AD 64: Incumbent McGuire (D) vs Hibsch (R)
The 64th Assembly District of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Located in southeast Wisconsin, the district comprises the northeast corner of Kenosha County, including all of the village of Somers and the northern half of the city of Kenosha.
Tip McGuire (D-Kenosha)
Incumbent. Attorney. Former legislative aide to Representative Peter Barca; Kenosha County special prosecutor; Milwaukee County assistant district attorney. Elected to Assembly in April 2019 special election.
As a candidate in March of 2019 McGuire said he does support medical marijuana, particularly as a way to combat the opioid crisis. “I think marijuana has substantially less risk than some of those other drugs,” McGuire said. “I believe that any loosening of marijuana laws, however, has to be accompanied by an increase in drug recognition expert training in law enforcement.”
Tip McGuire was a co-sponsor of the 2021-22 adult use legislation to legalize cannabis use in Wisconsin, but was absent from the 2023 legislation co-sponsorship.
Ed Hibsch (R-Kenosha)
Definitely opposed to recreational marijuana, seen too many bad effects from the states that have gone that route. – source
Am open to medicinal use of marijuana, he has actually seen the benefits of it through a relative who has gone that route it is like night and day. I do believe there are medicinal benefits and that would be a way to go, but we also have also be very very careful and how it is controlled and managed and make sure not just everyone can get a medical marijuana card and basically have the same effect has having it legal recreationally. So I favor medical marijuana use but strictly controlled. – source
Stay tuned and get active!
I will provide you additional 2024 Wisconsin State Election coverage throughout the campaign season. This next election is extremely important for marijuana reform and I will continue to bring you information as more candidates make their political moves.
In the event that we end up with divided government in the 2024-25 legislation session, the official formation of The Wisconsin Cannabis Caucus would be a must first step towards reform. The official establishment of this Caucus will represent the growing, bipartisan support in Wisconsin.
Although session as ended we still urge you to contact your elected officials. The top four action alerts are still functionable on The Wisconsin Cannabis Activist Action Network for you immediate use.
Sources: CNanalysis (Very Likely Dem +16) WisPolitics /2024 Assembly Races (56% Rep), Davesredistircing, PeoplesMaps
