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Jean Hundertmark

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ6170862 ↗
Source-derived summary

Jean Hundertmark (born February 25, 1954) is a former Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing the 40th district, where she served four terms as State Representative. Hundertmark served as Assistant Majority Leader in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2003 to 2004.

In 2006, Hundertmark decided against seeking reelection, and instead ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor as the running mate of Mark Green. Hundertmark then served as chair of the 8th Congressional District Republican Party for two years.

Hundertmark and her family are residents of Clintonville, Wisconsin. They own an A&W Family Restaurant franchise. Hundertmark is married to Bruce Hundertmark. They are the parents of two daughters.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Jean Hundertmark” is american politician. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Jean, Hundertmark and American, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1954, 2003, 2004, 2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1954-02-25. For this dossier, Jean, Hundertmark and American is the immediate research focus.
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Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6170862. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1954, 2003, 2004 and 2006.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jean Hundertmark” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.