Deb Andraca
Deb Andraca (Democratic Party) is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing District 23. She assumed office on January 4, 2021. Her current term ends on January 4, 2027.
Andraca (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Wisconsin State Assembly to represent District 23. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Andraca completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Deb Andraca was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Andraca earned a high school diploma from Manheim Township High School, a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University in 1992, a master's degree from George Washington University in 1996, and a teaching license from Alverno College in 2016. Her career experience includes working as a legislator, an elementary school teacher, a vice president at FleishmanHillard International Communications, a communications director and lobbyist with the Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest, and a press secretary on a congressional re-election campaign.[1][2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Andraca was assigned to the following committees:
- Education Committee
- Energy and Utilities Committee
- Forestry, Parks, and Outdoor Recreation Committee
- Veterans and Military Affairs Committee
2021-2022
Andraca was assigned to the following committees:
- Energy and Utilities Committee
- Forestry, Parks, and Outdoor Recreation Committee
- Small Business Development Committee
- Workforce Development Committee
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23
Incumbent Deb Andraca defeated Laurie O'Brien Wolf in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Deb Andraca (D) ![]() | 62.6 | 23,804 |
Laurie O'Brien Wolf (R) | 37.3 | 14,199 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 43 |
Total votes: 38,046 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23
Incumbent Deb Andraca advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Deb Andraca ![]() | 99.8 | 10,947 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 20 |
Total votes: 10,967 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23
Laurie O'Brien Wolf advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Laurie O'Brien Wolf | 99.5 | 4,446 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 22 |
Total votes: 4,468 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23
Incumbent Deb Andraca defeated Purnima Nath in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Deb Andraca (D) | 62.7 | 21,236 |
![]() | Purnima Nath (R) | 37.2 | 12,589 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 28 |
Total votes: 33,853 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23
Incumbent Deb Andraca advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Deb Andraca | 99.9 | 8,392 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 7 |
Total votes: 8,399 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23
Purnima Nath advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Purnima Nath | 99.0 | 4,557 |
Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 45 |
Total votes: 4,602 | ||||
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23
Deb Andraca defeated incumbent Jim Ott in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Deb Andraca (D) ![]() | 51.6 | 21,052 |
![]() | Jim Ott (R) | 48.3 | 19,728 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 30 |
Total votes: 40,810 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23
Deb Andraca advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Deb Andraca ![]() | 99.9 | 7,855 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 7 |
Total votes: 7,862 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23
Incumbent Jim Ott advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 23 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Jim Ott | 99.7 | 4,796 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 14 |
Total votes: 4,810 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Deb Andraca completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Andraca's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|I pursued my teacher’s license part-time at Alverno College, completing my coursework in 2018. I taught third-grade math at Bruce Guadalupe Community School and was an elementary substitute in the Whitefish Bay School District. Before starting my teaching career, I was a vice president at FleishmanHillard International Communications, communications director and lobbyist for the Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest, and press secretary on a Congressional campaign. After graduating from Syracuse University in 1992, I lived in Washington DC where I earned a master’s degree at George Washington University while working full-time at the Solar Energy Industries Association.
My family includes my husband Marc and two daughters in college.- I will continue my advocacy in the Assembly for a safer Wisconsin, including common-sense firearm safety measures, red light cameras, and other measures to reduce violence and crime.
- As a member of the Education Committee, I have been a strong and consistent voice for sustainable, reliable public school funding, especially equitable funding for all of our special needs students.
- The health of our state is a top priority for me, as I believe that every individual and family in the state should be able to access affordable healthcare. I have also been a champion for responsible stewardship of Wisconsin’s natural resources, funding for state parks, and clean air and water.
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2022
Deb Andraca did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
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Deb Andraca completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Andraca's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- When I met with Jim Ott just a few days before the special session on gun safety, I asked him to support background checks and extreme risk protection orders. Jim Ott said no. I am a gun owner, and I will say YES to measures that reduce gun violence while protecting our second amendment rights. We all need to feel safe in our homes, on our roadways, in our schools, and in our places of worship. To help prevent mass shootings, and to help reduce the epidemic of suicide in our state, I support measures such as red flag laws that allow a judge, using evidence and due-process protections, to remove guns from individuals who are a threat to themselves or others.
- Right now the state's share of education funding remains below 2011's level, despite recent claims of "historic investments in public schools." The state should invest more in public education, and ensure our local schools are equipped to prepare students for a global economy. There are great teachers in our schools who are being hired and fired because our elected leaders are playing politics with school budgets. At the same time, I know students who desperately need special education intervention, but there isn't enough funding or trained staff to meet their needs. Education should not be a partisan issue. All students deserve high quality schools.
- My first "real" job out of college was in Washington DC at the Solar Energy Industries Association, and later I became communications director at the Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest. I learned how green technology can create 21st century jobs while driving economic development, and I worked to preserve natural areas such as the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest and valuable prairie land along the Mississippi. Jim Ott is a former TV weatherman who denies that climate change is real. In fact he used to publish a newsletter "debunking" climate scientists. He says he loves to go fishing but votes against measures that would protect our waterways. I will vote to protect our environment while driving economic development.
Unfortunately, in Wisconsin, the state legislature has been horribly gerrymandered, significantly reducing the power of constituents to demand change from their representatives. This needs to change to restore a healthy democracy to Wisconsin.
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2024
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In 2024, the Wisconsin State Legislature was in session from January 16 to March 12.
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2023
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In 2023, the Wisconsin State Legislature was in session from January 3 to December 31.
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2022
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In 2022, the Wisconsin State Legislature was in session from January 18 to March 8.
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2021
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In 2021, the Wisconsin State Legislature was in session from January 4 to December 31.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Candidate Wisconsin State Assembly District 23 |
Officeholder Wisconsin State Assembly District 23 |
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Preceded by Jim Ott (R) |
Wisconsin State Assembly District 23 2021-Present |
Succeeded by - |