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Wisconsin Assembly, District 77/Asamblea de Wisconsin, Distrito 77

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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    Renuka Mayadev
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    Jane McCormick
    (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)?

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Committee Mayadev for Wisconsin
Campaign Mailing Address PO Box 5611
Madison, WI 53705
Website http://mayadevforwi.com
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/mayadevforassembly/
Instagram http://www.instagram.com/mayadevforassembly
Education BA, Northwestern University, JD, Georgetown University
Personal Pronouns she/her
Through my years of working for a Governor, the Children's Defense Fund, and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and most recently, as a Representative, I have the experience and the skills needed to create real solutions for women, children, and working families. In fact, during my campaign, I promised that I would do everything in my power to provide vulnerable mothers postpartum healthcare coverage for a year. Wisconsin needed to join 49 other states and support new mothers and babies. Despite the Republican opposition, I delivered on my promise and SB 23 passed. As a lifelong advocate for women, children, and working families, my top priority is to fulfill the future promise we owe to our next generation.
Rising housing costs across the state are keeping working families from calling Wisconsin home. This is a great risk to our economic growth, and will lead to more young Wisconsinites leaving the state to pursue their futures. We not only need to increase the amount of housing that is available, but we also must take critical steps to ensure that new housing is affordable to Wisconsin families. That is why I supported strong investments in housing development across the state, and supported AB 917 which creates a housing assistance fund for first time homebuyers who make under 100% area median income. This fund would assist new homeowners with the costs associated with purchasing a home, including closing costs, down payments, and insurance.
People have a right to choose their representatives, rather than having politicians choose their voters. This past session, Governor Evers called for a special session for the Legislature to consider banning partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin. Unfortunately, while we, Democrats, showed up to participate in discussion and debate, the Republican-controlled Legislature did not act and closed the session. Our democracy deserves better.
Public education in Wisconsin has continued to be underfunded & underserved. Accounting for inflation, the amount of state money invested in public schools is below 2009 levels, forcing too many districts to go to referendum tax-increases to operate. We need to support our students with disabilities because they are at-risk of being left behind. That is why we need to adequately reimburse our public schools for their investments into special education. I, along with the entire Democratic Assembly caucus, cosponsored AB 1176 which raises he special reimbursement rate to 60% and increases general school aid. Without this funding, our schools are forced to do more with less, at the expense of our students.
Protecting the environment is critical to ensuring the health of our future generations. We have already seen climate change impact communities across our state, threatening our water supply, our agricultural industry, and more. We need comprehensive legislation that will provide the DNR the staff and resources to manage PFAS contamination in our soil & water, and hold polluters accountable. I pushed for the release of over $133 million dollars to fight PFAS contamination statewide. While I am glad a bipartisan deal was finally reached, no one should have to wait for clean drinking water. With regard to data centers, I cosponsored AB 722 to establish binding regulations to protect ratepayers & the environment.
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