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Mark Waldon
Mark Waldon (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Wisconsin State Assembly to represent District 50. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Waldon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Mark Waldon was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He pursued his undergraduate education at Madison Area Technical College and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Waldon's career experience includes working as a small business owner and operator.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 50
Incumbent Tony Kurtz defeated Mark Waldon in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 50 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tony Kurtz (R) | 63.3 | 18,757 |
 | Mark Waldon (D)  | 36.7 | 10,872 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 29,638 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 50
Mark Waldon advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 50 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Waldon | 99.9 | 2,994 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 2,997 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 50
Incumbent Tony Kurtz advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 50 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tony Kurtz | 100.0 | 4,225 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 4,227 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mark Waldon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Waldon'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 am of the belief that lack of representation by our elected officials has led us to this partisan divide we see all around the country. I want to change that by always voting on the behalf of the people of my district instead of party leadership or big money donors.
Thats how we bridge the divide! all Wisconsinites share the same views on many issues. Its unfortunate that the conversation is always based on the issues that divide us.- Representative democracy-It is my belief that the reason we have so much divide in this state, as well as the country, is because the people are no longer being represented. Most representatives are either doing what party leadership wants or voting on behalf of their large donors. As a result, the voters veiws go unrepresented. I will alway vote on the behalf of the majority in my district, not leadership or donors.
- Im a small business owner in rural Wisconsin and I understand the hardships we face in rural Wisconsin. If the small farmers fail in the state, so goes the small businesses who serve them, and others in our rural communities.
- We need to unify around solutions to the problems we face regardless of party. We have to be able to have reasonable, rational discussions about these issues to come up with solutions the people decide are the correct.
Cannabis Legalization-While we become surrounded by states that are raising hundreds of millions of dollars on cannabis sales, we sit on the sidelines as our small farmers and impoverished struggle. We need to legalize Cannabis and give small struggling farms and folks in poverty the first option at these licenses.
C lean Water-Water is life and we have to do what ever is necessary to make sure we keep it clean as well as conserve it. Deregulation has caused great damage to our resources and we need to reenact regulations that were designed to protect our resources as well as add new regulations as we learn more about the causes of contamination and the ways to mitigate these problems.
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Environment
Corrections
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 23, 2020
