State Representative Gordon Hintz

Remember to vote today. Polls are open until 8pm.

I want to thank everyone who encouraged me to run and supported my campaign for County Executive these past four plus months. Especially my family and brothers and sisters at the Wisconsin Laborers' District Council. I can't say enough about your support. I also want to thank my campaign team and all of the people who volunteered to knock doors and get the word out countywide. I feel good about the campaign we ran.

Every campaign is an opportunity to engage new people and learn about the challenges we face and the opportunities to address those challenges. Whether you are an incumbent or a challenger, the hope is that you are a better candidate at the end than when you started, and better ready to serve. I feel that way and I think Jon would say the same.

Jon and I have spent a lot of time during the campaign talking publicly and privately about issues and about the campaign experience in general. Last night we both expressed exasperation at the level of vitriol in social media comments and personal messages we receive. I'm immune at this point, but it does make it more difficult to encourage good people to step up and run for office. And we need people to step up more than ever.

Anyone is invited to join me to take in the state and local election results tonight at Becket's in Oshkosh. It will be informal and I should be there before 8pm after squeezing every last vote I can find today. Please stop on down and say hello.

Thanks-

Gordon

I was happy to join Northeast WI TV news legend Tom Zalaski on Newsmaker Sunday to discuss my candidacy for County Executive.
Check it out!

Newsmaker Sunday: Winnebago County Executive candidate Gordon Hintz (WFRV) – On this week’s Newsmaker Sunday, Tom Zalaski is joined by Winnebago County Executive candidate Gordon Hintz to discuss his campaign against incumbent Jon Doemel. We are now under a week aw…

77 doors in Neenah and Fox Crossing this afternoon. Homestretch.

I'm not sure it has taken much convincing to highlight the current issues we can improve upon in the County Executive's office. There has been well-documented problems with communication, transparency, and accountability over the past four years. These issues were at the heart of the County Sheriff's entry into the race, as well as my own. But don't just take my word for it:

"Before voters elected Doemel in April, board member Vicki Schorse, of Oshkosh, planned to run again but said Doemel's "adversarial leadership style has created a toxic environment" not just for board members but also for county workers that led her to change her mind."

Under 16-year incumbent County Executive Mark Harris, the board was helping to bring positive changes in the way the county operated, said Schorse, who chairs the board's Emergency Management Committee. But since Doemel arrived, she felt that changed dramatically, and she did not have the time to deal with the new dynamic."

"Board member Joel Rasmussen, who represents part of the town of Algoma, said he was already considering not running again, but since Doemel took office, he's been "disappointed in the direction of the county."

Rasmussen said Doemel brought a more partisan mindset to conducting county business. Doemel's 2022 budget proposal, for example, did not factor a 1.15% increase in property value from new construction in the county into total tax collections that would have added an additional $680,871 to the budget through a tax levy.

Rasmussen, who chairs the board's Personnel and Finance Committee, felt Doemel's refusal to allow the small levy increase was a political move to "play to his base," something Rasmussen said he hadn't seen in his 10 years on the board. Although he acknowledges board members may have different ideologies, Rasmussen is adamant the county should remain nonpartisan.

"I would say our county has turned into what everybody hates about politics," he said. "I just don’t want to be a part of it anymore."

'Don't want to be a part of it anymore.' Winnebago County Board members cite 'toxic' Doemel in stepping away At least one-third of the board's incumbents will be gone after the spring election. Some say they're tired of the county executive's style.

Today is your last day to early vote! Whether you vote today, or on Tuesday, April 1, make a plan to vote and give yourself time. It promises to be a really close race where every vote counts! Thank you.

I will be on Outside the Box with Ben Cominos on WHBY AM 1150 at 10am (probably 10:08) this morning. Check it out!

Here is the Winnebago County Executive Candidate forum on Eye on Oshkosh from March 20.

Eye on Oshkosh - Spring election, county exec and school board candidates taped 03-20- 2025 On this edition of Eye on Oshkosh, host Cheryl Hentz chats with Jon Doemel and Gordon Hintz, candidates for the position of Winnebago County executive, and M...