Andrew McKinney

Andrew McKinney ran for election to the Dane County Board of Supervisors to represent District 36 in Wisconsin. He lost in the primary on February 20, 2024.

McKinney (Republican Party) also ran for election to the Wisconsin State Assembly to represent District 46. He was disqualified from the Republican primary scheduled on August 13, 2024.

Biography

Andrew McKinney was born in Chicago, Illinois. He served in the United States Army from 1988 to 1994. McKinney earned a master's degree from Concordia University-Wisconsin. His career experience includes working as a Community Schools site coordinator for the Sun Prairie School District.^[1]

Elections

2024

Wisconsin State Assembly

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46

Joan Fitzgerald defeated Jenifer Quimby in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joan Fitzgerald (D)	52.4	18,985
	Submit photo	Jenifer Quimby (R)	47.5	17,219
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	32

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 36,236
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46

Joan Fitzgerald advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46 on August 13, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Joan Fitzgerald	99.8	7,934
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	14

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,948
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46

Jenifer Quimby advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46 on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jenifer Quimby	99.5	3,752
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	18

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,770
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Andrew McKinney (R)

Endorsements

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Dane County Board of Supervisors

General election

General election for Dane County Board of Supervisors District 36

David Peterson defeated Loreen Gage in the general election for Dane County Board of Supervisors District 36 on April 2, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	David Peterson (Nonpartisan)	48.9	1,428
	Submit photo	Loreen Gage (Nonpartisan)	48.7	1,422
		Other/Write-in votes	2.3	68

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,918
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Dane County Board of Supervisors District 36

David Peterson and Loreen Gage defeated Andrew McKinney in the primary for Dane County Board of Supervisors District 36 on February 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	David Peterson (Nonpartisan)	37.2	327
✔	Submit photo	Loreen Gage (Nonpartisan)	37.0	326
		Andrew McKinney (Nonpartisan)	24.9	219
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	8

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 880
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Endorsements

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2022

Wisconsin State Assembly

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46

Melissa Ratcliff defeated Andrew McKinney in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Melissa Ratcliff (D)	69.6	20,710
	Andrew McKinney (R)	30.3	9,001
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	24

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,735
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46

Melissa Ratcliff defeated Syed Abbas, Andrew Hysell, Analiese Eicher, and Mike Jacobs in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46 on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Melissa Ratcliff	36.2	3,112
		Syed Abbas	22.1	1,895
		Andrew Hysell	17.7	1,525
	Submit photo	Analiese Eicher	13.7	1,178
	Submit photo	Mike Jacobs	10.2	876
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	7

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,593
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46

Andrew McKinney advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46 on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Andrew McKinney	98.8	2,977
	Other/Write-in votes	1.2	36

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,013
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Campaign finance

Dane County Board of Supervisors

General election

General election for Dane County Board of Supervisors District 36

Incumbent Melissa Ratcliff defeated Andrew McKinney in the general election for Dane County Board of Supervisors District 36 on April 5, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Melissa Ratcliff (Nonpartisan)	64.7	1,132
	Andrew McKinney (Nonpartisan)	34.6	605
	Other/Write-in votes	0.7	13

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,750 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled. Incumbent Melissa Ratcliff and Andrew McKinney advanced from the primary for Dane County Board of Supervisors District 36.

Campaign finance

2020

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Senate District 16

Melissa Agard defeated Scott Barker in the general election for Wisconsin State Senate District 16 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Melissa Agard (D)	73.4	83,526
	Submit photo	Scott Barker (R)	26.5	30,121
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	108

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 113,755
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 16

Melissa Agard defeated Andrew McKinney in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 16 on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Melissa Agard	76.8	27,734
	Andrew McKinney	23.1	8,328
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	34

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 36,096
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 16

Scott Barker advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 16 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Scott Barker	99.6	4,150
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	16

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,166
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Campaign finance

Campaign themes

2024

Wisconsin State Assembly

Ballotpedia survey responses

Andrew McKinney did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Dane County Board of Supervisors

Ballotpedia survey responses

Andrew McKinney did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Wisconsin State Assembly

Andrew McKinney did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Dane County Board of Supervisors

Andrew McKinney did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Andrew McKinney completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by McKinney's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

My name is Andrew McKinney and I want to represent the 16th Senate District as your Democrat state senator. I'm currently serving as president of the Monona Grove School Board, serving as member of the Youth Commissions committee for the Dane County Board and serving as an officer of the VFW Post 7591. I also served on the Dane County Credit Union Board and other community and higher education committee's.

