Peter A. Schmidt (born July 3, 1992) is an American dairy farmer and Republican politician from Shawano County, Wisconsin.
Peter Schmidt was born in Shawano County, Wisconsin, graduated from St. Paul Lutheran School, and earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point.
[1] In 2021, Wisconsin State Assembly incumbent Gary Tauchen announced he would not seek re-election in the 2022 election.
[3] The same week, another story came to light in which Schmidt had been charged with a felony for choking another worker on his farm, but had pleaded it down to a misdemeanor.
The censure was backed by Republican county officeholders, including the district attorney, sheriff, and clerk of courts, who all said they could not support Schmidt.