Wisconsin Assembly, District 34/Asamblea de Wisconsin, Distrito 34
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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Rob Swearingen
(Rep)
Merlin Van Buren
(Dem)
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)?
I will stand up for the Constitution and the Rule of Law,protect our lakes and environment.
I will make sure that our school funding formula is fixed and we are able to properly educate our children and grandchildren.
I will vote to overturn Right to Work,to end the school voucher program, support ALL workers being able to unionize.
Vote to regulate wakeboats at the state level and allow local governments to be more restrictive. Vote to reinstate the Prove it First Mining law, tax the wealthy and large corporations, work to make housing, daycare and health Insurance more affordable.
I will raise the minimum wage, vote for a moratorium on data centers, legalize cannabis. I will work for you in Madison and not the billionaires and large Corp.
The most pressing issue is afforable housing. We need to build more houses for new home owners. One lower cost alternative is factory manufactured homes. The quality of these homes has improved dramatically and we need to make sure zoning laws allow for them.
We should have a multi-partisan commission. Made up of 10 members + additional for minority parties. With equal representation by the two major parties (5 each). Additional representation (+1) for minority parties that receive 5% of the vote in the last governor race. It should be set up prior to the next redistricting.
We need to redo the funding formula. Eliminate voucher schools. Increase the funding for Special Education.
We need to restore power to the DNR to regulate high capacity wells, and manure run-off. I would vote for a moratorium on data centers. At the local level zoning should be in place to regulate where CAFOs can be built. At the State level the DNR should regulate the water and manure for CAFOs.
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