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…
Republican assembly representative Barbara Dittrich from Oconomowoc was just elected in 2018 and in her candidate interview stated she is “vehemently opposed to THC in any form” has not co-sponsored any legislation on marijuana reform at all during her first two years in office. Despite her opposition, her office conducted a 2019 Spring GOP Survey which she asked…
In 2018 when Barb Dittrich (R-Oconomowoc): https://bit.ly/2BYy4XN faced off against Melissa Winker (D-Oconomowoc): https://bit.ly/2CplsKo it seemed that the Republican Dittrich jumped on the CBD bandwagon, but strongly opposed marijuana reform. She went onto win the election in the Fall of 2018. The GOP Spring Survey her office conducted in the Spring of 2019 did show 541 individuals…
Newly elected GOP Assembly Rep Barbara Dittrich from Oconomowoc stated in her campaign that she supported CBD but absolutely no THC in those products, it was on video. Her office had a 2019 GOP Spring Survey and here are the results of the marijuana question on the survey: 541 individuals responded to the specific question…
Listen to the clip but the title says it call. Campaign 2018: 38th AD Candidates on Legalizing of Marijuana On September 24th, WisconsinEye interviewed the 38th Assembly District candidates, Barb Dittrich (R) and Melissa Winker (D) about their views on legalizing marijuana. General election is 11/6! Watch the full interviews: Barb Dittrich (R-Oconomowoc): https://bit.ly/2BYy4XN Melissa…
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…
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…
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…
Despite overwhelming public support and bipartisan flashes of cooperation, Wisconsin’s Republicans continue to stymie meaningful progress on medical-marijuana reform. Their reluctance to genuinely engage with Democrats — and their hesitation even to form a bipartisan cannabis caucus — is preventing the state from catching up to the many jurisdictions that have already moved on these…
Senate President – Sen. Mary Felzkowski (R-Tomahawk) and Senate President Pro Tempore – Sen. Pat Testin (R-Stevens Point) are the authors of the 2025 Republican Medical Cannabis Legislation. The bill was fast tracked to a public hearing, not giving much time for co-sponsors to be added. We all know Republicans have been drafting their bills behind…
A bunch of Republican lawmakers are pushing forward with their attack on Wisconsin’s hemp industry by attempting to change the very definition of hemp itself. The bill is designed to bring intoxicating hemp-derived products under the heavy hand of prohibitionist control, recently went through circulation for co-sponsorship—and it picked up even more baggage along the…
Assembly Districts BOLD NAMES ARE PRIMARY WINNERS Races without links = one or more candidates have no response / not enough information for an article. (I) = Incumbent Assembly District 1: Republicans Kitchens (I) vs Swagel. Kitchens is yes to medical and decriminalization. Assembly District 4: Republicans Steffen (I) vs Darwin Behnke Assembly District 4:…
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…
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…
You thought this article was going to be about Delta-8 THC, well not yet, but I bet that is coming. Rep. Knodle has already been up to some work on the issue. I was surprised not to see his name in the line up of Republicans ready to add harsher sentences to patients who use…
Last updated 5-29-2021 Assembly District # – Name – Occupation – Stance on Marijuana A=Adult Use M=Medical D=Decriminalization 1 Joel Kitchens (R – WI): Large animal veterinarian. M/D 2 Shae Sortwell (R – WI): Former U.S. Army Sergeant, U.S. Army Reserve Chemical Corps, 2009–2018. A/M/D 3 Ron Tusler (R – WI): Small business owner, law practice. Attorney. Former…
WORK IN PROGRESS (WIP) Last updated 01/12/2023 Assembly District # – Name – Occupation – Stance on Marijuana A=Adult Use M=Medical LM=Limited Medical (Pill only) D=Decriminalization 1 Joel Kitchens (R – WI): Large animal veterinarian. M/D 2 Shae Sortwell (R – WI): Former U.S. Army Sergeant, U.S. Army Reserve Chemical Corps, 2009–2018. A/M/D 3 Ron Tusler (R –…
As prohibitionist Scott Fitzgerald moves onto a federal congressional seat, we have to keep the pressure on him and that congressional district. Serving Wisconsin since 1995 in this Senate Seat, he has been unhappy and unhelpful when it comes to reform of cannabis laws. Fitzgerald graduated from Hustisford High School in 1981 and earned his…
Last updated 4-9-2021 Assembly District # – Name – Occupation – Stance on Marijuana A=Adult Use M=Medical D=Decriminalization 1 Joel Kitchens (R – WI): Large animal veterinarian. M/D 2 Shae Sortwell (R – WI): Former U.S. Army Sergeant, U.S. Army Reserve Chemical Corps, 2009–2018. A/M/D 3 Ron Tusler (R – WI): Small business owner, law…
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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