She is currently retired from formal employment, but still active with strategies to move rural communities forward.
Hasenohrl chose not to run for re-election in 2000, and Lippert defeated Democrat Amy Sue Vruwink by 104 votes (12,068 [50.2%] to 11,964 [49.8%]) in the 2000 general election, after spending $114,563.
[2] In 2002, she chose not to run for re-election due to the health of her husband, Jerry, who was suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, caused by Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency [1].
In February 2011, she was appointed as Executive Assistant to Eloise Anderson, the new Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, as part of the administration of incoming governor Scott Walker.
In that role she traveled throughout Northern Wisconsin serving as a direct link between rural communities and the Governor's Administration.