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Wisconsin Assembly, District 2/Asamblea de Wisconsin, Distrito 2

Wisconsin Legislative BranchWisconsin’s legislature makes state laws. The legislature has two houses: the Wisconsin Senate and the Wisconsin Assembly. Proposed laws (bills) can originate from either the state senate or assembly. Both houses must approve the bill before it is passed on to the governor for signature or veto. The legislature can override a veto with a two-thirds majority vote in each house. The legislature controls the spending of state funds through appropriation.Wisconsin AssemblyThe Wisconsin Assembly has ninety-nine representatives. Voters elect representatives to represent their assembly district for a two-year term. There is no term limit.__________Poder Legislativo de Wisconsin La legislatura de Wisconsin produce las leyes estatales. La legislatura consta de dos cámaras: el Senado de Wisconsin y la Asamblea de Wisconsin. Las propuestas de ley pueden originarse tanto en el Senado estatal como en la Asamblea. Ambas cámaras deben aprobar el proyecto de ley antes de transmitirla al gobernador para su firma o veto. La legislatura puede anular un veto con un voto mayoritario de dos tercios en cada cámara. La legislatura controla el gasto de los fondos estatales a través de las leyes de asignación. Asamblea de WisconsinLa Asamblea de Wisconsin tiene noventa y nueve representantes. Los votantes eligen representantes para representar a su asamblea de distrito por un término de dos años. No hay límite de términos.Nota: Las respuestas de los candidatos que aparecen en español se tradujeron de las respuestas originales de los candidatos en inglés.

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    Alicia Saunders
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    Shae Sortwell
    (Rep)

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Please describe your priorities for your term in office and your specific qualifications to effectively address those issues.

What do you see as the most pressing housing-related issue in Wisconsin, and what policies, if any, would you support to address the issue?

What redistricting process, if any, do you believe the legislature should put in place before the next national census to ensure fair representation for voters?

What, if anything, will you do to ensure our schools have the resources to improve outcomes for its students, including those with disabilities?

What guardrails, if any, would you support to protect our environment, health, property values, and household budgets from large projects such as hyperscale data centers and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)?

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My priorities are to lower the cost of living, hold data centers accountable so they pay their share and do not drain our water or raise your utility rates, win right to repair for farm equipment, expand property tax relief for veterans and seniors, and protect access to health care. I am qualified because I show up. I served aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, I now work an early shift servicing local businesses, and I am a veteran leader who organizes for veterans across Northeast Wisconsin. I spent the last two years connecting neighbors to real help on housing, taxes, and benefits. I live in this district and I will work it every day.
The most pressing housing issue is affordability. Working families, fixed-income seniors, and disabled veterans are being priced out of the homes and communities they built. Rents and property taxes are climbing faster than paychecks, and we are not building enough homes people can actually afford. I support expanding property tax relief so seniors and service-connected disabled veterans can stay in their homes, building more homes working families can afford so prices come back within reach, and restoring the Veterans Housing and Recovery Program and programs like it, after budget cuts forced sites in our region to close. For two years I have connected neighbors to real help on housing, and I will bring that fight to the Assembly.
Voters should pick their representatives. Representatives should not get to pick their voters. I support taking redistricting out of the legislature's hands and giving it to an independent, nonpartisan process before the 2030 census. No politician should draw the lines that keep them in power. I support maps drawn through an independent, nonpartisan process under clear, public rules: districts that are compact, keep communities together, and do not favor any party or any incumbent. Other states have proven this can work, and Wisconsin can build a process that fits us. Fair maps mean your vote counts the same no matter who is in charge, and they make legislators answer to you instead of to a safe seat.
Every child deserves a strong public school, including kids with disabilities. Right now the state reimburses districts only about 35 percent of special education costs, which forces schools to cut from everything else. I will fight to raise that to 90 percent and to fully fund our schools at the state level so the burden stops falling on local property taxpayers. I also support taking a hard look at the voucher system. Vouchers send taxpayer dollars to private schools that are not held to the same accountability standards as our public schools. Any school that takes taxpayer money should answer to the taxpayers. Our kids and our teachers deserve real resources and real accountability.
Big outside projects should not get to drain our water, raise our costs, and lower our property values while local communities have no say. For data centers, I support a statewide moratorium, leaving it to each community to decide whether to allow one in. I would end their special sales tax break and require them to pay their full share for the roads, schools, and grid they use instead of passing it to the people, with firm limits on water withdrawals that threaten local supply. For CAFOs, I support strong local authority and real protection for our groundwater and wells, so a large operation cannot foul the water our families drink. If you carry the impact, you should hold the power and the protection.
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