City of Osseo

Patty Schachtner is running for re-election after winning a special election in 2018. Schachtner has worked in healthcare for decades and backs a law to guarantee people can get coverage if they have a pre-existing condition. As a Senator, she has also worked to support efforts to improve access to healthcare in rural areas. She got her EMT certificate from Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College and knows that college isn't for everyone, and she is committed to adding more skills training classes in our high schools and technical colleges to help Wisconsin students add skills and get better jobs. Her opponent, Republican Assembly Member Rob Stafsholt is very conservative. He is anti-choice, pro-vouchers, and a shill for big business. Stafsholt voted repeatedly to let health insurers deny coverage to people for pre-existing conditions in Wisconsin and to allow insurance companies to charge people more for a pre-existing condition if they lose their insurance. He also voted to give FoxConn up to three billion dollars in Wisconsin taxpayer money. Schachtner is the more progressive choice.

Paul Piotrowski is a decorated former Navy officer who served his home of Stevens Point for over 26 years, most recently as City Clerk. He’ll put the middle class first in the economic response to coronavirus and work to get help for working families and small businesses that are struggling here at home. Piotrowski worked a good blue-collar job and gets that college might not be for everyone, but a good-paying job should be. He'll also fight to expand access to affordable health care and protect people with pre-existing conditions from losing their health care. His opponent, first term Senator Pat Testin supported giving up to three billion dollars in corporate giveaways to FoxConn. After accepting campaign donations from health insurance PACs, he single-handedly blocked protections for pre-existing conditions from passing the State Senate. Testin would ban abortion and defund Planned Parenthood. He has actively opposed the state’s Safer-at-Home order and backed the lawsuit to prematurely end it while cases of coronavirus were still growing. Piotrowski is the progressive choice.

John Calabrese is running on a bold, progressive platform. The woodworker has made fighting big money in politics one of his top issues. He also favors a BadgerCare for All healthcare system, repealing Act 10, restoring local control, and strengthening environmental protection and enforcement. His opponent, Republican Clint Moses, does not have a detailed platform available, as evidenced by his position on his website on Gun/Property Rights: "We all understand the importance of this."  Moses has been endorsed by the NRA, Wisconsin Right to Life, and Pro-Life Wisconsin. Calabrese is the more progressive choice

Mental health professional and business owner Emily Berge is running to help create an economy that works for everyone, not just big corporations. She believes in investing in her community through accessible healthcare, reliable internet, and quality education. She also believes in non-partisan redistricting and conservation efforts. Her opponent, Jesse James, is a private school vouchers proponent who opposed the Safer at Home order, and was one of the signatories of a letter pressuring school superintendents to reopen their local schools. Berge is the more progressive choice.

John Iver Baldus wants to be a new voice for Central Wisconsin. Baldus believes in nonpartisan redistricting, Medicaid expansion, investing in infrastructure repair, and an approach to COVID-19 that is informed by science and experts. Incumbent Assemblywoman Nancy VanderMeer has ignored public health experts on the pandemic, opposing the Safer at Home order and writing an op-ed that asserted that total containment of the virus should not be a goal. Baldus is the more progressive choice.

Representative Jodi Emerson feels compelled by challenges in education, healthcare, and a lack of well-paid jobs. After being diagnosed with a chronic health condition, she saw firsthand the importance of affordable and accessible healthcare for all. She is also an advocate for social justice, more education funding, and protecting natural resources. She authored a bill to phase out Wisconsin's voucher program and has called for additional COVID-19 relief. Her opponent, Republican Charlie Walker, is in favor of taxpayer funded private school vouchers and a believer in deregulation. Emerson is the more progressive choice.

Amanda WhiteEagle is running to solve the concerns that she hears from both her parents and her children, which range from social security to active shooter drills. Her platform focuses on climate change, healthcare, education, and rural broadband. WhiteEagle believes in Medicaid expansion, investing in green jobs, making college and technical training more affordable. She is facing Republican Representative Treig Pronschinske. The City of Mondovi settled a lawsuit for $325,000 brought by a former city police office over Pronschinske's alleged sexual harassment and discrimination towards her while he was Mayor. WhiteEagle is the progressive choice in this race.

Realtor Charlene "Charlie" Warner believes in non-partisan redistricting, changing the school funding formula, and supporting family farms over corporate ones. Her campaign also emphasizes protecting natural resources, high speed broadband internet, and returning local control. Her opponent, Assemblyman Warren Petryk, has been endorsed over the years by the NRA, anti-abortion Wisconsin Right to Life, and the Wisconsin Tavern League, among others. Warner is the more progressive choice.