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Wisconsin Senate, District 23/Senado Estatal de Wisconsin, Distrito 23

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 SenateThe Wisconsin Senate has thirty-three senators. Voters elect state senators to represent their senate district for a four-year term. Each senate district includes three assembly districts. There is no term limit.___PODER LEGISLATIVO DE WISCONSINLa 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.Senado de WisconsinEl senado de Wisconsin consta de treinta y tres senadores. Los votantes eligen senadores estatales para representar a su distrito senatorial por un período de cuatro años. Cada distrito senatorial incluye tres asambleas de distrito. No hay límite de término.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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    Jeff Foster
    (Dem)

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    Richard Pulcher
    (Dem)

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    Romaine Robert Quinn
    (Rep)

Biographical Information

Please describe your priorities for your term in office and your specific qualifications to effectively address those issues.

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?

What, if anything, will you do to ensure our schools have the resources to improve outcomes for its students, including those with disabilities?

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 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 FosterProgress
Campaign Email jeff.foster.progress@gmail.com
Campaign Phone 715-704-0735
Campaign Mailing Address E7996 1130th Ave
Colfax, WI 54730
Website http://jefffosterprogress.wixsite.com/senate
Facebook http://facebook.com/foster.progress2day
Instagram http://instagram.com/jefffosterprogress
Education B.A. Interpersonal Communication, UW-Milwaukee; Graduate Courses in Social Work, UWM Graduate School; M.B.A. UW-Oshkosh
Personal Pronouns He, him
Campaign Announcement http://jefffosterprogress.wixsite.com/senate
I will support fully funded public education. I will work to phase out voucher funding. In combination, these actions will reduce property taxes and eliminate the need for school funding referenda. I have a plan for state funded childcare that includes income-based repayment by the wealthiest families. I want to establish rural health care and regional mental health care facilities as part of my focus on Rural Revitalization. I want to increase funding for Farm to School and Wisconsin Foundation for Rural Housing. Rural higher education must be strengthened and businesses incentivized to locate in small towns. Ultimately, revitalization requires attracting people to the country to engage in the many forms of farming.
Accepting the Medicaid expansion, may still be a viable option to assisting rural clinics and hospitals. However, more needs to be done to make health care available and affordable. Providing a public option in Badger Care would help the affordability portion. Incentivizing health care providers and professionals to locate in health care deserts could initiate the process. However, a viable model of available and affordable health care is required for the long term. Legislation that protects the right to reproductive health care, including abortion, and invitro fertilization is a necessary part of planning for complete, statewide health care.
Our public school educators are dedicated to serving the students in their care. The State must fully fund our public schools, including special education in order for them to thrive. Legislation is also required to increase the Medicaid funding to schools to 100% of the federal allocation. I would support these efforts.
Legislation is required to create a nonpartisan commission that would draw district maps. I would welcome the process of studying and proposing the best composition, duration, and scope of authority option.
Protecting our environment, health, property values and household budgets from potential or perceived threats have both local and statewide regulatory concerns. Overreach by the State, either by overregulation or by appeasement, can create local unrest. The legislature may be able to assign zoning regulation over unincorporated townships or other unzoned areas as an initial protection from unrestricted development. Once a zoning permit is requested by a developer, the State could refer the application to the township for local consideration, while retaining control over environment and health issues. Strict adherence to environmental and health standards, would require meaningful involvement of the Department of Natural Resources.
Committee richard pulcher senate district 23 campaign comittee
Campaign Email mgkayla31@gmail.com
Campaign Phone 715-226-2858
Campaign Mailing Address W13276 South St
Lublin, WI 54447
Website http://www.richardpulcher.com
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Pulcher-for-State-Senate-Dist-23/61561110693175/
Education B.S Augustana College Sioux Falls SD
Personal Pronouns he/him/his
Campaign Announcement http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561110693175&sk=directory_intro
Repeal Act 10 and Right to work. State funding for PFAS and Phosphorus limits. Restore the Prove it First mining law. I was a union Steward, Teamsters local 662, for 19 years. I was the operator in Charge of the Lublin Wastewater Treatment Plant for 18 years. I live in Taylor County where they want to mine gold and copper from a sulfide ore.
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Introduce or vote for legislation to restore State funding to public schools. Revise the voucher system.
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Restore Prove it First mining law. It is not the size of the Agricultural projects, It is passing laws that encourage them to be good neighbors. Data centers should be off the grid. Using a lot of electricity could raise rates for everyone, even in other states.
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