Samantha Kerkman

Samantha Kerkman serves as the Kenosha County Executive since April 2022, following a long tenure as a State Representative in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1996 until June 2022. Elected to the assembly in November 2000, Samantha began their political career as a Legislative Intern for retired State Representative Cloyd Porter in 1995. Samantha holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, earned between 1992 and 1996, and is a graduate of Wilmot High School, class of 1992.