Gordon currently lives in Oshkosh, where he was born and raised, with his wife Elizabeth, and their children Beatrix and Gethin. Hintz served Winnebago County for 16 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly (2007-2023), including four years as the Assembly Minority Leader and three years on the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee. He currently serves as the Director for the Wisconsin Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust, promoting issues of mutual benefit and concern to both labor and management.

Prior to serving in the Legislature, Hintz served as a Management Assistant and Municipal Budget Analyst for the City of Long Beach, CA and as a Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Herb Kohl. He was also a Political Science Instructor at UW Oshkosh from 2005-06. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Hamline University and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the La Follette School of Public Affairs at UW Madison.

During his time in the Legislature, he built a reputation as a thoughtful and pragmatic leader, championing public education funding, affordable healthcare, and workforce development. He has also strongly advocated for fiscal responsibility and equitable economic growth.

In 2011, Rep. Hintz worked tirelessly with local public health officials in demanding there be no disruption for women in the Well Woman breast and cervical cancer screenings program in Winnebago County after then Governor Walker defunded the existing program.  He was awarded the Rebecca C. Young Leadership Award for his successful work on behalf of women’s health and reproductive rights during the 2011-2012 legislative session.

In 2018 Hintz was named Legislator of the Year by the Wisconsin Public Health Association for his work in promoting public health and helping secure $500,000 in communicable disease funding in the 2017-18 state budget.

In 2010, Hintz worked with a coalition of groups to author a law requiring a carbon monoxide (CO) alarm on each level of all one- and two-family residences having any fuel burning appliance, fireplace or attached garage.

Throughout his tenure Hintz has been an advocate for fairness and accountability, often taking on predatory financial industry practices that undermine the economic security of people throughout Wisconsin. Hintz led the fight to pass the first ever regulations on the payday and auto title loan industry in Wisconsin and authored laws protecting tenants in foreclosures and protecting state employees from frivolous lawsuits.  Hintz successfully defeated efforts to repeal the existing consumer protections in statute regulating the predatory “rent-to-own” industry.