Steven Doelder

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Steven Doelder

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, 1972

Graduate

Carthage College, 1994

Personal

Birthplace

Sheboygan, Wis.

Profession

Teacher

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Steven Doelder (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Wisconsin State Senate to represent District 11. Doelder lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Doelder completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Steven Doelder was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Doelder earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point in 1972 and a graduate degree from Carthage College in 1994. Doelder's career experience includes working as a teacher.

Elections

2022

See also: Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Senate District 11

Incumbent Stephen Nass defeated Steven Doelder in the general election for Wisconsin State Senate District 11 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephen Nass (R)	58.3	44,974
		Steven Doelder (D)	41.6	32,087
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	62

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 77,123
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 11

Steven Doelder advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 11 on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steven Doelder	99.8	10,510
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	25

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,535
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 11

Incumbent Stephen Nass advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 11 on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephen Nass	99.2	20,399
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	167

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,566
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dylan Kurtz (R)

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Steven Doelder completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Doelder's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a product of the American Dream. I grew up in rural Wisconsin surrounded by cows, fields, woods, and water. My home was three blocks from Lake Michigan. I was taught from an early age to care for our natural world. My dad was a carpenter and taught me the skills needed to make things work and get the job done. He instilled in me the work ethic and the ideal that you always finish what you start. My mom is a hard worker and has the ability to easily relate to other people. She taught me the people skills necessary to deal with people. I grew up believing family, friends and neighbors were the most important part of living the good life. My dad was union, my city was union, and I was union. I realized early that working together makes everyone secure I taught and lived in both rural and urban communities for over forty years. My task as a teacher was to make my students problem solvers and excited about learning. I live in rural Wisconsin, spending most of my time gardening or in the political arena. I have two grown children and enjoy visits with them.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Communities need to have food, shelter, transportation, education, justice, and healthcare security. It is the job of elected officials to make sure that there is adequate funding and staffing to provide these basic securites to everyone. All members of the community must have soical and economic justice. The Amecian Dream with its inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness must be available to all.
• Money and the desire for power should not control our elected officials. Money needs to remove from the political process and negaive campaigning needs to stop. We all have the same desire to succeed and provide for our families. Republicans and Democrats want everyone's needs to be met and to make our communities a great place to live and raise our children. We need to return to civility in the political arena. There should be civil debates and discussions of our differences. We need to work together to make sure our government officials work for and serve the communities they represent.
• Individuals should control their own health care. We need to make sure insurance companies and government do not make health care for us. Abortion is health care and should not be restricted by government. The government should not tell us to have an abortion nor should they tell not to have one. I'm pro-choice for health care.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I'm very pro-public education. We need to make sure our public schools are adequately funded. The education a student should not depend on their zip code. We need a system to fund our public schools that doesn't depend on property taxes. We also need to let teachers have some input into the process of teaching. Some of the best curricula out there were developed by teachers. The state funding of our public universities should also be increased. When I went to college, the State picked up over 60% of the cost of my education. The current funding level from the State is 19%. We need to increase the State funding of our university systems if we are to attract the best and brightest to our universities. We also need to do this to make sure we stay economically competitive. I'm very pro-environment. We need to make sure we protect our ability to live on this Earth. Money and power should not drive our policies towards making the planet habitable. There is no planet B.

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Current members of the Wisconsin State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Mary Felzkowski

Majority Leader:Devin LeMahieu

Minority Leader:Dianne Hesselbein

Senators

District 1

André Jacque (R)

District 2

Eric Wimberger (R)

District 3

Tim Carpenter (D)

District 4

Dora Drake (D)

District 5

Rob Hutton (R)

District 6

LaTonya Johnson (D)

District 7

Chris Larson (D)

District 8

Jodi Sinykin (D)

District 9

Devin LeMahieu (R)

District 10

Rob Stafsholt (R)

District 11

Stephen Nass (R)

District 12

Mary Felzkowski (R)

District 13

John Jagler (R)

District 14

Sarah Keyeski (D)

District 15

Mark Spreitzer (D)

District 16

Melissa Ratcliff (D)

District 17

Howard Marklein (R)

District 18

Kristin Alfheim (D)

District 19

Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R)

District 20

Dan Feyen (R)

District 21

Van Wanggaard (R)

District 22

Robert Wirch (D)

District 23

Jesse James (R)

District 24

Patrick Testin (R)

District 25

Romaine Quinn (R)

District 26

Kelda Roys (D)

District 27

Dianne Hesselbein (D)

District 28

Julian Bradley (R)

District 29

Cory Tomczyk (R)

District 30

Jamie Wall (D)

District 31

Jeff Smith (D)

District 32

Brad Pfaff (D)

District 33

Chris Kapenga (R)

Republican Party (18)

Democratic Party (15)