Sylvia Ortiz-Velez is an American real estate broker and Democratic politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
[2] She worked as a real estate broker for several years in Milwaukee before being elected to the County Board.
[5][6] Ortiz-Velez was one of several candidates to benefit from the support of then-County Executive Chris Abele in his attempts to reshape the County Board in 2018.
[9] In the primary, she faced JoAnna Bautch, the sister of outgoing Assemblymember JoCasta Zamarripa, and the Wisconsin Director of Citizen Action.
[10][11] In the primary, Ortiz-Velez supported expanding BadgerCare (Wisconsin's Medicaid program) and legalization of medical marijuana.