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Wisconsin Assembly, District 78/Asamblea de Wisconsin, Distrito 78

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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    Henry Johnson
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    Shelia Stubbs
    (Dem)

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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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Committee Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee
Campaign Email sheliastubbsforassembly@gmail.com
Campaign Phone 608-223-1684
Campaign Mailing Address PO Box 259863
Madison, WI 53725
Website http://www.sheliastubbsforassembly.com
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/sheliastubbsforassembly
Education Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice Management, Master's Degree in Management
Personal Pronouns she/her/hers
Campaign Announcement http://www.wispolitics.com/2026/stubbs-campaign-representative-shelia-stubbs-announces-campaign-for-re-election-to-78th-assembly-district/
My top priorities are issues that my constituents care deeply about: supporting our public schools, colleges, and universities, expanding access to healthcare, protecting our clean air and water, reforming Wisconsin’s criminal justice system, defending reproductive freedom, preventing gun violence, and improving affordability. My extensive career in public service for the past 24 years across both county and state government and my experience leading in roles including Former Chair of the Dane County Board of Supervisors Health and Human Needs Committee, Ranking Democratic Member on the Assembly Committee on Corrections, and Co-Chair of the Wisconsin Coalition on Gun Safety give me the ability to effectively address these issues.
I see our limited supply of affordable housing, including apartments and single-family homes, as the most pressing housing-related issue in Wisconsin. While I was proud to support several bipartisan housing bills that were signed into law this session encouraging investment in low and moderate-income housing, many of my constituents still struggle to find quality housing that fits their budget. Dane County is the fastest-growing county in our state, and we simply do not have enough housing supply to meet the rising demand. I will continue to pursue legislation that reduces up-front costs for home buyers, protects renters, and incentivizes the development of affordable housing in urban, suburban, and rural areas across our state.
For years, Wisconsin had the most gerrymandered maps in the country. Thanks to our new fair legislative maps, signed into law by Governor Tony Evers, voters can now see their voice and values more clearly reflected in our State Capitol. However, if we continue to operate with a partisan redistricting process, the risk of our maps becoming gerrymandered again remains. I support a nonpartisan redistricting process that is truly responsive to the will of the people. Voters should be selecting who they want to see in office—not elected officials selecting who they want their electors to be. I also support the adoption of a statewide Voting Rights Act, to ensure that the voices of all voters are accurately represented in election outcomes.
Our school districts, teachers, and students across Wisconsin have had to do more with less for far too long. As a former Special Education Teacher, I have been consistently advocating for 100% reimbursement of special education for every district in our state since I was first elected to the Legislature in 2018. Our broken school funding formula deprives our schools of the funding they require to ensure that every child has access to a quality free public education, while simultaneously putting immense economic pressure on homeowners by raising property taxes. I will continue to advocate for comprehensive school funding that makes sufficient and proactive public investments in our education system while alleviating costs for taxpayers.
As technology and industry change and advance, it’s important that our state put common-sense regulations in place to protect our environment and the health, property values, and household budgets of our constituents. This session, I supported legislation that would regulate data centers by requiring living wages for the workers who build and repair them, requiring them to be constructed using green building standards, and mandating large energy customers like data centers to pay a fee that would directly fund sustainable utility infrastructure across our state. I will continue supporting legislation that keeps our air and water clean and protects ratepayers from steep rate increases by establishing standards for these types of facilities.
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