I served my country on active duty, during the Gulf War, for six years in the Army. I have coached in a variety of sports for K-12 students, paid and volunteer, for over 20 years in our community. With 30 years experience in the private and public sector, I'm now ready to serve Wisconsin families and communities as your state senator. My wife of 17 years, Rhoda, and I have four adult children and two school-age children. I'm ready to be that powerful positive force for our community, dedicated to create great opportunities for all Wisconsinites. "For Education, For Veterans, For Healthcare, For Community, Together"

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Education
Veterans
Community

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I'm an advocate of education that believes a strong public education system is the foundation of our society and that we must return to properly fund and invest in our public schools, local programs and services. Also, I will continue to fight for unions, increasing teacher salary, wages, benefits and workplace health and safety in public schools.

I'm committed to improvement of mental health and homelessness in the community of low income, single parent homes and veterans. I will expand on programs to provide people with treatments, daily assistance and increase the amount of community resources until they become independent for living in the community and job ready to support themselves and their families.
I will fight to increase minimum wage to a living wage and improve on policies on equity and social-economics and will fight for fair housing rights and fairness in the justice system for all citizens.

I'm an advocate in health care reform and will fight to pass a statewide health care plan in Wisconsin. I'm committed to making health care both affordable and accessible. I will continue to work to find effective and reasonably priced solutions to prescription drug costs and assure good quality health care for all citizens. Also, I will fight for healthcare workers rights, hospital protections and relief.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

There were many people I looked up to, but the main one that was a huge influence in my life, was the late Principle Milton McPike. He was a great leader, a mentor, and a friend. He was a father figure to many of his students. I've been in education for 15 years and still would try to be him. I'm currently the president of the Monona Grove school board and I'm a respected leader, just like him. I want young students of color to look up to me in a positive sense, like I did with Mr. McPike. I want to show students of color that you can become a leader, in your community. Mr. McPike was the shining example of what a person of color can accomplish and I want to be that too.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

My leadership that brings people together to work on issues to be solved and make a better place for all.

What legacy would you like to leave?

That I made a difference in the lives of my kids, my active and former students, and to the community.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

I'm smart and intelligent, but where a mask everyday to work and protect those in need. So I would say "Batman".

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

As a 6'7" black man, I really don't need to respond to this question.

Do you believe it’s beneficial to build relationships with other senators?

Absolutely. You can't get anything done without your peers. The people vote us in to do a job and that's working for the people. We must respect each other and each others opinions, in order to get results.

Is there a particular senator, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

The past senator who became president, Barack Obama. He was a senator who listened and worked for the people.

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Andrew McKinney campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Wisconsin State Assembly District 46	Disqualified primary	$0	$0
2022	Wisconsin State Assembly District 46	Lost general	$21,956	$21,956
2020	Wisconsin State Senate District 16	Lost primary	$4,910	N/A**
Grand total			$26,866	$21,956
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Current members of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Leadership

Minority Leader:Greta Neubauer

Representatives

District 1

Joel Kitchens (R)

District 2

Shae Sortwell (R)

District 3

Ron Tusler (R)

District 4

David Steffen (R)

District 5

Joy Goeben (R)

District 6

Elijah Behnke (R)

District 7

Karen Kirsch (D)

District 8

Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (D)

District 9

Priscilla Prado (D)

District 10

Darrin Madison (D)

District 11

Sequanna Taylor (D)

District 12

Russell Goodwin (D)

District 13

Robyn Vining (D)

District 14

Angelito Tenorio (D)

District 15

Adam Neylon (R)

District 16

Kalan Haywood (D)

