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Magnafici retires, Duke and Kline announce

By2024 Election Coverage by Jay Selthofner

Republican Gae Magnafici (R-Dresser) represented Polk County and parts of Burnett and St. Croix Counties. Magnafici announced her decision to retire from the Wisconsin State Assembly. The district she represented did slightly adjust under the new maps. She went from representing Assembly District 28 to living in Assembly District 75. This new assembly district 75…

Arndt (D) vs Plumer (R)
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Melisa Arndt (D) to challenge Jon Plumer (R) for AD 42

ByJay Selthofner

Assembly District 42 (MAP) consists of parts of Marquette, Fond du Lac, Dodge and most of Columbia Counties. ### On September 14, 2020, WisconsinEye senior producer Steve Walters interviewed Melisa Arndt (D-Rio) who is running for the 42nd Assembly District in the upcoming general election. At the the 6:28 mark, she addressed she is a…

Legislative Scorecard for 2019-2020. Part of the the comprehensive Smoke the Vote Candidate Scorecard and Voter Guide: https://vote.norml.org/
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Candidates for Assembly District 89 Views on Marijuana Reform: Nygren (R), Rich (R), Jaeger (D)

ByJay Selthofner

 Wisconsin’s 89th Assembly District encompasses parts of Marinette, Oconto and Brown Counties including areas of Marinette, Oconto, Peshtigo, Pound, Coleman, Suamico, Howard, Abrams, Sobieski and the surrounding areas Primary Election August 11, 2020 Republican Candidates The Republican Incumbent John Nygren will face a primary challenger and we know that means something. The era of “thou shall…

Legislative Scorecard for 2019-2020. Part of the the comprehensive Smoke the Vote Candidate Scorecard and Voter Guide: https://vote.norml.org/
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Sarah Yacoub (D) to challenge Shannon Zimmerman (R)

ByJay Selthofner

Republican Assembly District 30 Rep. Shannon Zimmerman (R-River Falls) is not new to talking about marijuana reform this legislative session. He and other elected officials hashed out marijuana reform in their districts during February of 2019.  Of course we all know everything marijuana reform related in the budget was killed, gutted and left on the battle…

Rep. Jim Steineke Scorecard Grade
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Uncontested Wisconsin Assembly Races in 2020

ByJay Selthofner

I reviewed the uncontested Wisconsin State Senate races in a previous article, now comes the Wisconsin Assembly races. With 99 Assembly Districts up for election every two years, Wisconsin has a chance to replace politicians often. In November 2020, six (6) Democrats and twelve (12) Republicans pass go and collect their paycheck without any one…

Rep. Dittrich
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Is Rep Dittrich flip flopping her stance on THC?

ByJay Selthofner

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…

Representative Jesse L. James Assembly District 68 (R - Altoona)
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Republican Assembly Rep Jesse James co-sponsors medical marijuana bill

ByJay Selthofner

I have been paying attention to Assembly District 68 ever since Jesse James gave his first campaign hint of supporting marijuana reform. Having former law enforcement on your side cannot hurt the case for medical marijuana in Wisconsin, especially if he is a Republican. A Field Activist with the chapter reported in February he hinted…

Representative Romaine Quinn Majority Caucus Vice-Chair Assembly District 75 (R - Barron)
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Rep. Romaine Quinn co-authors Republican version of medial marijuana for Wisconsin

ByJay Selthofner

Representative Romaine Quinn Majority Caucus Vice-Chair Assembly District 75 (R – Barron) recently co-authored the Republican led version of medical marijuana for Wisconsin. As we all know, two versions of medical marijuana are floating around out there, this one and a bi-partisan bill by Republican Senator Patrick Testin along with Republican Assembly Representatives Kitchens, Edming…

Representative Patrick Snyder Assembly District 85 (R - Schofield)
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Rep Pat Snyder sponsors bill to create medical marijuana program

ByJay Selthofner

Republican Pat Snyder from Schofield will be hosting district office hours Monday January 20th from 6pm until 8pm at Biggby Coffee, 320 E Bridge St, Wausau, Wisconsin 54403. We found this information published on Rep. Snyder Facebook Page. Here is the Facebook Event we created: https://www.facebook.com/events/2398141236959111/ Marathon County voted 82% Yes to medical marijuana in…

Representative Rob Swearingen Assembly District 34 (R - Rhinelander)
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Rep. Swearingen visits the Florence County Sheriff to talk Marijuana

ByJay Selthofner

Rep. Swearingen is a Republican from Rhinelander, Wisconsin and is the Chair of the 2019 Assembly Committee on State Affairs which Senate Bill 507 and Assembly Bill 570 (Medical Marijuana) (view all committee members here). In the spring of 2019 after overwhelming support in the Wisconsin public marijuana referendums the previous fall, many of the Assembly GOP…

rob swearingen (r) from rhinelander blocking cannabis reform in wisconsin.
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AD 34: Rob Swearingen (R) vs Dennis Nitzel (D)

By2024 Election Coverage by Jay Selthofner

The 34th Assembly district of Wisconsin is located in northern Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Vilas County and most of Oneida County. It contains the cities of Rhinelander and Eagle River and most of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation. It also contains parts of the Nicolet National Forest, including the Blackjack Springs Wilderness. Going…

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AD 9: Priscilla Prado (D) vs Ryan Antczak (R)

By2024 Election Coverage by Jay Selthofner

The 9th Assembly district is located in southeast Wisconsin, the district is entirely contained within Milwaukee County. It comprises the village of West Milwaukee and part of the south side of the city of Milwaukee, including the Layton Park neighborhood and Southgate. The district also contains the Mitchell Park Domes, historic Forest Home Cemetery, Aurora…

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AD 86: Incumbent John Spiros (R) vs John Small (D)

By2024 Election Coverage by Jay Selthofner

Located in north-central Wisconsin, Assembly District 86 district is comprised the northern half of Wood County and parts of central and southwest Marathon County and northwest Portage County. It includes the cities of Marshfield and Pittsville, and the villages of Arpin, Auburndale, Edgar, Fenwood, Hewitt, Junction City, Marathon City, Milladore, Rudolph, Spencer, Stratford, and Vesper….

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AD 86 Primary: Spiros (R), Rozar (R), Spindler (R)

By2024 Election Coverage by Jay Selthofner

Located in north-central Wisconsin, Assembly District 86 district is comprised the northern half of Wood County and parts of central and southwest Marathon County and northwest Portage County. It includes the cities of Marshfield and Pittsville, and the villages of Arpin, Auburndale, Edgar, Fenwood, Hewitt, Junction City, Marathon City, Milladore, Rudolph, Spencer, Stratford, and Vesper….

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AD 55 Primary: Gustafson (R), Schraa (R) and Kehoe (D)

By2024 Election Coverage by Jay Selthofner

Republican Incumbents Michael Schraa and Nate Gustafson were drawn into the 55th Assembly District and will have a primary battle in this 60% GOP District. The winner will advance to the final ballot to face Democrat Kyle Kehoe. Located in east-central Wisconsin, the district comprises most of Winnebago County and part of southern Outagamie County….