Wisconsin Senate, District 27/Senado Estatal de Wisconsin, Distrito 27
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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Dianne Hesselbein
(Dem)
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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Friends of Dianne Hesselbein
Education
Senator Hesselbein attended LaFollette High School, graduated from the UW-Oshkosh, and completed a Master’s Degree in Religious Studies at Edgewood College.
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I have had the privilege of serving in the Wisconsin legislature since 2012 – all of which has been in the minority. Now for the first time in more than a decade, Wisconsin Democrats are on the precipice of winning a trifecta – meaning we’ll have real power to deliver for working families across Wisconsin. It means we can work to provide real relief for those feeling the pinch of rising costs. It means we can work to fully fund our public school and relieve property taxpayers. And it means we can codify fundamental freedoms – like the right to choose – for women across our state. As the Senate Democratic Leader, I am excited to spearhead these efforts and work to get results for the people of Wisconsin.
I have championed codifying a woman’s right to choose in our state constitution, have fought to remove the 1849 abortion ban that still exists in statute, and have fought to ensure contraceptive access for all who need it. In addition, I’ve voted to expand Badgercare, make healthcare more affordable by capping the costs of lifesaving prescription drugs, and have fought to expand Medicaid to cover new moms for up to 12 months after their child is born. In a majority we’ll continue to work to ensure that quality healthcare is affordable and accessible to every Wisconsinite.
We need to change the way we fund our public schools so that the burden does fall on local taxpayers – which pits communities against our schools. In the majority I will work to make sure our public schools get the funding they need to provide every child with a world-class education regardless of their zip code.
I have long been a proponent of non-partisan redistricting and I believe now, more than ever, we need a national ban on gerrymandering. What Donald Trump has done and is doing to the state of our democracy should be of concern to all Wisconsinites and Americans. That said, I do believe until that national ban is implemented Wisconsin Democrats should not unilaterally disarm ourselves in the face of an administration that is so relentlessly attacking our democratic institutions.
There is a bill in the legislature right now that would meaningfully regulate data centers to protect our environment, protect citizens from rising utility bills, and require that data centers pay their own way if they want to set up shop in Wisconsin. Senate Republicans, however, refused to pass it – deciding to not regulate data centers at all. In a majority, Senate Democrats are prepared to take action to protect our communities from these large scale projects. I am also the lead author on a grant that would allow more communities to have community manure digesters to help our farmers, and help the run off problem we have in our state. These digesters have worked well for Dane County, and could be a model for Wisconsin.
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