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American politician (born 1976)

Tony Wied
Official portrait, 2024

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 8th district
Incumbent
Assumed office November 12, 2024
Preceded by	Mike Gallagher

Personal details
Born	Anthony Christian Wied (1976-05-03) May 3, 1976 (age 48) Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Angela Wied
Children	4
Education	St. Norbert College (BA)
Website	House website Campaign website

Anthony Christian Wied (born May 3, 1976), is an American politician from the Republican Party who is serving as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 8th congressional district since November 2024. He was elected in a special election to succeed Mike Gallagher.

Early life and career

Wied was raised in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. He attended Notre Dame Academy, graduating in 1994. He then attended St. Norbert College, where he played college football and graduated in 1998. Wied owned a chain of gas and convenience stores called Dino Stop, which he sold in 2022.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2024 special & 2024 general

Main articles: 2024 Wisconsin's 8th congressional district special election and 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin § District 8

After Mike Gallagher announced his resignation from the United States House of Representatives, serving for Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, in 2024, Wied announced his candidacy in the special election to succeed him. Wied received an endorsement from Donald Trump and Alex Bruesewitz, a Trump ally who had previously considered running to succeed Gallagher before Wied entered the race. Wied defeated state senators André Jacque and Roger Roth in the Republican Party primary election on August 13. He won the special and general elections against the Democratic Party nominee, Kristin Lyerly, and was sworn in on November 12.

Tenure

Wied supported the American Relief Act of 2025.

Personal life

Wied and his wife, Angela, have four sons. They live in De Pere, Wisconsin.

Electoral history

U.S. House (2024)

Year	Election	Date	Elected				Defeated				Total	Plurality
2024 (special)	Primary	Aug. 13	Tony Wied	Republican	42,610	42.48%	Roger Roth	Rep.	31,874	32.53%	97,993	10,736
	Primary	Aug. 13	Tony Wied	Republican	42,610	42.48%	André Jacque	Rep.	23,509	23.99%	97,993	10,736
	Special	Nov. 5	Tony Wied	Republican	242,003	57.15%	Kristin Lyerly	Dem.	181,196	42.80%	423,431	60,807
2024	Primary	Aug. 13	Tony Wied (inc)	Republican	41,937	42.13%	Roger Roth	Rep.	34,344	34.51%	99,532	7,593
	Primary	Aug. 13	Tony Wied (inc)	Republican	41,937	42.13%	André Jacque	Rep.	23,186	23.30%	99,532	7,593
	General	Nov. 5	Tony Wied (inc)	Republican	240,040	57.30%	Kristin Lyerly	Dem.	178,666	42.64%	418,978	61,593

References

"Rep. Tony Wied - R Wisconsin, 8th, In Office - Biography". LegiStorm. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
^ Schilz, Indiana; Steeno, Paul (August 13, 2024). "Tony Wied wins Republican nominee for Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District after Roth concedes". We Are Green Bay. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
"Denver-based 7-Eleven Operator Buys Green Bay-based Dino Stop Chain". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. September 12, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
D'Andrea, Robert (April 9, 2024). "Green Bay businessman enters congressional race with Trump endorsement". Wisconsin Public Radio. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
Meyer, Brady (April 8, 2024). "Former Wisconsin business owner Tony Wied launches U.S. Congress campaign, backed by Trump". WLUK-TV. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
Bauer, Scott (April 8, 2024). "Former owner of gas station chain gets Trump's endorsement in Wisconsin congressional race". Associated Press. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
Andrea, Lawrence. "Trump-backed Tony Wied wins GOP primary in congressional seat vacated by Mike Gallagher". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Andrea, Lawrence (November 5, 2024). "Tony Wied claims 8th Congressional District seat vacated by Mike Gallagher". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Foxx, Rhonda (November 6, 2024). "Republican Tony Wied defeats Democrat Dr. Kristin Lyerly for the 8th Congressional District seat". Spectrum News.
"Congressman Wied Statement on the American Relief Act of 2025 | Congressman Tony Wied". wied.house.gov. December 20, 2024. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
County by County Report - 2024 Partisan Primary (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. August 26, 2024. p. 10. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
County by County Report - 2024 General Election (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. November 27, 2024. p. 1. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
County by County Report - 2024 Partisan Primary (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. August 26, 2024. p. 2. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
County by County Report - 2024 General Election (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. November 27, 2024. p. 18. Retrieved January 11, 2025.

