She was known as Mary Czaja until her second marriage in 2016. On many official documents after 2017, including the 2018 and 2020 election ballots, her name appeared as Mary Czaja-Felzkowski.[1][2]
Felzkowski is a supporter of medical cannabis, and submitted a measure to legalize it in Wisconsin.[5] Felzkowski has also advocated against the expansion of Medicaid.[6] She was chosen by the Republican caucus as the assistant majority leader in the 2019–2020 session.[citation needed]
After incumbent state senator Tom Tiffany was elected to Congress in a 2020 special election, Felzkowski announced that she would run for the seat he was vacating in the Wisconsin Senate.[7] She was unopposed in the Republican primary, and went on to defeat Democrat Ed Vocke in the 2020 general election.[8]
Following the 2024 Wisconsin Senate elections, Felzkowski was elected to be the Senate president going into the 107th Wisconsin Legislature.[9]
Personal life
Felzkowski has been married twice and has five children. She took the name Mary Czaja after marrying her first husband Bruce Czaja; they divorced in 2011.[10] She subsequently married Jeffery James Felzkowski on December 31, 2016, and took the name Mary Felzkowski.[2][3]
She is a former president of Tomahawk Main Street, Inc., a community organization of Tomahawk businesses, and a former board member and national director of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents. She is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association of America.[3]
of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians' Tribal Council passed a resolution to
banish Wisconsin State Senator Mary Felzkowski from the Lac du Flambeau
Indian Reservation.
