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March 17, 2017
WIARA Spring Election Endorsements
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Here are our endorsements!
County | Municipality | Type of Seat | District # | Endorsed Candidate Name |
DPI Secretary | Tony Evers | |||
Milwaukee | City of Milwaukee | Municipal Judge | 1 | Valarie Hill |
Milwaukee | City of Milwaukee | Circuit Court | 47 | Kristy Yang |
Milwaukee | City of Milwaukee | School Board | 5 | Larry Miller |
Milwaukee | City of Milwaukee | School Board | 6 | Tony Baez |
Milwaukee | City of Milwaukee | School Board | 7 | Paula Phillips |
Milwaukee | West Allis, West Milwaukee | School Board | Diane Narlock | |
Milwaukee | West Allis, West Milwaukee | School Board | Dan Bailey | |
Milwaukee | West Allis, West Milwaukee | School Board | Gail Radonski | |
Racine | City of Racine | Common Council | 1 | Jeff Coe |
Racine | City of Racine | Common Council | 1 | Cortney Marshall |
Racine | City of Racine | Common Council | 3 | Michael Shields |
Racine | City of Racine | Common Council | 5 | Steve Smetana |
Racine | City of Racine | Common Council | 5 | David Ley |
Racine | City of Racine | Common Council | 7 | Ray DeHahn |
Racine | City of Racine | Common Council | 15 | Melissa Lemke |
Rock | Beloit | Beloit School Board | At Large | Adam Aberle, Shelly Cronin and Wendy Sanchez |
Rock | Milton | Milton School Board | At Large | Jon Cruzan and Tom Westrick |
Rock | Janesville | Janesville City Council | At Large | Jim Farrell Jim Dennis Jeffrey Navarro |
Rock | Beloit | Beloit City Council | At Large | Clinton Anderson, Sherry Blakeley, Nancy V. Forbeck |
Dane | Dane County Circuit Court Judge | Branch 12 | Marilyn Townsend | |
Dane | Madison | City of Madison Common Council | District 1 | Barbara Harrington-McKinney (i) |
Dane | Madison | City of Madison Common Council | District 8 | Zach Wood (i) |
Dane | Madison | City of Madison Common Council | District 10 | Maurice Cheeks (i) |
Dane | Madison | City of Madison Common Council | District 11 | Arvina Martin |
Dane | Madison | City of Madison Common Council | District 14 | Sheri Carter (i) |
Dane | Verona | Verona City Council | District 2 | Sarah Gaskell |
Dane | Dane County Executive | Joe Parisi (I) | ||
Dane | Madison | City of Madison Common Council | District 2 | Ledell Zellers |
Dane | Madison | City of Madison Common Council | District 3 | Amanda Hall (i) |
Dane | Madison | City of Madison Common Council | District 4 | Michael Verveer (i) |
Dane | Madison | City of Madison Common Council | District 5 | Shiva Sielaff-Bidar (i) |
Dane | Madison | City of Madison Common Council | District 6 | Marsha Rummell (i) |
Dane | Madison | City of Madison Common Council | District 9 | Paul Skidmore (i) |
Dane | Madison | City of Madison Common Council | District 12 | Larry Palm (I) |
Dane | Madison | City of Madison Common Council | District 17 | Samba Baldeh (i) |
Dane | Madison | City of Madison Common Council | District 18 | Rebecca Kemble (i) |
Dane | Madison | City of Madison Common Council | District 20 | Matt Phair (i) |
Dane | Fitchburg | Fitchburg mayor | At Large | Jason Gonzalez |
Dane | Fitchburg | Fitchburg City Council | District 1 – Seat 1 | Dorothy Krause (i) |
Dane | Fitchburg | Fitchburg City Council | District 3 | Julia Arata Fratta (i) |
Dane | Sun Prairie | Sun Prairie City Council | District 1 | Emily Lindsey |
Dane | Sun Prairie | Sun Prairie City Council | District 2 | William E “Bill” Connors (i) |
Dane | Sun Prairie | Sun Prairie City Council | District 3 | Mike Jacobs (i) |
Dane | Sun Prairie | Sun Prairie City Council | District 4 | Al Guyant (i) |
Dane | Verona | Verona City Council | District 1 | Elizabeth Doyle (i) |
Dane | Verona | Verona City Council | District 3 | Luke Diaz (i) |
