018 race

Democratic incumbent Terese Berceau announced on February 2, 2018 that she would not be running for re-election from the 77th Assembly district, and Stubbs announced her own candidacy the same day. With the Democratic nomination tantamount to winning in this heavily-Democratic district, she acquired three opponents (and Berceau's endorsement). In the primary election, she achieved a plurality of fractionally under 50% of the votes, with 7,758 to Shabnam Lotfi's 5,611 (36%), John Imes' 1,222 (8%) and Mark Garthwaite's 968 (6%).[3][4] Unopposed in the general election for the 2019–2020 Assembly term, Stubbs became the first African-American woman to represent a Dane County district in the legislature, and was the only African-American woman in the Assembly.[5]

Police call

Stubbs's campaign attracted national news coverage when during her canvassing in a predominantly-white neighborhood, a call was made to the Madison Police Department reporting her and her family (she was with her daughter and mother) as "They are waiting for drugs at the local drug house — would like them moved along." (She did not announce the incident until after the primary.)[6][7] An anonymous letter purporting to be from the person who made the call, and emphasizing "but I never called the police on you, on a woman of color in the neighborhood... I called on a car, not you" has been received by a local television station. [8]

Electoral history
Wisconsin Assembly, 77th District Election, 2018[3][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Primary Election, August 18, 2018
Democratic Shelia Stubbs 7,760 49.82%
Democratic Shabnam Lotfi 5,612 36.03%
Democratic John Imes 1,222 7.84%
Democratic Mark Garthwaite 968 6.21%
Scattering 15 0.10%
Total votes 15,577 100.0%
General Election, November 6, 2018
Democratic Shelia Stubbs 29,347 98.68% -0.23%
Scattering 394 1.32%
Plurality 28,953 97.35% -0.45%
Total votes 29,741 100.0% +1.19%
Democratic hold

References
  1. Salaries of Wisconsin State Elected Officials (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. 2019. p. 2. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  2. Van Egeren, Jessica (April 20, 2014). "Q&A: Shelia Stubbs is done talking about racial inequality in Dane County". The Capital Times. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  3. Canvass Results for 2018 Partisan Primary - 8/14/2018 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. August 31, 2018. p. 93. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  4. Conde, Ximena (August 15, 2018). "After Historic Primary Win, Dane County's Shelia Stubbs Looks At Work Ahead In State Legislature". Wisconsin Public Radio. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  5. Brogan, Dylan (June 28, 2018). "Madison Assembly race turns competitive: Heir apparent Shelia Stubbs faces three opponents in Aug. 14 Democratic primary". Isthmus. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  6. Gomez, Melissa (September 21, 2018). "Black Candidate Wants to Know Who Called 911 as She Talked to Voters". The New York Times. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  7. "Shelia Stubbs's Campaigning-While-Black Incident & Minorities Report". The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Comedy Central. September 20, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  8. Plutchak, Dan (September 24, 2018). "Person who called police on Dane County candidate: 'So, so very sorry'". WKOW-TV. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  9. Canvass Results for 2018 General Election - 11/6/2018 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. February 22, 2019. p. 28. Retrieved May 13, 2020.


Wisconsin State Assembly
Preceded by
Terese Berceau		 Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 77th district
2019 – present		 Incumbent
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