Wisconsin U.S. House, District 6/Representantes de Wisconsin por el Distrito 6 Choose 1
Legislative Branch: U.S. CongressThe United States Congress consists of two bodies: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Congress is the law-making body. Congress also allocates federal spending through the budget and appropriation bills. Proposed laws (bills) can start in either the Senate or the House of Representatives. Both houses must pass a bill before sending it to the president for signature or veto. Congress can vote to override a veto.House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives currently consists of 435 members. The elected members are called either representatives or congresspersons. Members of the House represent the people in a state’s congressional district. Each congressional district has roughly the same number of residents. U.S. Census information is used to create the districts. The number of districts in each state depends on the state s population. Wisconsin has 8 representatives. Voters elect representatives to serve for a two-year term. There is no term limit.___PODER LEGISLATIVO: CONGRESO DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS:El Congreso de los Estados Unidos consiste de dos cuerpos: la Cámara de Representantes y el Senado. El Congreso es el órgano legislativo. El Congreso también asigna el gasto federal a través del presupuesto y los proyectos de ley de asignación. Las leyes propuestas (proyectos de ley) pueden comenzar en el Senado o en la Cámara de Representantes. Ambas cámaras deben aprobar los proyectos de ley antes de enviarlos al presidente para su firma o veto. El Congreso puede votar para anular un veto.Cámara de RepresentantesLa Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos está formada actualmente por 435 miembros. Los miembros elegidos se llaman representantes o congresistas. Los miembros de la Cámara de Representantes representan a las personas en el distrito congresal de un estado. Cada distrito del Congreso tiene aproximadamente el mismo número de residentes. Para crear los distritos se utiliza la información obtenida del Censo de los Estados Unidos. La cantidad de distritos en cada estado depende de la población del estado. Wisconsin tiene 8 representantes. Los votantes eligen representantes para servir por un período 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.
Biographical Information
Campaign Email
matthew@endthecartel.com
Campaign Mailing Address
11515 N Glenwood Drive
Mequon, WI 53097
Mequon, WI 53097
Website
http://www.endthecartel.com
Please describe your priorities for your term in office and your specific qualifications to effectively address those issues.
My priorities in Congress are to break up monopolies, enact Medicare for All, strengthen wages and workers' bargaining power, end forever wars, hold powerful interests accountable, and put American communities first. I believe government should serve working people, not Wall Street, corporate monopolies, defense contractors, or foreign interests.
As a CPA and small business owner, I work every day with families, workers, retirees, and business owners facing rising costs and economic uncertainty. My professional experience gives me firsthand insight into how government policies affect real people. I am not a career politician. I am running to bring independent thinking, accountability, and practical solutions to Washington.
What policies, if any, would you support to promote a healthy economy and lower the cost of living for Wisconsinites?
I support breaking up monopolies, strengthening labor rights, and raising wages because strong wages build strong communities. One person's spending is another person's income. I also support Medicare for All to reduce healthcare costs that burden families and businesses. Congress should invest in infrastructure, affordable housing, and domestic manufacturing while reducing the influence of Wall Street and large corporations over public policy. We must end policies that concentrate wealth at the top and instead build an economy that rewards work, competition, and productive investment. My goal is an economy where working families can afford housing, healthcare, childcare, and retirement.
What laws, if any, would you change or be in support of to ensure all voters have an equal opportunity to cast their ballot?
To ensure all voters have an equal opportunity to cast their ballot, I support ending partisan gerrymandering through independent redistricting commissions, expanding early voting opportunities, and maintaining accessible absentee voting for eligible voters. Every community should have adequate polling locations, trained election workers, and voting systems that are accessible to people with disabilities. I also support making voter registration simpler while maintaining accurate voter rolls and strong election security measures, including auditable paper ballots and transparent vote counting. Our election system should protect both the integrity of elections and every citizen's right to participate fairly and equally.
What, if anything, will you do to ensure equitable, accessible, and affordable health care services, including reproductive health care (i.e. contraception, IVF, and abortion) for Wisconsinites?
Healthcare is a human necessity, not a privilege. I support a Medicare for All system that guarantees every American access to comprehensive healthcare regardless of income, employment, or preexisting conditions. I support protecting access to contraception and IVF, and I believe reproductive healthcare decisions, including abortion, should remain between a patient and their healthcare provider rather than politicians. I will also work to lower prescription drug prices, strengthen rural hospitals and clinics, and challenge pharmaceutical and insurance industry influence that drives up costs. No Wisconsin family should be forced into debt or bankruptcy because they get sick.