Dane | Verona | Verona City Council | District 4 | Heather Reekie (i) |
Dane | Stoughton | Stoughton City Council | District 2 | Lisa Foltz-Reeves |
Dane | Stoughton | Stoughton City Council | District 1 | Tim Swadley (i) |
Dane | Stoughton | Stoughton City Council | District 4 | Matt Bartlett (i) |
Dane | Oregon | Oregon Village Board | At Large | Jenna Jacobson |
Sauk | Baraboo | Baraboo School Board | At Large | Tim Heilman, Doug Mering, Peter Vedro |
Sauk | Reedsburg | Reedsburg school board | At Large | Gary Woolever |
Marquette | Montello | Montello School Board | At Large | Don Lloyd |
Dodge | Beaver Dam | Beaver Dam Mayor | At Large | Thomas Kennedy |
Dodge | Beaver Dam | Beaver Dam City Council | District 3 | Jon Abfall |
Dodge | Horicon | Horicon School Board | At Large | Jim Grigg, Nathan Hodgson |
Dodge | Mayville | Mayville School Board | At Large | David Ognenoff, Terri Wilkins |
Rock | Janesville | Janesville School Board | At Large | Ben Dobson, Karl Dommershausen and Kevin Murray |
Dane | Monona | Monona Grove School Board | At Large | Dean Bowles (i) Susan Fox (i) |
Dane | Mount Horeb | Mount Horeb school board | At Large | Damon Piscitelli (i) |
Dane | Stoughton | Stoughton School Board | At Large | Tim Bubon Jonathan Coughlin Steve Jackson Nicole Wiessinger (i) |
Dane | Verona | Verona School District Referendum | At Large | Yes |
Dane | Wisconsin Heights | Wisconsin Heights School Board | At Large | Beverly Rousch,James Kartman (i) |
Dane | Wisconsin Heights | WI Heights School District Referendum | At Large | Yes |
Dane | McFarland | McFarland Village Trustee | At Large | Carolyn Clow |
Dane | Middleton | Middleton Mayor | At Large | Hans Hilbert |
Dane | Mount Horeb | Mount Horeb school Referendum | At Large | Yes |
Columbia | Columbus | Columbus school board | At Large | Mark Campbell Cindy Damm (i) Julie Hajewski |
Columbia | Lodi | Lodi School Board | At Large | Adam Steinberg (i) |
Columbia | Pardeeville | Pardeeville School District Referendum | At Large | Yes |
Dodge | Hustisford | Hustisford school referendum | At Large | Yes |
Dodge | Mayville | Mayville School referendum | At Large | Yes |
Lafayette | Pecatonica | Pecatonica School District Operating Referenda | At Large | Yes |
Grant | Riverdale | Riverdale School referendum | At Large | Yes |
Green | Decatur | Decatur town supervisor | At Large | Sally Saunders |
Green | Monroe | Monroe School Board | At Large | Michael Boehme (i) Cheryl McGuire Jim Plourde (i) |
Jefferson | Fort Atkinson | Fort Atkinson City Council | At Large | Mason Becker (i) Tangee Dunn |
Jefferson | Fort Atkinson | Fort Atkinson School Board | At Large | Ben Knowles , Richard Schultz (i) |
Jefferson | Jefferson | Jefferson City Council | At Large | Peg M. Beyer (i) |
Dane | Madison | Madison School Board | 6 | Katherine Toews |
Dane | Madison | Madison School Board | 7 | Nicki Vander Meulen |
Dane | Oregon | Oregon School Board | Seat 4 | Gwen Maitzen (i) |
Dane | Sun Prairie | Sun Prairie School Board | At Large | Carol Albright (i) |
Green | Monticello | Monticello Village Trustee | At Large | Teresa Dunlap (i) |
Green | New Glarus | New Glarus Village Supervisor | At Large | Barb Anderson (i) |
Green | New Glarus | New Glarus Town Supervisor | At Large | Chris Narveson (i) |
Dane | Deforest | Deforest School board | At Large | Jim Pertsborn (i) |
Dane | Deforest | Deforest School board | At Large | Terri Treinen (i) |
Dane | Fitchburg | Fitchburg City Council | District 1 – Seat 2 | Anne Scott |
Dane | Fitchburg | Fitchburg City Council | District 1 – Seat 2 | Wanda McCann-Smith |
Dunn | Menomonie | School Board | Amy Riddle-Swanson | |
Dunn | Menomonie | School Board | Daniel Paulson | |
Pierce | River Falls | School Board | Ramona Gunter | |
Pierce | River Falls | School Board | Stacy Johnson Myers | |
