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Democrats hemp regulation bill faces certain death in Committee chaired by Senator Kapenga
ByJay Selthofner January 3, 2026January 3, 2026

Earlier this year came the most unexpected development: Kapenga was removed from Senate leadership, voted out, replaced by Senator Mary Felzkowski—someone widely known and respected for supporting cannabis reform. For years, Senator Chris Kapenga has been one of the loudest and most persistent opponents of cannabis reform in Wisconsin. Every session, every news cycle, every…

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Senator Kapenga and Rep Duchow Hartland Listening Session on 11-6-19
ByJay Selthofner November 4, 2019

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2026 Wisconsin Election Coverage | Action Needed | Activism | Analysis | Announcements | Information | Legislation | Legislators | Public Awareness | Wisconsin Marijuana

2026 Marijuana Legalization Bill Co-Sponsorship Analysis
ByJay Selthofner February 26, 2026February 26, 2026

Wisconsin Democrats have drawn a clear line heading into the 2026 election cycle — and they are unified! The 2026 cannabis legalization proposal (Wisconsin Senate Bill 1045) launched with overwhelming Democratic support. In the Senate, 14 out of 15 Democratic Senators signed on as co-sponsors. The lone holdout? Veteran Senator Bob Wirch, who declined to…

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Public Hearing Jan 8, 2026 for SB 682
ByJay Selthofner January 7, 2026January 8, 2026

Showdown Begins in Wisconsin Legislature as Competing Hemp Bills Head Toward Public Hearings MADISON, WI — A key public hearing has now been scheduled in the Wisconsin State Senate for Senate Bill 682, the Testin/Kurtz hemp regulation bill. The hearing will take place January 8, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., with three other bills slated to be heard in committee…

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2026 Wisconsin Election Coverage | Action Needed | Announcements | Get Involved | Help Needed | Help Wanted | Ideas | Legislators | News | Organizations | Politics | Polling Data | Polls | Press Releases | Public Awareness | Responses Needed | Wisconsin Cannabis Caucus

Help select the potential leaders of The Wisconsin Cannabis Caucus
ByJay Selthofner November 21, 2025January 29, 2026

Wisconsin Elected Officials 2025-26 Wisconsin State Senate Republican Senators 1 Julian Bradley (New Berlin) – Bradley comes out against recreational marijuana, but understands people turn to marijuana for medicinal purposes, his concern is he wants to insure it goes through the same process that any drug would before it is legalized for medicinal purposes and…

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AB 606 Public Hearing Testimony, Senate Hearing Speculations
ByJay Selthofner November 5, 2025November 16, 2025

Here is the testimony from the Public Hearing for AB 606 – Three Tier Hemp Regulation Bill. Wisconsin’s New “Hemp Regulation” Bill: A Bad Deal for Farmers, Small Businesses, and Consumers Assembly Bill 606 and was introduced on October 29th, 2025 and Introduced by Representatives Swearingen, Brooks, Novak, Steffen, Wittke, Snyder, Moses, Mursau, Summerfield, Dallman, Donovan, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Nedweski, Penterman, Tucker and Tusler;cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, Pfaff (D), James and Tomczyk In the Assembly, the bill author, Rob Swearingen…

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WI Republican Lawmakers attack federal hemp program
ByJay Selthofner September 20, 2025January 13, 2026

We knew it was coming, it was a just a matter of when and who. Republican lawmakers chose to not fund our Wisconsin Hemp Pilot program a few years back to make it permanent, if they did, the state would have continued to run the program and make the rules. Instead, the program was kicked…

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2025-26 Republican Senate Leadership Elected
By2024 Election Coverage by Jay Selthofner November 21, 2024November 16, 2025

Senator Joan Ballweg, after being redistricted into a new Senate district, pledged to relocate and ensure the seat remained Republican. However, she was unsuccessful in her bid to retain the seat, casting doubt on whether she will follow through on relocating or instead opt for retirement. Her original home district, now Senate District 13, remains…

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Senate Districts not up for election in 2024
By2024 Election Coverage by Jay Selthofner September 16, 2024

The Wisconsin State Senate is the upper chamber of the Wisconsin State Legislature. Alongside the Wisconsin State Assembly, it forms the legislative branch of the Wisconsin state government and works alongside the governor of Wisconsin to create laws and establish a state budget. Legislative authority and responsibilities of the Wisconsin State Senate include passing bills on public policy matters, setting levels for state…

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Senators not up for election in 2022
By2022 Election Coverage by Jay Selthofner October 30, 2022

If you are following politics and the 2022 Election coverage, you will know that only half of our Wisconsin State Senators are up for election every two years. That means we are stuck with the half Wisconsin elected back in 2020 for the upcoming legislative session. I recently covered the 2022 Candidates stance on cannabis,…

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2022 Election Wisconsin State Senate
By2022 Election Coverage by Jay Selthofner October 21, 2022

