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Wisconsin Senate, District 7/Senado Estatal de Wisconsin, Distrito 7

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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    Chris J. Larson
    (Dem)

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    Mike Moeller
    (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 Friends of Mike Moeller
Campaign Email mike@mikemoeller.vote
Campaign Twitter Handle @memoeller
Education Business Administration and Management, General Business & Finance
I am a small business owner, husband, father, and lifelong South Milwaukee resident running to deliver results for every family in District 7, not just those who already agree with me.

My three priorities: first, property tax relief, families across Oak Creek, Cudahy, South Milwaukee, Greenfield and Milwaukee have seen bills spike 20% or more. I will reform the 400-Year Veto and fight unfunded mandates; second, education accountability every child deserves a school that prepares them for life, with full funding for special education; third, community safety, funding law enforcement and mental health resources together.

My qualification is simple: I have built something from the ground up, managed budgets, employed neighbors, and invested in this community for years. I know what working families need because I am one.
Every Wisconsin family deserves access to quality, affordable healthcare and I will fight for that in Madison. I support fully funding community health centers and federally qualified health centers that serve uninsured and underinsured families across District 7. I support access to contraception and IVF as deeply personal decisions that belong to families, not government. On abortion, I am pro-life and support protections for unborn children, while believing firmly that exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother are necessary and just. I will never support criminalizing women or restricting emergency medical care for pregnant women. My commitment is to honest, respectful conversation on these issues honoring deeply held values on all sides while always putting the health and dignity of Wisconsin families first.
Quality public education is both an economic necessity and a moral obligation and Wisconsin is falling short. I will fight to increase state general aids and special education funding, which remains chronically underfunded forcing local districts to shift costs onto property taxpayers. Special education students and their families deserve reliable, adequately funded support without annual budget uncertainty. I support reforming the 400-Year Veto so that school funding decisions are made transparently rather than locked in perpetually. I believe in workforce-ready curriculum that includes trades, technical skills, and college pathways ensuring every student leaves school prepared for a successful future. Teachers who show up every day for our children deserve resources, respect, and fair compensation. I will be their partner in Madison because when our schools succeed, every family in District 7 succeeds.
Fair maps are foundational to fair democracy, and I believe that principle transcends party. I support a transparent, nonpartisan redistricting process that produces maps where voters choose their representatives not the other way around. When maps are drawn by legislators to protect incumbents or maximize partisan advantage, the result is elected officials who are insulated from accountability and voters whose voices are diluted. I support an independent or bipartisan redistricting commission with clear public criteria compactness, contiguity, community of interest, and equal population with full public hearings and genuine community input before any maps are adopted. Gerrymandering has harmed Wisconsin voters of every party for too long. I will work across party lines to establish a fair, transparent process before the next census because the integrity of our democracy belongs to every citizen, not to whichever party holds power.
Large-scale projects like hyperscale data centers and CAFOs bring real economic benefits and real risks that fall disproportionately on the neighbors who never asked to live next door to them. I believe in responsible development that respects property rights, protects community health, and is honest with residents about impacts before projects are approved not after. I will support requiring full environmental and health impact assessments before permits are issued, robust public notice and genuine community input processes, binding water and air quality standards with independent monitoring and real enforcement, and property value protection mechanisms for neighbors directly impacted by large facilities. Fiscal conservatives should care about this too: when a CAFO contaminates a well or a data center strains local power infrastructure, taxpayers pay the price. Smart guardrails protect both our environment and our household budgets.