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Wisconsin Assembly, District 50/Asamblea de Wisconsin, Distrito 50

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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    Jenna Jacobson
    (Dem)

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    Rich Johnson
    (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 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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Campaign Phone # 6089091336
Campaign Email jenna@jennaforassembly.com
Campaign Phone 6089091336
Campaign Mailing Address PO Box 245
Oregon, WI 53575
Website http://jennaforassembly.com
Facebook http://facebook.com/jennaforassembly
Campaign Twitter Handle @jenna4assembly
Instagram http://instagram.com/jennaforassembly
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Personal Pronouns she/her/hers
Campaign Announcement http://www.wispolitics.com/2024/jacobson-campaign-announces-re-election-bid/
Increasing access to quality, affordable housing; expanding Badgercare; providing resources to our local communities; fully funding public education. As a Village Trustee in Oregon, I focused on increasing quality, affordable housing in Oregon and learned many of the ways that our state has continued to prevent local communities from performing basic functions. Wisconsin is one of only 11 states who has not taken the Medicaid expansion and increased access to Badgercare for our residents. This is a missed opportunity to give residents access to much needed health and dental care. As a parent, and as an incumbent legislator, I have had countless conversations about the impacts of not fully funding our public education system and how we are limiting our state’s potential when we do so.
Unfortunately, right now there are multiple barriers to expanding housing in Wisconsin. Funding is always an issue, with the cost of building outpacing inflation. We do have access to some funding through WHEDA but there is still a higher need than there is funding. We also have an extremely low unemployment rate which makes it difficult to find the skilled workers needed to build housing at the pace Wisconsin would need to keep up with demand. These are not unsolvable problems, but do require a bipartisan effort in the legislature.
We need to have a constitutional amendment that will codify an independent, non-partisan, redistricting process that provides for public input and circumvents interference by politicians.
Governor Evers organized a Climate Task force that created a report on things that can be done to combat climate change in Wisconsin. Some of the items on the report include basic starting points like data collection and larger initiatives like K-12 climate education, workforce transition development, and reducing dependency on fossil fuels. We can and should be working on these initiatives. I supported a ‘Green Amendment’ to the state constitution which would guarantee that every Wisconsinite has the right to safe, clean drinking water, clean air, and healthy soils. I also supported the Producer-Led Watershed Protection Program which provides grants to farmers to explore new techniques in farming to protect our waterways. The program also contains many other policies that would help build climate resilience in our state and work to mitigate and reverse the damages our climate already experiences.
As a parent to three children, I am particularly passionate about this issue. We can start by funding public school special education on parity with voucher school special education reimbursement. Public schools receive approximately 30% reimbursement for their special education costs. We then need to fully fund our public schools, including special education costs, while we are re-evaluating the funding formula for our schools.
Campaign Phone # (608)636-5717
Campaign Mailing Address W5572 Spring Valley Road
New Glarus, WI 53574
Website http://richjohnson4wi.com/
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