Wisconsin Assembly, District 61/Asamblea de Wisconsin, Distrito 61
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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LuAnn Bird
(Dem)
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Bob Donovan
(Rep)
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 initiatives, if any, would you support to promote environmental sustainability in Wisconsin?
What, if anything, will you do to ensure our schools have the resources to improve outcomes for its students, including those with disabilities?
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9202032692
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9202032692
Education
Associate Degree in Quality Management Fox Valley Technical College; BA Degree in Community Leadership and Development; Masters Degree in Public Administration
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Remove the government from making decisions about abortion. We need to trust women to make their own health care decisions.
I believe in second amendment rights. We need to keep guns from people who would harm themselves or others. I want to pass gun safety legislation - red flag laws, background checks, requiring gun locks.
Public education is under attack and teachers wages have dropped 13% in the past 10 years. I support public schools! We need to have informed citizens for democracy to work. I want to see the State provide adequate resources and promote local control. We need to make it easier to vote not harder. Childcare, housing and health care are unaffordable for struggling families and we need to find ways to keep spending low. From making our school buildings accessible for people with disabilities, to bringing sewer service to our neighborhoods, I have a proven record of bringing people together to solve tough problems.
Homelessness. It always breaks my heart to see people on the streets. I support social programs such as job training and education that lead to people becoming self sufficient so they can afford housing.
I support having an outside non-partisan commission to create fair maps. There are even computer models available that can work. Anything that will work to keep our State Legislature from gerrymandering the lines like the Republicans did in 2010.
We need clean water, clean air and we need to clean up PFAS. Wish we could find ways to reduce packaging and waste. I support recycling and composting as ways to reduce landfills.
We need to fully fund special education with a combination of state and federal fund. The goal should be to get kids out of the special education programs and back integrated in with their peers instead of lowering our expectations for our special needs kids. The per pupil allowance that determines how much state money is paid to each school district needs to go up according to the cost of living so schools can keep up. Teachers deserve to have unions again to bargain for competitive wages, working conditions and benefits. Investing in teachers would have a positive impact on learning in the classroom and making sure they have adequate resources and up to date curriculums too. I would love to find a way to stop making a political football out of public education and build the public will to invest more money. Voucher schools are not the answer to improving public schools. We can invest in reading programs to make sure all students can read by 3rd grade.
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