What measures, if any, would you propose to ensure the fair and humane treatment of immigrants and refugees while maintaining national security?
To ensure fair and humane treatment while maintaining security, expand community-based alternatives to detention for low-risk individuals. Restrict enforcement by prohibiting racial profiling, requiring judicial warrants, and mandating agent ID and body cameras. Guarantee due process by providing access to legal counsel for all detainees to prevent wrongful deportation. Enforce strict, transparent detention standards with independent oversight of medical care and living conditions. Regular public reporting and inspections of all facilities would further ensure accountability, creating a system that is targeted, fair, and respects fundamental rights without compromising safety.
Biographical Information
Committee
Amanda Bell for Congress
Campaign Email
admin@amandabellforcongress.org
Campaign Phone
608-215-9765
Campaign Mailing Address
PO Box 15
Poynette, WI 53955-0015
Poynette, WI 53955-0015
Website
http://amandabellforcongress.org
Education
Master of Science
Personal Pronouns
She/Her
Please describe your priorities for your term in office and your specific qualifications to effectively address those issues.
Firstly, we need to slow down the construction of hyperscale AI data centers to protect our natural resources, our communities and our economy. There are too many backdoor deals happening under NDAs, leaving communities saddled with these facilities before anyone even knows what’s happening. My second priority is enforcing antitrust laws to break up the monopolies controlling markets like meat production, seed, fertilizer, media, communication, phones, tech and gas. That includes limiting private equity company’s power to buy up properties and price people out of their own neighborhoods. I’ll also make sure anyone who broke federal law, including the Hatch Act, during this administration’s first two years is held accountable
What policies, if any, would you support to promote a healthy economy and lower the cost of living for Wisconsinites?
We need to repeal the retaliatory tariffs imposed on our allies and trade partners. I’d push to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour to start, with a goal of $20 by 2032, then tie future increases to federal worker raises. To ease the burden on small business, I’d open the Federal Employee Health Benefits system to all Americans, which would reduce employer’s healthcare costs and free up money to pay workers more. Additionally, by breaking up the monopolies and big corporations controlling prices on everything from cereal to homes it would bring back real competition and lower costs for families.
What laws, if any, would you change or be in support of to ensure all voters have an equal opportunity to cast their ballot?
Every eligible voter should be able to cast their ballot, and that includes keeping absentee voting available for anyone who needs or wants it. There is no proven widespread voter fraud. I support updates that make state voting systems more efficient but managing elections, including voter rolls, is a state right and should stay that way. Voter rolls and voting should never be federalized.
What, if anything, will you do to ensure equitable, accessible, and affordable health care services, including reproductive health care (i.e. contraception, IVF, and abortion) for Wisconsinites?
I would open the Federal Employee Benefits Program to all Americans. It already covers 8 million people with reasonable premiums, copays, and prescription prices, without denying needed care. It would be fully covered for households below the poverty level and would include people on Medicaid and CHIP. Medicare enrollees could join voluntarily, with no new Medicare enrollment once it is up and running. Beyond that no one should EVER be denied healthcare. No law should restrict access to reproductive care for anyone. Men and women deserve the same rights and I’ll fight for legislation that enshrines everyone’s right to healthcare. Reproductive care is healthcare and women need access to it.
What measures, if any, would you propose to ensure the fair and humane treatment of immigrants and refugees while maintaining national security?
Our country was built by immigrants, and we need an immigration system that reflects that. I’d push for a clearer, structured pathway to citizenship with honest timelines and costs, plus reformed visa programs that actually fit how Wisconsin farms and dairies operate. Right now ICE is denying detainees basic due process and violating human rights, and that is a stain on our country. I’d demand real accountability for the agencies enforcing immigration law, including right sized budgets and consequences for any abuse while in custody. Strong vetting for violence or criminal history matters too, and we can have that without abandoning due process or human dignity. Fair, humane and secure aren’t opposites.
Biographical Information
Committee
FRIENDS FOR FITZGIBBON
Campaign Email
team@fitzgibbonforcongress.com
Campaign Mailing Address
536 Frances St
Kaukauna, WI 54130
Kaukauna, WI 54130
Please describe your priorities for your term in office and your specific qualifications to effectively address those issues.
My priorities are simple: lower costs, restore accountability, protect individual rights, and force Washington to work for the people instead of the parties and insiders.
I am not a career politician, and that is part of my qualification. As a mother, advocate, and citizen who has fought a broken legal system all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, I know what it means to stand up when institutions stop listening. I would bring that same persistence, independence, and scrutiny to Congress: audit the system, challenge waste, and put Wisconsin families first.
