Assembly District 1 – Kewaunee county, Door county and the 3 townships from the north to south on the east side of Brown county. The Sturgeon Bay area is where Rep. Kitchens calls home and thanks to the work for field activists in the area, cannabis possession in your own home in Sturgeon Bay no longer…
Assembly District 5 slightly changed under the redistricting process and map process. Primarily the Little Chute, Seymour, Hobart, Nichols, Oneida and the Oneida Reservation area. Goeben (R – Hobart) Incumbent first elected in 2022. Owner of Joyful Hearts Family Childcare, YWCA swim team board member, Christ Alone Church Leadership board member, Green Bay Area Christian Homeschoolers…
Assembly District 4 or 6 could have saw incumbent pairings that could lead to a primary battle. Let’s examine the candidates in these fights. UPDATE: Republicans will see a primary battle in both the 4th and 6th Assembly Districts, while Democrats will have a primary only in the 4th Assembly District. Battlefield Locations: AD4: Howard,…
Assembly District 3 has a potential Incumbent pairing that could lead to a primary battle in August 2024. The redistricting process still has this area has a GOP stronghold with predictions of up to 63% red votes. Tusler told WisPolitics he hadn’t made a decision on the fall yet, saying he and Bodden were “Tony-mandered”…
The new 99th Assembly District seems to be a victory to the Republicans in this district. The redrawn 99th District that ends at Watertown on the west, and is extended east to include Hartland, no longer including Wales and Dousman but stretching north into Dodge County. It is a heavily favored Republican stronghold district. This…
Receiving a high grade in previous sessions by co-sponsoring a variety of bills and leading the way on Industrial Hemp is Baraboo Rep. Dave Considine. He was critical in drafting our Industrial Hemp bill that was first passed into law and cosponsored adult use legislation three consecutive sessions. First elected in 2014, he will be…
The legislative redistricting bill (new maps) created a vacancy in the 14th District when incumbent Rep. Vining was drawn into the 13th District. Coulthard is the first candidate to announce a bid for the seat. Rep. Robyn Vining was drawn into the 13th District which is currently represented by Republican Rep. Tom Michalski. District 14…
The Assembly District 42 has changed and will most likely go from red to blue, chasing off an incumbent or two. Ballotpedia has the comparison maps of AD 42 if you care. Assembly District 42 includes parts of Columbia and Dane County including the Poynette, Lodi, Prairie Du Sac, Morrisonville, Deforest, Winsor, Fall River, Doylestown,…
I know it is hard to keep track of all the numbers and changes in the districts under the new maps. So much change is coming and that means new faces in the new districts. The old 4th Assembly District is now the new 89th Assembly District and includes Ashwaubenon and most of the west…
Rep John Macco (R) has represented the 88th AD since his 2014 election. Macco told WisPolitics earlier this spring that he’s “looking at it now” as he considers his next steps for the upcoming 2024 election. The new maps and district lines remove him from the 88th Assembly District, and places him into the 2nd…
The Assembly District 94 as a result of redistricting shifted slightly north to northwest. Depending on who you talk to, each has a different reason for why this is considered a toss up race. The note on district performance from WisPolitics is 53.6% Republican. Davesredistricting is 50.3% Democratic lean and the Projects.cnalysis shows this race…
Clicking on the maps it looks like the old Assembly District 84 morphs into the 61st Assembly District with some slight changes in district lines. Republican Bob Donovan currently holds the title of Representative of the 84th District, but under the new maps he does not live in the new 61st Assembly District. Will all…
State Rep. Sue Conley, D-Janesville, announced she won’t run for reelection in the Assembly after serving in the chamber for four years. Conely has been a consistent supporter of cannabis reform in Wisconsin and we thank her for your work on the issue. The last bill introduced by 25 (out of 35) Democrat Representatives included…
What about Assembly District 30 Update: After the primary elections the forecast for this district changed to Tilt Republican. Republican Shannon Zimmerman from River Falls won the 2022 election by 58% and the 2020 election by 56% of the vote. The new district maps for Assembly 30 changed, but does it matter? The district does…
New maps and new days coming to the Sheboygan area. There is no current incumbent in this district formerly represented by Republican Terry Katsma of Oostburg. Katsma and Oostburg are in the 27th district now, so we are not expecting him to run. UPDATE: on 4-26 Katsma did announce he is not seeking re-election. What…
Assembly District 21 is now occupied by Republican Jessie Rodriguez from Oak Creek. The district will change slightly under the new maps by loosing South Milwaukee and gaining the Garden District, which makes this district much more competitive now. Will the Democrats carry this district by 6% like some experts think? Some more conservative projections…
Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader Melissa Agard, D-Madison, announced that she will leave the legislature in order to run to replace retiring Dane County Executive Joe Parisi in 2024. History Senator Agard was one of the first lead elected officials to really push hard for full legalization of cannabis and will be well remembered. Her tireless…
Wisconsin Adult Use Cannabis Legislation Senate Bill 486 and Assembly Bill 506 have been introduced on October 9th, 2023. These bills would legalize cannabis in Wisconsin for both adult-use consumers and qualified medical patients. Adults over the age of 21 will be legally permitted to possess up to five ounces of cannabis, and may grow up to 12…
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,…
Wisconsin Lt. Governor Race Former State Assembly Rep. Sara Rodriguez co-sponsored the 2021-22 legislation to legalize marijuana in Wisconsin. Also running is Peng Her from Madison. Wisconsin Secretary of State Incumbent Doug La Follette faces challenger Alexia Sabor of Madison. Wisconsin US Senate Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes is in the race, along with State Treasurer…
Fall Partisan Primary August 9th, 2022 Fall General Election November 8th, 2022 Candidate Coverage Currently Underway! We are covering the primary races first. Here are the links to the Republican Primary Candidates and Democrat Primary Candidates and what we know so far about their stance on cannabis reform. Make sure you register to vote! If…
Marijuana legalization Support for legalization of marijuana has grown since the question was first asked in 2013, with 61% in favor of legalization and 31% opposed now. The trend is shown in Table 28. Table 28: Legalization of marijuana trend, October 2013-February 2022 Poll dates Yes, legal No, illegal Don’t Know Refused Oct. 21-24, 2013 50 45…
The Past I remember back to the 2000 through 2008 reign as Rebecca Kleefisch (R) was the Lt. Gov to Scott Walker. I checked my archives and Rebecca Kleefisch did not give any positive news statements about marijuana reform as an elected official. Her eight year run as Lieutenant Governor did not leave me with…
Wisconsin’s historic bipartisan cannabis decriminalization bill in 2017 included a number of sponsors of cannabis law reform legislation not seen before. The legislators on this bill included a few Republicans and were led by Rep. Adam Jarchow (R-Balsam Lake). There were five other GOP cosponsors, Kathleen Bernier (R-Lake Hallie), Reps. Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay) Dale…
Conversation on Cannabis legalization Thu, Sep 16, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM at the Frank L. Weyenberg Library (Tolzman Conference Room) at 11345 N Cedarburg Rd, Mequon 53092 A 1 hour open discussion to meet and discuss marijuana legalization. Collect signatures of support. Confront Republican opposition and gain Republican allies is always on the agenda….
Look at the crowded field in the Republican primary already set to go in the Assembly District 37 Special Election. Democrats have no challenger yet in this gerrymandered district that leans red to begin with, so it will be a few votes in the primary that takes the cake and gets to job most likely….
I was a major contributor to a variety to marijuana voter guides for the 2020 general election. During the research of the project I was able to find out the views about marijuana reform from many candidates running for office. A record number of candidates on the Republican side supported reform when questioned and it…
Can you imagine if Wisconsin replaces outgoing prohibitionist Republican Scott Fitzgerald with someone who supports legalizing marijuana for responsible adults? I can. Republican Todd Menzel (Campaign Facebook Page) of Columbus has announced that he is running for the 13th State Senate District seat. Menzel is a business owner with 20 years of leadership experience, serving…
The marijuana questions keep coming from main stream media. In a report by The Journal Times entitled Assembly 64 Democratic candidates for Barca’s vacant seat debate issues, the marijuana issue came and a variety of answers came from the Democrats. One wants medicine taxed, one did not mention recreational and one goes all in. Be…
Army Veteran and Wonewoc Farmer Tony Kurtz is running as a Republican. In his opening statement, Kurtz said he was “very excited about the opportunity to run for office,” and “passionate about rural Wisconsin.” Kurtz said the area’s declining population was a major area of focus for him. Marijuana Legalization On the topic of marijuana legalization, Kurtz…
We pushed hard a got referendums coming up and pretty much every major news source is asking candidates about marijuana reform! Pay Attention! 6. Would you support changing state law to legalize marijuana and/or cannabis products? If so, under what conditions? If not, why? Roth: I don’t believe there’s enough data available to understand how it…
On the campaign trail and Republican Candidate Shae Sortwell from Two Rivers answers the following question, as did most candidates in 2018. Would you support changing state law to legalize marijuana and/or cannabis products? If so, under what conditions? If not, why? Whatever the state does, cannabis is still federally illegal. States cannot overturn Federal…
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