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Michael Schraa from Oshkosh co-authors Republican medical marijuana legislation.

ByJay Selthofner 12/31/201912/31/2019

Rep. Michael Schraa is a Republican from Oshkosh and we have been working in his district forever and a day on the issue. With 99 Assembly Districts and not even all Democrats being up to speed on marijuana reform, education is constant, education is critical and education is key. Schraa is not a newcomer to…

GOP Assembly Rep Michael Schraa 2019 Spring Survey Results

ByNORML Alan 07/17/201909/20/2019

Representative Michael Schraa of the 53rd Assembly District did not pose the question of cannabis legalization on his 2019 spring survey. His district includes Oshkosh, Algoma, Omro, Rushford, Nepeuskun, Utica, Nekimi, Black Wolf, Rosendale, Eldorado, Friendship, North Fond Du Lac, Springvale, Lamartine and Waupun. If you live in these areas please contact Representative Schraa and…

Republican Michael Schraa 2018 campaign statement on marijuana reform

ByJay Selthofner 10/17/201810/02/2022

The upcoming referendums will pass, we all know it. The “Cannabis Question” is being asked to all candidates and incumbents. Marijuana reform is on the agenda and is not going away. Remember these statements and these names, as some will make campaign promises, some will break them and some will champion marijuana reform that never…

Decriminalization | Legislation | Politics | Republicans

Republicans Jarchow, Bernier, Kitchens, Kooyenga, Tittle and Schraa push marijuana decriminalization

ByNorthernWINORML.org 06/26/201712/30/2019

Wisconsin’s historic new bipartisan cannabis decriminalization bill Senate Bill 318 includes a number of sponsors of cannabis law reform legislation not seen before the current legislative session. Not only is the lead Assembly sponsor a Republican, Rep. Adam Jarchow (R-Balsam Lake), there are five other GOP cosponsors, Kathleen Bernier (R-Lake Hallie), Reps. Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon…

Republicans | Winnebago County | Wisconsin

Response from Assembly Rep Michael Schraa about medical marijuana

ByJay Selthofner 10/18/201312/13/2019

A field activist from Oshkosh forwarded this response from Rep. Schraa regarding medical marijuana reform in Wisconsin. Thank you for contacting me about the legalization of medical marijuana. My aide mentioned to me that you also called to ensure that we received your email. I have a system set up so that every email we…

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2022 Election Wisconsin State Assembly

By2022 Election Coverage by Jay Selthofner 10/21/202210/27/2022

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 08/21/2022

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…

2022 Election Coverage | Elections

Adam Jarchow enters Attorney General Race

By2022 Election Coverage by Jay Selthofner 10/31/202110/01/2022

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…

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Republican State Assembly Candidates – 2020 Cannabis Support Summary

ByJay Selthofner 11/08/202010/01/2022

2020 REPUBLICAN STATE ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES SUPPORTING LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA *Shae Sortwell (R – WI) Assembly District 2 Incumbent Angel Sanchez (R – WI) AD 8 Orlando Owens (R – WI) AD 11 Abie Eisenbach (R – WI) AD 17 Helmut Fritz (R – WI) AD 19 *Clint Moses (R – WI) AD 29 Beth Drew…

Kerry Trask (D) to challenge Paul Tittl (R) for AD 25

ByJay Selthofner 09/13/202010/01/2022

Assembly District 25 (MAP) in parts of Calumet and Manitowoc Counties, including the cities of Chilton and Manitowoc. Trask ran in the 2010 election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 25. Trask was defeated by Independent candidate Robert Ziegelbauer in the general election on November 2, 2010. On September 10, 2020, WisconsinEye senior producer Steve Walters interviewed Kerry Trask (D-Manitowoc) who is running for…

Kim Delorit Jensen (D) to challenge Joel Kitchens (R)

ByJay Selthofner 06/14/202010/02/2022

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 as any penalty, civil or criminal! This comes after a great deal of work and a coalition of groups in the area pushing marijuana…

Medical Marijuana Committee Members 2019-20 Smoke the Vote Grades

ByJay Selthofner 04/18/202004/18/2020

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…

Bi-partisan led decriminalization does not attract Republican co-sponsors

ByJay Selthofner 03/09/202003/09/2020

In my opinion, this type of decriminalization effort should have been the first marijuana reform bill submitted after the Republicans gutted everything marijuana reform from the budget. This is not new for the elephants in the room and it may not all be politically driven as some of these people just hate marijuana. It is…

Rep. Tittl and Senator LeMahieu Hilbert and Manitowoc Meetings March 16th

ByJay Selthofner 03/06/202003/06/2020

Rep. Tittl was a sponsor of the 2017 decriminalization measure and is a sponsor of the 2019-20 Republican bill to create a medical marijuana program for Wisconsin. Rep. Tittl was one of the first Republicans to publicly ask for a public hearing on medical marijuana in past sessions. His continued efforts and willingness to work within his caucus…

Senator Bernier and Rep Jesse James March Meetings

ByJay Selthofner 02/21/202002/21/2020

The 23rd District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in western Wisconsin, and is currently composed of parts of Barron, Clark, Chippewa, Dunn, Taylor, Eau Claire, Wood,and Marathon counties. The district area is mostly rural, with the exception of a portion of Eau Claire. We watched this district election and during the 2018 campaign saw both the Democrat (Johnson) and Republican (James)…