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Arvina Martin
Arvina Martin was a member of the Madison Common Council in Wisconsin, representing District 11. Martin assumed office on April 18, 2017. Martin left office on May 25, 2022.
Martin ran for re-election to the Madison Common Council to represent District 11 in Wisconsin. Martin won in the general election on April 6, 2021.
Martin was a 2018 Democratic candidate for Wisconsin Secretary of State. She lost the primary on August 14, 2018.
Biography
Martin earned a B.A. in Native American studies from Dartmouth College.[1]
As of her 2017 run for common council, Martin was a policy analyst and statewide tribal liaison for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. She has also served as a voter protection fellow, American Indian outreach coordinator, and communications intern for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, the chief communications officer for the Ho-Chunk Nation Legislature, the campaign manager for Ellen for Assembly, the Native vote director for Organizing for America-Wisconsin, and an admissions advisor for the University of Wisconsin, Madison.[1]
Elections
2021
See also: City elections in Madison, Wisconsin (2021)
General election
General election for Madison Common Council District 11
Incumbent Arvina Martin won election in the general election for Madison Common Council District 11 on April 6, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Arvina Martin (Nonpartisan) | 98.4 | 2,871 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 47 | ||
| Total votes: 2,918 | |||
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2019
See also: City elections in Madison, Wisconsin (2019)
General election
General election for Madison Common Council District 11
Incumbent Arvina Martin won election in the general election for Madison Common Council District 11 on April 2, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Arvina Martin (Nonpartisan) | 98.8 | 3,844 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 47 | ||
| Total votes: 3,891 | |||
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2018
See also: Wisconsin Secretary of State election, 2018
General election
General election for Wisconsin Secretary of State
Incumbent Douglas J. La Follette defeated Jay Schroeder in the general election for Wisconsin Secretary of State on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Douglas J. La Follette (D) | 52.7 | 1,380,752 |
 | Jay Schroeder (R) | 47.2 | 1,235,034 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2,162 | ||
| Total votes: 2,617,948 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State
Incumbent Douglas J. La Follette defeated Arvina Martin in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Douglas J. La Follette | 65.9 | 327,020 |
| Arvina Martin | 34.1 | 169,130 | |
| Total votes: 496,150 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State
Jay Schroeder defeated Spencer Zimmerman in the Republican primary for Wisconsin Secretary of State on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jay Schroeder | 71.4 | 254,424 |
 | Spencer Zimmerman | 28.6 | 101,818 | |
| Total votes: 356,242 | |||
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2017
The city of Madison, Wisconsin, held an election for common council on April 4, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was January 3, 2017.
All 20 common council seats were up for election in 2017. Incumbents ran for re-election in 19 of the 20 districts. They were unopposed in 15 of those races. Arvina Martin defeated Bradley Campbell in the general election for the District 11 seat on the Madison Common Council.[2]
| Madison Common Council, District 11 General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Arvina Martin |
59.90% | 2,112 |
| Bradley Campbell | 39.90% | 1,407 |
| Write-in votes | 0.2% | 7 |
| Total Votes | 3,526 | |
| Source: Dane County Clerk, "2017 Spring Election," accessed May 4, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Arvina Martin did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
2017
In a column for The Capital Times, Martin wrote:
| “ | District 11 is, overall, doing well. The same can be said of the city. I want to make sure that continues, but there is room for improvement. We have an ongoing responsibility to maintain and update our infrastructure and to make the city as sustainable as possible. Maintaining our clean water and repairing our roads and sewers must remain a priority. We must also prioritize maximizing our use of renewable energy, update our buildings for maximum energy efficiency, maximize recycling citywide, and implement citywide curbside composting. We are fast approaching the point where landfill space will cost much more than it does today. These steps make sense environmentally and economically.
We are a growing community, and our public safety departments must expand as well. I support building the Midtown District Police Station on its current schedule; the West District is beyond capacity and its community policing is stretched thin. This must be remedied. Additionally, I support building Fire Station 14 on the southeast side. Much has been said about racial disparity in our community, most often in terms of crime statistics, but also our economic and health disparities. It is vital that the council strives to reduce disparity across the board, because that disparity costs us. It reduces everyone’s quality of life, but especially the poorest among us. It increases our costs for human services as we strive to provide support that has a high return on investment but also high need. It strains the fabric of our community by exacerbating implicit racism. And it impacts our public safety. These are tough challenges, but they are the challenges I have been working on throughout my career. We need to continue smart development in the 11th District. We’ve seen successful development in the Hilldale area, but there are large projects still to come at the DOT site and near Hilldale itself. I will ensure that District 11 residents continue to be active participants in the public processes for these projects, and that the recommendations of our neighborhood plans are followed.[3] |
” |
| —Arvina Martin[4] | ||
Endorsements
2017
Martin received endorsements from the following in 2017:
- The Capital Times[5]
See also
2021 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedlinkedin - ↑ City of Madison City Clerk's Office, "Candidate Filings," accessed January 26, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The Capital Times, "Arvina Martin, District 11," March 27, 2017
- ↑ The Capital Times, "Editorial: Our Endorsements for a Progressive City Council," March 29, 2017
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