District 17

Supreme Omokunde (D)

District 18

Margaret Arney (D)

District 19

Ryan Clancy (D)

District 20

Christine Sinicki (D)

District 21

Jessie Rodriguez (R)

District 22

Paul Melotik (R)

District 23

Deb Andraca (D)

District 24

Daniel Knodl (R)

District 25

Paul Tittl (R)

District 26

Joe Sheehan (D)

District 27

Lindee Brill (R)

District 28

Rob Kreibich (R)

District 29

Treig Pronschinske (R)

District 30

Shannon Zimmerman (R)

District 31

Tyler August (R)

District 32

Amanda Nedweski (R)

District 33

Robin Vos (R)

District 34

Rob Swearingen (R)

District 35

Calvin Callahan (R)

District 36

Jeffrey Mursau (R)

District 37

Mark Born (R)

District 38

William Penterman (R)

District 39

Alex Dallman (R)

District 40

Karen DeSanto (D)

District 41

Tony Kurtz (R)

District 42

Maureen McCarville (D)

District 43

Brienne Brown (D)

District 44

Ann Roe (D)

District 45

Clinton Anderson (D)

District 46

Joan Fitzgerald (D)

District 47

Randy Udell (D)

District 48

Andrew Hysell (D)

District 49

Travis Tranel (R)

District 50

Jenna Jacobson (D)

District 51

Todd Novak (R)

District 52

Lee Snodgrass (D)

District 53

Dean Kaufert (R)

District 54

Lori Palmeri (D)

District 55

Nate Gustafson (R)

District 56

Dave Murphy (R)

District 57

Kevin Petersen (R)

District 58

Rick Gundrum (R)

District 59

Robert Brooks (R)

District 60

Jerry O'Connor (R)

District 61

Robert Donovan (R)

District 62

Angelina Cruz (D)

District 63

Robert Wittke (R)

District 64

Tip McGuire (D)

District 65

Ben DeSmidt (D)

District 66

Greta Neubauer (D)

District 67

David Armstrong (R)

District 68

Rob Summerfield (R)

District 69

Karen Hurd (R)

District 70

Nancy VanderMeer (R)

District 71

Vinnie Miresse (D)

District 72

Scott Krug (R)

District 73

Angela Stroud (D)

District 74

Chanz Green (R)

District 75

Duke Tucker (R)

District 76

Francesca Hong (D)

District 77

Renuka Mayadev (D)

District 78

Shelia Stubbs (D)

District 79

Lisa Subeck (D)

District 80

Mike Bare (D)

District 81

Alex Joers (D)

District 82

Scott Allen (R)

District 83

Dave Maxey (R)

District 84

Chuck Wichgers (R)

District 85

Patrick Snyder (R)

District 86

John Spiros (R)

District 87

Brent Jacobson (R)

District 88

Benjamin Franklin (R)

District 89

Ryan Spaude (D)

District 90

Amaad Rivera-Wagner (D)

District 91

Jodi Emerson (D)

District 92

Clint Moses (R)

District 93

Christian Phelps (D)

District 94

Steve Doyle (D)

District 95

Jill Billings (D)

District 96

Tara Johnson (D)

District 97

Cindi Duchow (R)

District 98

Jim Piwowarczyk (R)

District 99

Barbara Dittrich (R)

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Andrew McKinney

Biography

Elections

2024

Wisconsin State Assembly

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

Dane County Board of Supervisors

General election

General election for Dane County Board of Supervisors District 36

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Dane County Board of Supervisors District 36

Endorsements

2022

Wisconsin State Assembly

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 46

Campaign finance

Dane County Board of Supervisors

General election

General election for Dane County Board of Supervisors District 36

Nonpartisan primary election

Campaign finance

2020

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Senate District 16

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 16

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 16

Campaign finance

Campaign themes

2024

Wisconsin State Assembly

Ballotpedia survey responses

Dane County Board of Supervisors

Ballotpedia survey responses

2022

Wisconsin State Assembly

Dane County Board of Supervisors

2020

Campaign finance summary

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