Wisconsin Assembly, District 7/Asamblea de Wisconsin, Distrito 7
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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Karen Kirsch
(Dem)
Lee Whiting
(Rep)
Biographical Information
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)?
My priorities for the most part will address quality of life issues and affordability issues. Currently, Wisconsin residents are having a difficult time making ends meet and are cutting essential needs from their budgets. One such need is healthcare coverage. The current Federal Administration ended subsidies on the healthcare marketplace (ACA) and plans are no longer affordable for many. When the private market fails, it is the Government's responsibility to step in. Healthcare is one of those sectors where we need government intervention. Another priority of mine is to raise the profile of caregivers and the role they play in not only caring for our children, disabled and elderly but also their vital role in our economy.
Right now healthcare keeps rising to the top and I would support a Wisconsin Public Option.
We need to establish an independent, non-partisan redistricting commission.
We need to substantially increase our support of Public Schools with at the very least a 60 percent reimbursement rate for special ed students along with a robust increase in general aid.
Protecting our communities requires strong, centralized oversight and updated state standards that put public health, natural resources, and local taxpayers ahead of massive corporate interests.
For CAFOs, we must strengthen the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to properly monitor nitrate and PFAS contamination in our groundwater. We need strict nutrient management plans with real enforcement teeth to prevent manure runoff from fouling local wells and lakes, and we must ensure these mega-farms pay their fair share to repair the local roads they degrade.
For hyperscale data centers, the sheer scale of their energy and water consumption requires immediate guardrails. We cannot allow these facilities to strain our grid to the point whe
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