The stages are set for the General Election on November 8th, 2022. We have documented below information about candidates feelings and actions about marijuana reform. We hope you find this information helpful when it comes time to vote. There are of course a few candidates with no response or stance unknown, we will update those…

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2022 Wisconsin Uncontested Races
By2022 Election Coverage by Jay Selthofner August 21, 2022

Fall General Election November 8th, 2022 Unfortunately, not all races had a primary candidate or even a challenger in the general election. These are the uncontested seats for the 2022 Wisconsin State Election. A few of these races have late “write in” candidates which most likely will not make these seats competitive for the ballot…

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WI State Senate
By2022 Election Coverage by Jay Selthofner April 12, 2021January 12, 2024

Work In Progress (WIP) Not sure which of the above represent you? Here is the link to find out who: https://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/ Use the two action alerts to express support of 2023-24 Adult Use Legalization Bill and the 2023-24 Decriminalization Bill.

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Senator Roger Roth (R) Softens Stance On Medical Marijuana
ByJay Selthofner March 2, 2021

Senator Roger Roth (R) Softens Stance On Medical Marijuana Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Roth served in the Wisconsin Air National Guard and is an Iraq War veteran. Roth graduated from St. Mary Central High School in Neenah, Wisconsin and received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh Prior to entering politics, Roth was a self-employed homebuilder. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as…

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Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, the pot stops here, maybe…..
ByJay Selthofner February 27, 2021

As Senator Scott Fitzgerald now a congressman-elect he will be leaving his seat as Senate Majority Leader,. Wisconsin Senate Republicans voted early in November 2020 to name Senator Devin LeMahieu as new Majority Leader. LeMahieu will be the new head of their caucus following an election that increased their hold on the Senate chamber by two seats. The 9th District…

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Marijuana Report on the Senators Up For Election in 2022
By2022 Election Coverage by Jay Selthofner December 20, 2020

16 of the 33 Senate Seats were up for election in November 2020 and the other half will be up in 2022. Starting in January 2021 after newly elected or re-elected officials take their oath of office the overall structure of the the Wisconsin State Senate will change. With Republican Senator Fitzgerald moving onto his…

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2021-22 Wisconsin state Senate – Members occupations
By2022 Election Coverage by Jay Selthofner November 28, 2020

Last updated 4-9-21 Andre Jacque (R – WI) Holds office State Senate District 1: Former communications and planning director, and environmental consultant. (Opposed) Robert Cowles (R – WI) Holds office State Senate District 2: Current small business owner and legislator. Former director of an alternative energy division for a communications construction company. (Limited Medical) Timothy Carpenter (D…

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Wisconsin Republican Senate Elects Leadership for 2021-22
ByJay Selthofner November 6, 2020

As Senator Scott Fitzgerald now a congressman-elect he will be leaving his seat as Senate Majority Leader,. Wisconsin Senate Republicans voted early in Novemeber 2020 to name Senator Devin LeMahieu as new Majority Leader. LeMahieu will be the new head of their caucus following an election that increased their hold on the Senate chamber by two…

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Fact Sheets
ByJessica Struzik May 20, 2020November 22, 2024

Fact Sheets WHAT’S IN YOUR CANNABIS? Fact Sheet Project Many of our elected official seem to have personal bias regarding cannabis. There is been a lot of misinformation from individual elected officials. We aim to combat some of that misinformation on this page. Volunteer Today!

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Support Assembly Bill 236 / Senate Bill 237
ByJay Selthofner November 20, 2019

Support Assembly Bill 236 / Senate Bill 237 Regarding firearms and confidentiality of medical marijuana patients. Assembly Bill 236 is assigned to the 2019 Assembly Committee on State Affairs chaired by Republican Rob Swearingen from Rhinelander. Swearingen recently had negative public statements regarding marijuana reform archived here. Recent polling in his district shows that 63% of…

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Medical Marijuana Senate and Assembly Committee Information
ByJay Selthofner November 3, 2019

Senate Bill 507 and Assembly Bill 570 (Medical Marijuana) have been assigned to the following committees: 2019 Senate Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection (Chair) Senator Duey Stroebel (R – Saukville) (608) 266-7513 Email: Sen.Stroebel@legis.wisconsin.gov (Vice Chair) Senator Chris Kapenga (R – Delafield) (608) 266-9174 Email: Sen.Kapenga@legis.wisconsin.gov Senator David Craig (R – Big…

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2018 Wisconsin Fall Election – Uncontested Seats
ByJay Selthofner November 1, 2018

Here is a list of uncontested Federal, State Senate and Assembly races in Wisconsin for November 2018 election. Mark Pocan (i), Dem Tim Carpenter (i), Dem Steve Nass (i), GOP Janis Ringhand (i), Dem Chris Kapenga (i), GOP Marisabel Cabrera, Dem David Bowen (i), Dem Jason Fields (i), Dem LaKeshia Myers, Dem Kalan Haywood, Dem…

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