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2023 spring general Elections - april 4

IF YOU DO NOT VOTE YOU ARE A LOSER

The spring general elections will be held on April 4.  We are only providing endorsements for contested elections, that we have researched, in Ozaukee County   Updates and additions will be added as we progress with our research.  Go to MyVote Wisconsin to see what is on your ballot by entering your residential address. 


There is NO excuse for not voting. You have 3 options:

  1. Vote the day of April 4th
  2. Vote absentee by mail.  CLICK HERE for information.
  3. Vote absentee in-person - CLICK HERE for information


To eliminate the chance of not casting your vote consider early voting options 2 or 3.  


ONLY CONTESTED elections reviewed  below. 


Candidate Ratings:


(E) Endorsed

(N) Neutral

(X) Do not support 

* Incumbent 

Three Referenda on Ballot - WI Constitutional Amendments

IMPORTANT: Questions 1 and 2 are “binding” referenda, meaning if they pass, the state constitution will be amended to include language as reflected in the questions. The third question is strictly advisory, meaning if the “yes” votes outnumber the “no” votes, nothing changes in our law but state legislature put this question to the voters to get a sense of what citizens think about this issue. 


Vote YES for all three questions:


(E) Question 1 - State of Wisconsin Conditions of Release Before Conviction Referendum 

“Conditions of release before conviction. Shall section 8 (2) of article I of the constitution be amended to allow a court to impose on an accused person being released before conviction conditions that are designed to protect the community from serious harm?”

Explanation - This is about whether or not a judge can consider “serious harm” (public safety) when setting conditions of bail. Under current law, judges can only consider conditions that prevent the risk of death or potentially life-threatening injury. For example, a pedophile awaiting trial currently can’t be prevented from going to a playground as a condition of bail, because that condition (banning the pedophile from playgrounds) isn’t really necessary to prevent a risk of injury potentially resulting in death. It would just be preventing sexual assault.


(E) Question 2 - State of Wisconsin Cash Bail Before Conviction Referendum

“Cash bail before conviction. Shall section 8 (2) of article I of the constitution be amended to allow a court to impose cash bail on a person accused of a violent crime based on the totality of the circumstances, including the accused’s previous convictions for a violent crime, the probability that the accused will fail to appear, the need to protect the community from serious harm and prevent witness intimidation, and potential affirmative defenses?”

Explanation - This deals with whether a judge can consider the “totality of the circumstances” when setting cash bail for violent crimes. Currently in Wisconsin a judge is limited to a single factor (flight risk) when setting cash bail. This question allows a judge to look at additional factors (past criminal convictions, serious harm, etc.) when setting cash bail for violent crimes.


(E) Question 3 - State of Wisconsin Welfare Benefits Referendum - Question 3 

"Shall able-bodied, childless adults be required to look for work in order to receive taxpayer-funded welfare benefits?”


Information from Wisconsin Family Action.

State Elections

Wisconsin State Senator District 8 Race - WI Senate District 8 Map.

  • Dan Knodl (E)
  • Jodi Habush Sinykin (X)

Wisconsin Supreme Court (Vote for 1) THIS IS A LIFE OR DEATH RACE

  • Janet Protasiewicz (X)
  • Daniel Kelly (E)

Municipal Elections

 City of Mequon Alderman - District 2 (Vote for 1)

  • Kelly Tollocko (E)
  • Jan Druetler Katz (X)


City of Mequon Alderman - District 5 (Vote for 1)

  • Mark Gierl* (E)
  • Gregg Bach (X)

Gierl is the definition of constitutional conservative who has fought hard to protect right and freedoms.  Bach is part of the education establishment.  


Village of Thiensville Trustee (Vote for 2)

  • Jennifer Abraham* (E)
  • Douglas Chimenti (E)
  • Jesse Daily (N)
  • Rebecca Holyoke Odeja (X)     


City of Cedarburg Alderman - District 2 (Vote for 1)

  • Jim Fitzpatrick (E)
  • Michael Maher (X)


Village of Grafton - Village President (Vote for 1)

  • Dan Delorit (E)
  • Lisa Uribe Harbeck (X)

Harbeck announced she was pulling out of the race however her name will still appear on the ballot.  We need to make sure Delorit is elected who a solid common sense conservative. 

