Michelle Zahn
Michelle Zahn (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Wisconsin State Senate to represent District 13. Zahn lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Zahn was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 13 of the Wisconsin State Senate.
Elections
2018
- See also: Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Wisconsin State Senate District 13
Incumbent Scott Fitzgerald defeated Michelle Zahn in the general election for Wisconsin State Senate District 13 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Scott Fitzgerald (R) | 59.1 | 49,668 |
 | Michelle Zahn (D) | 40.9 | 34,385 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 24 | ||
| Total votes: 84,077 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 13
Michelle Zahn advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 13 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Zahn | 100.0 | 10,644 |
| Total votes: 10,644 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 13
Incumbent Scott Fitzgerald advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 13 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Scott Fitzgerald | 100.0 | 17,508 |
| Total votes: 17,508 | |||
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2014
- See also: Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for 17 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 12, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Michelle Zahn ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Scott Fitzgerald ran unopposed in the Republican primary. Terry Virgil (L) was removed from the ballot. Fitzgerald defeated Zahn in the general election.[1][2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Scott Fitzgerald Incumbent |
62.7% | 48,255 | |
| Democratic | Michelle Zahn | 37.3% | 28,700 | |
| Total Votes | 76,955 | |||
Campaign themes
2014
Zahn's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[4]
Creating Jobs
- Excerpt: "The answer to creating jobs is supporting small business and entrepreneurship. Businesses created by our own, local, citizens are far more likely to grow and remain here. Luring big business from other states with promises of even more tax breaks creates a tax burden for the rest of us and, more often than not, produces low paying jobs."
Getting big money out of politics
- Excerpt: "This can be done by creating a constitutional amendment to CLEARLY specify that corporations are NOT people and money is NOT speech. Our Supreme Court has now removed aggregate spending limits from would-be contributors. Where there was once a limit of $10,000 total contributions to candidates in one election cycle, there is now no limit at all."
Restoring Wisconsin's long held right to local control of our schools, our towns, our counties, our land use and our resources
- Excerpt: "We must do this because our communities have a better understanding of their own needs than do the anonymous "special interests" whose top priority is their bottom line. How is it fair when a large corporation, often from out of state, makes large campaign contributions to a law maker in exchange for the right to pillage our land and our resources against the wishes of the people who live there and whose lives will be forever changed by this action?"
Restoring state funding to our public schools
- Excerpt: "We must do this because our public schools are the social and cultural hearts of our communities. The push to privatize public schools with taxpayers' money comes from a national movement advanced by the American Legislative Exchange Council, which consists of wealthy political donors, an army of lobbyists and legislators, including my opponent, as well as several other Republican members of the Wisconsin legislature. Wisconsin Republicans have openly committed to extending the voucher school program in the next state budget. How is it fair that taxpayers are being forced to fund schools that are not required to meet the same standards as our public schools must meet and can pick and choose which students they will teach?"
Restoring every worker's right to join together to bargain with their employer for wages, benefits and working conditions
- Excerpt: "We must do this because it is good for business and for our communities. Any smart business person knows that giving workers a voice at the table makes workers feel valued. Happy (and safe) workers are better workers. Workers who bargain for their benefits are NOT getting something for nothing from their employers: they are exchanging wages in the present for benefits either now (in the form of health care cost reductions) or later (in the form of pensions). Remember that large employers have tremendous power in the workplace."
Endorsements
2014
In 2014, Zahn's endorsements included the following:[5]
- WEAC (Wisconsin Education Association Council)
- MTI (Madison Teachers, Inc.)
- Citizen Action of Wisconsin
- Winnebagoland UniServ
- AFSCME
- AFL-CIO
See also
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Wisconsin State Senate
- Michelle Zahn on Facebook
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
Footnotes
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "2014 Partisan Primary Candidates," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates Registered by Office," June 11, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Canvass Results for 2014 General Election," December 1, 2014
- ↑ Zahn for Senate, "Issues," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ Zahn for Senate, "Endorsements," accessed October 23, 2014 (dead link)