Chippewa | Chippewa Falls | School Board | Ross Spitz | |
Dunn | Boyceville | School Board | Steve Bird | |
Polk | Amery | School Referendum | Vote Yes | |
Barron/Polk | Turtle Lake | School Referendum | Vote Yes | |
Clark | Thorp | School Referendum | Building Additions | Vote Yes |
Clark | Thorp | School Referendum | Activity Center | Vote Yes |
Barron | Barron | School Referendum | Vote Yes | |
Saint Croix | Hammond | Village Trustee | Laurie Gruber | |
Saint Croix | Hammond | Village President | Tony Bibeau | |
Dunn | Colfax | Village President | Gary Stene | |
Saint Croix | Hudson | City Council | 6 | Joyce Hall |
Pierce | River Falls | City Council | 1 | Bill Stuessel |
Pierce | River Falls | City Council (At-Large) | At-Large | Diane Odeen |
Chippewa | Lafayette | Town Clerk | Laura Konwinski | |
Eau Claire | Brunswick | Town Treasurer | Deb Heath | |
La Crosse | La Crosse | Mayor | Tim Kabat | |
La Crosse | La Crosse | City Council | 3 | Jai Johnson |
La Crosse | La Crosse | City Council | 6 | James Cherf |
La Crosse | La Crosse | City Council | 7 | Gary Padesky |
La Crosse | La Crosse | City Council | 10 | Paul Medinger |
La Crosse | La Crosse | City Council | 11 | Marty Gaul |
La Crosse | La Crosse | School Board | Laurie Cooper Stoll | |
La Crosse | La Crosse | School Board | Dave Rudolph | |
Monroe | Sparta | School Board | Nancy Sikorsky | |
Marathon | City of Wausau | School Board | Lance Trollop | |
Marathon | City of Wausau | School Board | Jeff Leigh | |
Marathon | City of Wausau | School Board | Yvonne Henning | |
Marathon | D.C. Everest School District: Villages of Schofield, Weston, Rothchild | School Board | Yee Leng Xiong | |
Portage | Stevens Point | City Council | D1 | Tori Jennings |
Portage | Stevens Point | City Council | D9 | Polly Dalton |
Portage | Village of Plover | Village Board | Anton Anday | |
Outagamie | Appleton | City Council | 9 | Bob Baker |
Winnebago | County Executive | Mark Harris | ||
Outagamie | Hortonville | School Board | Andrea Marcks | |
Brown | Green Bay | School Referendum | Referendum 1 – Operational Referendum. An operational referendum allows the District to maintain educational programming and class sizes and retain staff. | |
Brown | Green Bay | School Referendum | Referendum 2 – Facilities Referendum. Addresses the capacity needs at elementary and middle schools; includes building a new Baird building on the existing site , which increases capacity from 296 to 600 students. Safe and secure entrances at elementary schools. | |
Sheboygan | Sheboygan | Mayor | Mayor Mike Vandersteen | |
Winnebago | Oshkosh | City Council | At Large | Jake Krause |
Winnebago | Oshkosh | Mayor | Steve Cummings (i) | |
Douglas | Superior | Mayor | Jim Paine | |
Douglas | Superior | Alderperson | 8 | Craig Sutherland |
Douglas | Superior | Alderperson | 2-dual endorsement | Bryce Harp |
Douglas | Superior | Alderperson | 2-dual endorsement | Jenny Van Sickle |
Douglas | Superior | School Board | At Large | Laura Gapske |
Douglas | Superior | School Board | At Large | Mary Smith Johnson |
Douglas | Superior | City Council | 6 | Graham Garfield |
Washburn | Spooner | School Board | Paul Johnson | |
Washburn | Spooner | School Board | Julie Rich |
Hello,
I encourage the Alliance to endorse Leanne Wied for Elmbrook School Board. I interviewed her and can attest that she is the best candidate for the office. She is a teacher in the public schools and a strong union member and supporter. Her opponent is not a union supporter. Leanne will bring a much-needed voice to the board as she will be attuned to how proposed policies will affect student learning.
Please contact me if you need more information.
Thanks,
Jennifer Madej
Past President of AFT Local 212 Retiree Chapter, MATC-Milwaukee