School Board Elections

Mequon/Thiensville Board of Education (Vote for 2)

  • Megan Heinzelman (E)
  • Sergey Babakhanov (E)
  • Kate Barikmo (X)
  • Wendy Francour* (X)

Both Heinzelman and Babakhanov posses strong conservative values, which is much needed on the Mequon/Thiensville Board of Education. 


Cedarburg School Board (Vote for 2)

  • Corey Kubichka (E)
  • Scott Sidney (E)
  • Kate Erickson (X)
  • Connie Kincaide (X)

Erickson and Kincaide are joined at the hip and endorsed by the Democratic party.  Both of their ideologies are way "left" although they want you to believe they are not. 


Grafton Board of Education (Vote for 3)

  • Steve Nauta* (N)
  • Carrie Walls* (N)
  • Robert Mallon (N)
  • Joe Bichler (N)

Originally we only endorsed Nauta and Walls but after further discussions we believe any of the four candidates would be good for the school district which is why we are neutral with our endorsement.   


Port Washington Board of Education - Village of Saukville (Vote for 1)

  • Dawn Brooks (E)
  • Sarah McCutcheon* (X) 


Port Washington Board of Education - City of Port Washington (Vote for 1)

  • Richard Sternhagen (E) 
  • Kierstin Cira (X) 


Port Washington Board of Education - Town of Port Washington (Vote for 1)

  • Melissa Alexander (E)  
  • Justin Myers (X)

2023 spring Primary Elections - Febraury 21

The spring primary elections will be held on February 21.  Primary elections are required to narrow the field down to (2) two candidates per open seat for the general election.  The spring general election is April 4.  Please go to MyVote Wisconsin to see what is on your ballot by entering your residential address. 


(E) Endorsed

(S) Support 

* Incumbent 


February 21 Primary Races - Endorsements Below

  • Wisconsin Supreme Court
  • Wisconsin Senate
  • Village of Thiensville
  • City of Cedarburg - District 2
  • Port Washington/Saukville School Board - City of Port Washington


Wisconsin State Senator District 8 Race - For this race you need to make a party choice on the ballot and then only vote for one candidate within the party you chose.  WI Senate District 8 Map.

  • Janel Brandtjen (E) 
  • Van Mobley (E)  
  • Dan Knodl (E)
  • Jodi Habush Sinykin


Wisconsin Supreme Court (Vote for 1)

  • Janet Protasiewicz
  • Daniel Kelly (E)
  • Everett Mitchell
  • Jennifer Dorow (E)


Village of Thiensville Trustee (Vote for 2)

  • Jesse Daily
  • Jennifer Abraham* (S)
  • Douglas Chimenti (S)
  • Linda Unkefer (S)
  • John Kukla (S)
  • Rebecca Holyoke Odeja      


City of Cedarburg Alderman - District 2 (Vote for 1)

  • Jim Fitzpatrick - 148 Votes
  • David Irish (E) - 85 Votes
  • Michael Maher - 154 Votes


* Fitzpatrick and Maher advance to April 4 general election


Port Washington/Saukville School Board - Port Washington (Vote 1)

  • Rick Sternhagen* (E) - 1,159 votes
  • Douglas Roghan - 483 votes
  • Kierstin Cira* - 1,521 votes


* Sternhagen and Cira advance to April 4 general election

2022 general election - november 8

It probably goes without saying but there are no Democratic candidates that POZ would consider constitutional conservatives in the 2022 general election so vote for the names with an (R) next to it.  Below are the candidates endorsed by POZ. You can preview your ballot by going to What's On My Ballot.


Governor/LT Governor

  • Tim Michels/Roger Roth (R)

Note: Although Joan Ellis Beglinger is a constitutional conservative she has withdrawn from the race and has endorsed Tim Michels. If you were supporting Joan please vote for Michels in this election. 


Attorney General

  • Eric Toney (R)


Secretary of State

  • Amy Lynn Loudenbeck (R)


State Treasurer

  • John Leiber (R)


Representative US Congress 6th District

  • Glenn Grothman (R)


Representative WI State Assembly

  • Purnima Nath (R) - 23rd District
  • Dan Knodl (R) - 24th District


Ozaukee County Sherriff

  • Christy Knowles (R)

        

2022 Partisan Primary - August 9

POZ is not going to recommend any candidates in the 2022 Partisan Primary held on August 9.  After the primary it will be critical that we unit to prevent and eliminate as many anti constitutional conservatives from our government.       

