Sylvia Ortiz-Velez

Sylvia Ortiz-Velez
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 8th district
Assumed office
January 4, 2021
Preceded byJoCasta Zamarripa
Member of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors from the 12th district
In office
April 2018 – April 2022
Preceded byPeggy A. West
Succeeded byJuan Miguel Martinez
Personal details
Born
PartyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (BA)
Occupationpolitician, real estate agent
Website
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Sylvia Ortiz-Velez is an American real estate broker and Democratic politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Wisconsin's 8th Assembly district since 2021. As of September 2025, she has quit the Assembly Democratic caucus after a heated disagreement in which Ortiz-Velez allegedly threatened to shoot three of her colleagues. She previously served on the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors from 2018 until 2022.