What policies, if any, would you support to promote a healthy economy and lower the cost of living for Wisconsinites?
To lower costs, Congress must stop treating family budgets like an afterthought. I support cutting wasteful federal spending, reducing unnecessary regulations that raise the cost of housing, energy, food, and health care, and ending policies that reward politically connected insiders at taxpayers’ expense.
We need sound money, affordable domestic energy, more competition in health care, and tax relief for working families and small businesses.
A healthy economy is built by people, workers, farmers, entrepreneurs, and families, not by Washington micromanagement.
What laws, if any, would you change or be in support of to ensure all voters have an equal opportunity to cast their ballot?
Every eligible voter should have a fair, equal, and practical opportunity to vote, and every voter should be able to trust the result.
I support clear voter registration rules, reasonable voter ID requirements, accessible polling places, secure absentee voting, transparent ballot handling, and faster public reporting of election procedures and results.
I would oppose laws that use technical gamesmanship to keep candidates or voters out of the process. Elections should be decided by voters, not by insiders manipulating access to the ballot.
What, if anything, will you do to ensure equitable, accessible, and affordable health care services, including reproductive health care (i.e. contraception, IVF, and abortion) for Wisconsinites?
Health care should be more affordable, more transparent, and more patient-centered. I support expanding competition, price transparency, direct primary care, telehealth, and reforms that reduce the power of insurance, hospital, pharmaceutical, and government middlemen.
On reproductive health care, I support access to contraception, and I believe deeply personal medical decisions should not be used as political weapons.
My focus would be protecting patients, lowering costs, and keeping government and corporate bureaucracy from standing between people and care.
What measures, if any, would you propose to ensure the fair and humane treatment of immigrants and refugees while maintaining national security?
America has always been strengthened by people who come here to work, build businesses, contribute to our communities, & pursue freedom. Our immigration system should reflect those values.
Illegal immigration is a symptom of a system that is overly complicated, slow, & often dysfunctional. We need secure borders, effective screening, & clear, consistent enforcement of the law - but we also need to make it easier for peaceful people to come here legally to work, reunite with family, & seek opportunity.
Refugees & asylum seekers deserve dignity, due process, & timely decisions on their cases. Govt. should focus its resources on identifying genuine security threats & criminals, not creating unnecessary barriers for peaceful individuals who simply want to contribute.
I support a system that protects our national security, respects individual rights, expands legal pathways and treats every person with fairness under the law. We are strongest when we uphold both liberty & the rule of law.
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Biographical Information
Committee
Citizens for Brad Smith
Campaign Email
info@bradsmithforcongress.com
Campaign Phone
2622921194
Campaign Mailing Address
124 W Freistadt Rd #136
Thiensville, WI 53092
Thiensville, WI 53092
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA), emphasis in Marketing, Bachelor of Arts in Web and Digital Media and Spanish
Personal Pronouns
He, Him
Please describe your priorities for your term in office and your specific qualifications to effectively address those issues.
My priorities are clear: build an economy that works for working people, break the grip of money in politics, and take back Congress for voters instead of billionaires and special interests. That means raising wages, bringing jobs back, and lowering healthcare and childcare costs.
I’m running because I’ve lived both sides of this economy. I’m a Wisconsin native, Army National Guard Staff Sergeant, and business executive who helped build companies from startups to a NASDAQ-listed firm. I know how decisions get made in boardrooms and how they affect families. That mix of military leadership, business experience, and Wisconsin roots prepares me to take on entrenched interests and deliver results.
What policies, if any, would you support to promote a healthy economy and lower the cost of living for Wisconsinites?
I support raising wages and restoring bargaining power for workers. We must crack down on outsourcing and tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas, and make corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share so middle-class families aren’t carrying the system alone.
I support lowering costs by reducing healthcare premiums and drug prices, expanding childcare access, and increasing housing supply so families can afford to live where they work. We also need strong investments in workforce training, apprenticeships, and technical education so people can step into good-paying jobs without lifelong debt.
I support modernizing competition rules so giant corporations can’t set prices for housing, food, or essential services.
What laws, if any, would you change or be in support of to ensure all voters have an equal opportunity to cast their ballot?
Every eligible voter should be able to cast a ballot easily and have confidence it will be counted fairly. I support expanding early voting, no-excuse absentee voting, and making Election Day a national holiday or guaranteed paid time off.
