City of Franklin

A native of Plymouth, Wisconsin, former public school educator, husband, father of three and grandfather of nine, Tony Evers is running for re-election as Wisconsin Governor. During his first term, Gov. Evers cut income taxes by 15% for middle class families, led the investment of nearly $1 billion to support Wisconsin's small businesses, farms and workers, and stood with Wisconsinites by stopping numerous extreme policies designed to divide people from becoming law. Based on his belief that what's best for our kids is what's best for our state, Gov. Evers has provided strong and steady leadership for Wisconsinites and continued to reach across the aisle to find solutions to the issues most important to Wisconsinites, like addressing rising costs and making sure Wisconsin's public schools have the resources they need to provide a high-quality education to our kids.

Throughout his first term, Gov. Evers has prioritized equality and inclusion and taken steps to show all Wisconsinites they are welcome in our state, including being the first Wisconsin governor to raise the LGBT pride flag over the State Capitol. Gov. Evers believes Wisconsin women should be able to make their own reproductive decisions, which is why he called a special session to overturn Wisconsin's 1849 abortion ban. His opponent is Republican Tim Michels, who is endorsed by an extreme right wing group that supports Wisconsin's criminal abortion ban, prohibiting abortion even in cases of rape or incest. Evers is the progressive choice in this race.

Nurse, entrepreneur, former CDC Epidemic Intelligence Officer and first-term State Representative, Sara Rodriguez is the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor. On the ticket with Gov. Tony Evers, Rodriguez promises to be a partner to Gov. Evers by fighting to make healthcare more affordable and accessible, to adequately fund public schools, to protect women's access to reproductive healthcare, and to support economic development throughout Wisconsin.

In 2020, Rodriguez was one of only two Wisconsin candidates to flip a Republican-held seat. Her opponent, Roger Roth, is a longtime Republican state legislator who has consistently cast anti-choice, anti-public education, anti-environment, and anti-democracy votes. Rodriguez is the progressive choice in this race.

Attorney General Josh Kaul is a running for re-election to continue addressing crime in Wisconsin, defending our rights, protecting our natural resources, and delivering for the people of Wisconsin. As Attorney General, Kaul has fought to increase funding for public safety to help keep Wisconsin families and communities safe, as well as investigated and prosecuted serious offenses like homicides, sexual assaults, internet crimes against children, and drug trafficking. Attorney General Kaul has also taken on corporations responsible for the opioid epidemic and cancer-causing water pollution, and is leading the fight in court to restore access to safe and legal abortion. His opponent is Republican district attorney Eric Toney, who has promised to enforce Wisconsin's criminal abortion ban, which prohibits abortion even in cases of rape or incest and could send doctors and nurses to jail. Kaul is the progressive choice in this race.

Long-time Secretary of State Doug LaFollette is running for re-election to ensure far-right politicians don't use the Secretary of State office to undermine Wisconsin's democracy by laying the groundwork to overturn future election results they disagree with. LaFollette strongly supports worker's rights, advocates for environmental protection and for investing in local economies, supports women's rights including reproductive rights, and believes in decentralization of power, particularly with respect to election administration. LaFollette's opponent is Republican state legislator Amy Loudenbeck, who, like many of her Republican legislative colleagues, has perpetuated the Big Lie and now wants to get rid of the Wisconsin Elections Commission and consolidate election oversight power in the Secretary of State office. LaFollette is the progressive choice in this race.

A fifth-generation Wisconsinite and the current mayor of Fitchburg in Dane County, Aaron Richardson is running for Wisconsin State Treasurer to ensure state investments are done with intelligence, excellence and safety, to support home ownership in our state by creating new opportunities for Wisconsinites to become first-time home owners and create generational wealth, working to ensure Wisconsin is investing in companies that are acting responsibly about protecting the environment, and restricting the predatory payday lending industry. Richardson's opponent is John Leiber, who is a long-time Republican political operative and legislative staffer. Richardson is the progressive choice in this race.

