Senate District 8 is listed many places as a competitive Senate race to keep our eye on for sure. What some call a “toss up district” others are giving the Republican a small advantage. There are 5 competitive Senate Races and 2 out of those 5 are listed as toss ups. The other 3 races…
HERE AND NOW Stroebel: “Decriminalization is Legalization” Clip: Season 1700 Episode 1733 | 5m Republicans have voiced opposition to the governor’s plan to decriminalize marijuana. Sen. Duey Stroebel, R-Cedarburg, says there are enough issues with substance abuse in Wisconsin now, and does not want to see marijuana decriminalized. He discusses his opposition to CBD oil,…
The maps changed and redistricting happened, the “political experts” crunching the voting data from the past have labeled the 8th, 14th, 18th, 30th and 32nd Senate Districts as ‘competitive’ in the overall Senate races in 2024. In my analysis of the potential outcomes I have only listed the Senate 8 and 14 as close races. Both…
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…
The 16th Senate District is located in south-central Wisconsin, the district comprises much of eastern Dane County, western Jefferson County, and part of southwest Dodge County. It includes the cities of Fitchburg, Fort Atkinson, Lake Mills, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, and Waterloo, and the villages of Cottage Grove, Deerfield, and Marshall, and parts of the city…
The new maps have both parties worked up and since it is election time again candidates are coming out from where ever they were and will be asking for your vote. The new maps are going to make strange bed fellows when some Incumbents are faced with the reality of challenging a fellow incumbent or…
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…
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…
What other faces will we see for sure in the Wisconsin State Senate in addition to the ones I examined in my April article entitled Senators not up for re-election likely to continue prohibition in 2021-22? The filing deadline was June 1, 2020 for candidates to declare and turn in signatures. The uncontested races exposed…
The 2019-20 Smoke the Vote Candidate Scorecard and Voter guide is coming along nicely. We have all of the 2019-20 Wisconsin elected officials grades complete and an Executive Summary of the grades is also available. The “Candidate Module” of the guide is still in progress and you can help! But for this article, we are…
The Republican Medical Marijuana legislation authored by Representatives Mary Felzkowski, Pat Snyder, Michael Schraa, Shae Sortwell and Senator Kathy Bernier has received Assembly Bill 750 and Senate Bill 683 and committee assignments for the 2020 legislative session. This bill would create a medical marijuana program to allow qualifying patients to access medical marijuana in Wisconsin!…
Senate Bill 507 / Assembly Bill 570 (Medical Marijuana with home grows/smoking) and Assembly Bill 750 / Senate Bill 683 (Creation of a Medical Marijuana Program) 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…
A new piece of legislation for the 2019-2020 Wisconsin cycle includes a bipartisan medical cannabis (marijuana) attempt authored by Sen. Jon Erpenbach (D- West Point), Sen. Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point) and Rep. Chris Taylor (D-Madison). Many expected the legislation to head directly to The Senate Health Committee chaired by author of the bill, Senator Testin….
Recently a Field Activist from New Holstein was paying attention. The chapter put out a call for action in target districts holding up the medical marijuana legislation in committee. To make a long story short, Field Activist Patrick went to our website and downloaded the signature support page of current Wisconsin marijuana legislation. Armed…