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Julia Henley
Julia Henley (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Wisconsin State Assembly to represent District 41. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Henley completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Julia Henley earned a high school diploma from Rockford High School. She earned a bachelor's degree from Central Michigan University in 1983. Henley's career experience includes working as a project coordinator, consultant, and designer. As of 2024, she was affiliated with Sustainable Driftless, Inc.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 41
Incumbent Tony Kurtz defeated Julia Henley in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 41 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tony Kurtz (R) | 63.1 | 19,996 |
 | Julia Henley (D)  | 36.8 | 11,667 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 24 | ||
| Total votes: 31,687 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 41
Julia Henley advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 41 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Julia Henley | 99.8 | 4,992 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 8 | ||
| Total votes: 5,000 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 41
Incumbent Tony Kurtz advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 41 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tony Kurtz | 99.9 | 5,164 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 5,169 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Henley in this election.
Pledges
Henley signed the following pledges.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Julia Henley completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Henley's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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As a designer by trade, I have approached all projects --despite the challenges--with an attitude of "we can and WILL do better!" That includes Clearwater Farm Foundation, a vision that had become reality and has served 1000s of kids to get connected to farm life and food. Housing and adaptive reuse projects resulting in over $13M in investment and 42 affordable housing units, along with my work life projects impacting hundreds of home builds and tree planting in the Driftless--creating neighborhoods that are still appealing decades later. I am a proud VP to Sustainable Driftless, which produced the Emmy award winning documentary "Decoding the Driftless".
I am also a mom and part of a blended family of 5 adults and their spouses, and 5 grandkids. I live on an 80 acre farmstead and have lived in the Driftless Region and my district for almost 30 years.
I was raised in Michigan, and have been connected to the outdoors and waterways since a child. We can do better in our management of our lands and waterways.- Access to a robust educational system--pre-K and throughout life--provides the opportunity for all citizens to lead hopeful, engaged, and comfortable lives. Our state depends upon an educated workforce to tackle tough challenges and changes. The climate crisis, healthcare innovation, agricultural innovation, small farms to succeed, technological shifts that impact manufacturing and way of life--all need motivated, hopeful, and educated people. All of this depends upon skills and education, and we have been falling behind over the past decade.
- Less grandstanding and more effective legislature--WE CAN DO BETTER & WE WILL. We have urgent needs--access to quality healthcare for rural folks and people in need of help in difficult times. and expanding and addressing addiction and mental health challenges is just one area. Housing & neighborhood planning and investment of all types of housing in all areas will stabilize communities and provide affordability in a major way. Attention to the reality of likely climate disasters--and our energy choices lower costs too. How we can better prepare in terms of building for the future, remodeling for efficiency and soundness, dealing with preparedness , and responding to an event in ways that embrace the future, are key.
- Personal freedoms are key for all of us--freedom over our own bodies and health, freedom to access a great education, freedom to live in a clean environment, and freedom to be safe from unnecessary violence are basic rights. We have witnessed an erosion of these freedoms over the past decades, and we can do better with a more balanced and determined legislature to work together, coming up with better ideas and enacting better solutions to balance investment, protections, rules, and opportunity.
I consume a lot of History--because if we do not understand HOW things evolve, we are truly doomed to repeat them.
Transparency and a willingness to fully explain one's actions, and make the case of why those actions, proposals, and legislation are beneficial in the short, and long term.
To have a curiosity about issues and a willingness to listen.
To be a dedicated problem solver in challenging situations.
To be willing, and able, to work with others that initially do not see your viewpoint, and to be willing to compromise at times, to move the issue closer to balance.
Probably a superhero that fights for good. A bit of kicking, some exhaustion, but ultimately gets the job done.
Deal with a Woman's Right to control her own healthcare.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 15, 2024