External links

Tony Wied for Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byMike Gallagher	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 8th congressional district 2024–present	Incumbent
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byLaMonica McIver	United States representatives by seniority 373rd	Succeeded byGil Cisneros

v t e Wisconsin's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators	▌Ron Johnson (R) ▌Tammy Baldwin (D)
Representatives (ordered by district)	▌Bryan Steil (R) ▌Mark Pocan (D) ▌Derrick Van Orden (R) ▌Gwen Moore (D) ▌Scott Fitzgerald (R) ▌Glenn Grothman (R) ▌Tom Tiffany (R) ▌Tony Wied (R)

Current members of the United States House of Representatives

Speaker: Mike Johnson

Majority

v t e Republican Party conference
Speaker: Mike Johnson ‧ Majority Leader: Steve Scalise ‧ Majority Whip: Tom Emmer
Other members: Aderholt Alford Allen Amodei Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean Begich Bentz Bergman Bice A. Biggs S. Biggs Bilirakis Boebert Bost Brecheen Bresnahan Buchanan Burchett Burlison Calvert Cammack Carey B. Carter J. Carter Ciscomani Cline Cloud Clyde Cole Collins Comer Crane Crank Crawford Crenshaw Davidson De La Cruz DesJarlais Díaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn Edwards Ellzey Estes Evans Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin Fry Fulcher Garbarino Gill Giménez C. Goldman Gonzales Gooden Gosar Graves Green Greene Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh Haridopolos Harrigan A. Harris M. Harris Harshbarger Hern Higgins Hill Hinson Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd Issa Jack R. Jackson James D. Johnson Jordan D. Joyce J. Joyce Kean M. Kelly T. Kelly M. Kennedy Kiggans Kiley Kim Knott Kustoff LaHood LaLota LaMalfa Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Massie Mast McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell McGuire Messmer Meuser C. Miller Mary Miller Max Miller Miller-Meeks Mills Moolenaar Ba. Moore Bl. Moore R. Moore T. Moore Moran Murphy Nehls Newhouse Norman Nunn Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler H. Rogers M. Rogers Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Rutherford Salazar Schmidt Schweikert A. Scott Self Sessions Shreve Simpson A. Smith C. Smith J. Smith Smucker Spartz Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Strong Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson Tiffany Timmons Turner Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Orden Wagner Walberg Waltz Weber Webster Westerman Wied R. Williams Wilson Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke
Delegates: King-Hinds Moylan Radewagen

Minority

v t e Democratic Party caucus
Minority Leader: Hakeem Jeffries ‧ Minority Whip: Katherine Clark
Other members: Adams Aguilar Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragán Beatty Bell Bera Beyer Bishop Bonamici Boyle Brown Brownley Budzinski Bynum Carbajal Carson T. Carter Casar Case Casten Castor Castro Cherfilus-McCormick Chu Cisneros Clarke Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Connolly Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids Da. Davis Do. Davis Dean DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans Fields Figures Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel Friedman Frost Garamendi C. García R. Garcia S. Garcia Gillen Golden D. Goldman Gomez Gonzalez Goodlander Gottheimer Green Gray Grijalva Harder Hayes Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle Huffman Ivey J. Jackson Jacobs Jayapal H. Johnson J. Johnson Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating R. Kelly T. Kennedy Khanna Krishnamoorthi Landsman Larsen Larson Latimer Sum. Lee Sus. Lee Leger Fernandez Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Matsui McBath McBride McClain-Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley Rivas Ross Ruiz Ryan Salinas Sánchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier B. Scott D. Scott Sewell Sherman Sherrill Simon Smith Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Swalwell Sykes Takano Thanedar B. Thompson M. Thompson Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko N. Torres R. Torres Trahan Tran Turner Underwood Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velázquez Vindman Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Whitesides Williams Wilson
Delegates: Holmes Norton Plaskett Rivera

Wisconsin's delegation(s) to the 118th–present United States Congresses (ordered by seniority)

118th	Senate: ▌R. Johnson (R) ▌T. Baldwin (D)	House: ▌G. Moore (D) ▌M. Pocan (D) ▌G. Grothman (R) ▌M. Gallagher (R) ▌B. Steil (R) ▌T. Tiffany (R) ▌S. Fitzgerald (R) ▌D. Van Orden (R) ▌A. Wied (R)
119th	Senate: ▌R. Johnson (R) ▌T. Baldwin (D)	House: ▌G. Moore (D) ▌M. Pocan (D) ▌G. Grothman (R) ▌B. Steil (R) ▌T. Tiffany (R) ▌S. Fitzgerald (R) ▌D. Van Orden (R) ▌A. Wied (R)

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