State Senator Chris Larson has provided strong, consistent, progressive representation for the 7th Senate District since 2011. In the Senate, Larson has championed workers' rights, fought to restore clean government and equal justice, fought to support and strengthen Wisconsin public schools, and been an unwavering supporter of reproductive rights and equal rights for all Wisconsinites. Larson's opponent is Republican Peter Gilbert, who is endorsed by an extreme right wing group that wants to ban abortion without exception, even when the pregnant person's life is at risk. Larson is the progressive choice in this race.

Father of three, community volunteer, and employee rights attorney who previously served as executive director of a labor-management organization representing Southeast Wisconsin's union trades and affiliated contractors, Nathan Jurowski is running for the 21st Assembly District on a platform of community-based leadership. Jurowski's priorities include ensuring our public schools have adequate funding, protecting Wisconsin's labor force, and defending civil rights like marriage equality, reproductive freedom, and voting rights. He is committed to focusing on kitchen table issues and to rejecting mean-spirited policies designed to divide and marginalize people. Jurowski is challenging Republican incumbent Jessie Rodriguez, who holds a leadership position within the Assembly Republican caucus and is a member of the Joint Finance Committee where she has cast consistently anti-healthcare, anti-public education, anti-worker, and anti-middle class votes. Jurowski is the progressive choice in this race.

Candidate for the 61st Assembly District Max Winkels is a former 911 operator, technical college professor, hospital administrator, and a longtime banjo player. Running on the three principles of patriotism, competent government, and promoting the general welfare, Winkels's top three priorities are education, affordable healthcare, and public safety. Winkels also believes in strengthening and supporting public schools in Wisconsin, not tearing them apart with the politics of division, and he supports taking proactive steps to increase the safety of our communities. Also running is Republican candidate Amanda Nedweski, who helps lead local efforts of extremist group Moms for Liberty and who is endorsed by an extreme right wing group that supports Wisconsin's criminal abortion ban, which prohibits abortion even in cases of rape or incest. Winkels is the more progressive choice in this race.

Joel Jacobsen is challenging Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos as a write-in candidate to improve access to healthcare, protect the environment, and lower the middle class tax burden. Jacobsen believes in BadgerCare expansion, fully funding public schools, investing in technical colleges, and investing in renewable energy. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has been largely responsible for creating partisan gridlock in Madison. He is responsible for enacting an even more partisan gerrymander after the 2020 census, wasting $1 million in taxpayer funds on a partisan, Big Lie-fueled sham inquiry led by Trump-supporter Michael Gableman, continued attacks on reprodutive freedom and equality for LGBTQ+ folks in Wisconsin, standing in the way of expanding BadgerCare in Wisconsin which would bring in $1 billion federal dollars that would transform Wisconsin's economy, and much more. Also running as a write-in is conservative candidate Adam Steen, who is advocating for decertification of the 2020 presidential election and who lost the Republican primary to Vos. In the 63rd Assembly District race, Jacobsen is the more progressive choice.

Deborah Davis is a longtime resident of Franklin, former civics teacher and union member, community leader and volunteer, and small business owner running to represent the 82nd Assembly District. Davis promises to provide safer, stronger, smarter leadership in the State Capitol by pushing for policies like universal background checks and red flag laws, investing some of Wisconsin's budget surplus in ways that help families deal with rising costs, making big corporations pay their fair share, and ensuring our public schools have adequate funding to provide a high-quality educataion to our kids. Davis is challenging Republican incumbent Chuck Wichgers, who signed a January 2021 letter asking then-Vice President Pence to refuse to certify the 2020 presidential election results, authored a bill censoring educators from providing accurate, honest, factual information to students about events like the Civil War and the Civil Rights movement, and is endorsed by an extreme right wing group that wants to ban abortion without exception, even when the pregnant person's life is at risk. Davis the more progressive choice in this race.