We should modernize voter registration with automatic registration and same-day registration and restore full protections of the Voting Rights Act to stop discriminatory barriers before they take hold.
At the same time, we can protect election integrity with uniform, commonsense ID standards paired with free access to IDs, so no one is left out. And we must end partisan gerrymandering, so voters choose their representatives, not the other way around.
What, if anything, will you do to ensure equitable, accessible, and affordable health care services, including reproductive health care (i.e. contraception, IVF, and abortion) for Wisconsinites?
Healthcare should be a right, not a luxury. I will protect and strengthen the Affordable Care Act while pushing toward a strong public option that drives down costs through competition and Medicare-style drug price negotiation.
We need to lower prescription drug prices, expand community health centers, and ensure rural hospitals stay open so care is available close to home.
On reproductive care, it must be individuals, not politicians, who make private medical decisions with their doctors. That includes contraception, IVF, and abortion care. I support restoring and protecting those rights nationally and rolling back restrictive TRAP laws that block access under the guise of regulation.
What measures, if any, would you propose to ensure the fair and humane treatment of immigrants and refugees while maintaining national security?
We need an immigration system that is lawful, humane, and aligned with our economic reality. That means more legal pathways for workers where our economy needs them, especially agriculture, construction, and caregiving, and a practical path to legal status for long-term, law-abiding residents.
We should modernize asylum standards to reflect modern realities while maintaining strong due process and border security. Enforcement must be fair, professional, and accountable, with real oversight of detention conditions.
Security and compassion are not opposites. A functioning system enforces the law consistently while treating people with dignity and ensuring our workforce and communities can thrive.
Biographical Information
Committee
Mike Thurow For Congress
Campaign Email
Team@thurowforcogress.com
Campaign Mailing Address
124 W Freistadt RD, Box 154
Mequon, WI 53092
Mequon, WI 53092
Website
http://Thurowforcongress.com
Campaign Twitter Handle
@Thurow4congress
Education
PHD (Public High-School Degree)
Personal Pronouns
He/Him
Campaign Announcement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmb5L33Fm0I
Please describe your priorities for your term in office and your specific qualifications to effectively address those issues.
Make life cheaper for working Americans, crack down on corruption, and strengthen public safety.
My work as a firefighter has made it impossible for me not to run for office now. I consistently see patients refuse ambulance rides because of cost. homeless people starting fires in abandoned buildings just to stay warm, and people over dosing because they don't have access to help. These are policy failures by a government that is more interested in stock trading than fixing our economy.
I am also the Milwaukee HAZMAT lead. I work between the federal, state, and city governments to build a comprehensive budget making sure we have access to the correct training and equipment needed to keep Wisconsinites safe.
What policies, if any, would you support to promote a healthy economy and lower the cost of living for Wisconsinites?
1. I will relentlessly go after monopolies pushing to strengthen, through amendments, antitrust acts like: The Sherman act, The Clayton act, The Packers and Stockyards act, etc.
2. Fight for a reinvestment in our industrial and agricultural bases to bring back jobs
3. Give the American people the same healthcare plan Congress has
4. Raise the minimum wage 20$/hr
5. Expand housing investment/make it easier to build housing through incentivized zoning reforms
6. Pass the PRO act to ban "right to work" and strengthen unions across all 50 states
7. Invest in high-speed rail projects to connect our cities and bring billions of $'s in infrastructure investment.
8. Overturn Citizens United
9. Overturn Speak Now
What laws, if any, would you change or be in support of to ensure all voters have an equal opportunity to cast their ballot?
1. Make voting a federal holiday
2A. Automatic voter registration
2B. Pass a law mandating same day voter registration nation wide
What, if anything, will you do to ensure equitable, accessible, and affordable health care services, including reproductive health care (i.e. contraception, IVF, and abortion) for Wisconsinites?
1. Give Americans the same healthcare Congress has
2. Ban private equity from buying hospitals/nursing homes
3. Allow Medicare to negotiate all drug prices
4. Vote for the Women's Health Protection act
What measures, if any, would you propose to ensure the fair and humane treatment of immigrants and refugees while maintaining national security?
a secure border is a necessity to a stable nation. But the current lottery system for citizenship is insane.
1. We need to create a pathway to citizenship that is straightforward and rewards hard work and law abiding future citizens.
2. Reform H-1B and H-2B visas so that the immigrants visa status is not completely held by their employer. This leads to abuse in the work place and lower wages for all.
3. Stop destabilizing countries so we don't have so many refugee crises
4. maintain a secure border and expand our immigration courts so we can deport those who need to be deported faster.