Gubernatorial Race
Mary Burke and John Lehman (Democratic)
Burke is a former CEO of Trek Bicycle and Democratic challenger to the incumbent governor. In a recent debate, she said she disagrees with Gov. Scott Walker’s approach to job and economic growth in the state.
John Lehman is running as the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor. He represents the 21st District of the Wisconsin Senate and was previously a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Incumbent Gov. Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch (Republican)
Walker was elected as Wisconsin’s governor in 2010 and survived a recall election in 2012. He notably proposed Wisconsin Act 10, which impacted collective bargaining for public sector employees. This act sparked protests inside the state Capitol building.
Rebecca Kleefisch is also running as the incumbent Republican nominee for lieutenant governor. She is a former television news anchor and the first lieutenant governor to face and win a recall election.
Dennis Fehr (Peoples)
Fehr is a self-employed entrepreneur of Pioneer Painting, LLC and the candidate for the new People’s Party, which calls itself “A Future for the Family.” The party focuses on technological innovation, education, business and social justice.
Robert Burke and Joseph M. Brost (Libertarian)
Burke is a former financial services wholesaler for Genworth Financial Assurance. He supports reforming the insurance and financial services industry system.
Joseph Brost is also running for lieutenant governor.
Attorney General
Susan V. Happ (Democratic)
Happ has served as the Jefferson County district attorney for the past six years, the first Democrat in the position since 1938. The Madison Professional Police Officers Association endorsed Happ Oct. 1. She is in favor of decreasing student loan debt and increasing regulation of for-profit colleges and universities.
Brad Schimel (Republican)
Schimel was elected as the Waukesha County district attorney in 2006. The Wisconsin Professional Police Association, the state’s largest law enforcement group, endorsed Schimel Sept. 22. He received an award in 2006 from the Wisconsin Association of Victims and Witness Professionals for his work on sexual assault cases.
Thomas A. Nelson Sr. (Libertarian)
No information is available.
Congressional Seats - District 2
Mark Pocan (Democratic)
Pocan was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012 and is running for re-election. He serves on the Committee on Budget and Committee on Education and Workforce and previously represented the 78th District of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Pocan supports immigration reform, same-sex marriage, women’s rights and environmental issues.
Peter Theron (Republican)
Theron is a UW-Madison Ph.D. mathematics graduate who teaches mathematics, statistics and computer science at Madison College.
Secretary of State
Doug La Follette (Democratic)
La Follette is the incumbent secretary of state, first elected in 1982, and helped organize the first Earth Day in 1970. He unsuccessfully ran for Wisconsin governor in 2012 during the recall election against Scott Walker. La Follette said he hopes to restore the important responsibilities to the office, according to a League of Women Voters of Dane County questionaire.
Julian Bradley (Republican)
Bradley is the chairman of the Republican Party of La Crosse County and on the Wisconsin GOP executive committee. He favors keeping the position but would reform it by making it more active.
Jerry Broitzman (Constitution)
Broitzman said on his website he wants to bring biblical principles to the secretary’s office. He favors keeping the office and restoring the legitimate duties to the office.
Andy Craig (Libertarian)
Craig is the Wisconsin Liberty Coalition deputy director, the Our America Initiative Wisconsin state director and a Libertarian Party of Wisconsin member. He would abolish the secretary of state position and others like it.
State Treasurer
David L. Sartori (Democratic)
Sartori graduated from UW-River Falls with history, political science and sociology degrees as a first generation college graduate and worked for 30 years with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections as a probation and parole agent. He said on his campaign website he hopes to restore the state treasurer position.
Matt Adamczyk (Republican)
Adamczyk graduated from UW-Madison in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree and serves as a senior advisor to state Capitol elected officials. He said he supported Gov. Scott Walker’s effort to diminish the position and pledged to eliminate the position.
Andrew Zuelke (Constitution)
Zuelke is a first quality technician at a paper converting company and a former state chairman of the Constitution Party of Wisconsin, according to his campaign website. He said he would not eliminate the office.
Ron Hardy (Green)
Hardy is a Winnebago County board supervisor and former Sustainability Advisory Board chair from Oshkosh. He supports a $15 per hour minimum wage, legalizing marijuana, affordable inner-city Milwaukee transportation, full funding of public education and ending tax breaks for the wealthy, according to his campaign website.
Jerry Shidell (Libertarian)
Shidell is a former city council member, county board supervisor, city of Rhinelander mayor and business owner. He plans to eliminate the position and is running with the slogan, “Hire me, then fire me.”