2022 april Elections - april 5th

As we do our research for all the races in Ozaukee County, we will be updating this page.  If you do not see the race you are interested in, please check back.


IMPORTANT - Go to My Vote WI - What's On My Ballot and enter you address to see what and who will be on your ballot before you search below for POZ's endorsements.   


At this time these are the races for which we have endorsements:


Ozaukee County

  • Court of Appeals - District 2
  • Ozaukee County Board


School Boards

  • Cedarburg School District
  • Mequon-Thiensville School District
  • Port Washington Saukville School District
  • Northern Ozaukee School District


Municipalities

  • City of Mequon
  • City of Cedarburg
  • Village of Grafton
  • Village of Thiensville 
  • Village of Saukville

court of appeals - district 2

The Court of Appeals is composed of 16 judges from four districts. The judges are elected to six-year terms in district-wide, non-partisan April elections. Ozaukee County is in the 2nd District Court of Appeals.  There are four judges that represent the 2nd District.   Judge Lori S. Kornblum (Evers appointee)  is up for re-election and running against Waukesha Circuit Court Judge Maria Lazar.


POZ endorses Judge Maria Lazar who will issue decisions based upon precedent and principle, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights not upon activism or personal bias.


* Endorsed by POZ 

(I) Incumbent  


Vote For One

  • Lori Kornblum (I)
  • (X) Maria S. Lazar*

Ozaukee County Board

  • There are 26 districts in Ozaukee County each represented by a County Supervisor.   Some of the districts has uncontested races.


FIND YOUR DISTRICT


Click on a district below to see a specific district in more detail.

 

* Endorsed by POZ if the race is contested.

WRITE-IN - This indicates there will be no names on the ballot so a name must be written-in.    

(I) Incumbent  


DISTRICT 1 (Belgium)

  • (X) Thomas Winker* (I) 
  • Joseph Wyker 


DISTRICT 2 (Fredonia)

  • (X) Joshua Haas* (I) (X)


DISTRICT 3 (Saukville)

  • (X) Barbara Job* (I)


DISTRICT 4 (Port Washington)

  • (X) Lee Schlenvogt* (I)


DISTRICT 5 (Saukville)

  • (X) Donald Clark* (I)


DISTRICT 6 (Port Washington)

  • (X) Richard Nelson* (I)

 

DISTRICT 7 (Port Washington)

  • (X) Anthony Matera*
  • Peter Vander Veldon 


DISTRICT 8 (Port Washington)

  • (X) Dave Larson* (I)


DISTRICT 9 (Grafton)

  • (X) Tom Grabow* (I)


DISTRICT 10 (Grafton)

  •  (X) Paul Melotik* (I)

 

DISTRICT 11 (Cedarburg)

  • (X) Marty Wolf* (I) 


DISTRICT 12 (Grafton)

  • (X) Tom Richart* (I) - WRITE-IN


DISTRICT 13 (Grafton)

  • (X) John G. Hagen* - WRITE-IN


DISTRCIT 14 (Grafton)

  • (X) Scott Rishel* (I) 
  • Sarah McCraw


DISTRICT 15 (Grafton/Cedarburg)

  • (X) Tim Maguire*


DISTRICT 16 (Cedarburg)

  • (X) Shannon Whitworth* (I)
  • Connie Kincaide


DISTRICT 17 (Cedarburg)

  • (X) David Irish* (I)


DISTRICT 18 (Cedarburg)

  • (X) Eric Stelter* (I)


DISTRICT 19 (Mequon)

  • Daniel Eastman*
  • (X) Bruce Ross (I)


DISTRICT 20 (Mequon)

  • (X) Michelle Godden* (I)
  • Nicholas Lemus


DISTRICT 21 (Mequon)

  • (X) Justin Strom (I)
  • Robert Walerstein


DISTRICT 22 (Thiensville)

  • (X) Robert Holyoke (I)


DISTRICT 23 (Mequon)

  • (X) Kurt Schoessow* - WRITE-IN 


DISTRICT 24 (Mequon) 

  • (X) Jim Krane* - WRITE-IN


DISTRICT 25 (Mequon)

  • Catherine Frohman* (I)
  • (X) Anne Watts


DISTRICT 26 (Mequon)

  • Andrew Kramer
  • (X) Patrick Foy*

cedarburg school board

After the February 15 primary Mike Maher was eliminated from the race. There are now 8 candidates running for the 4 open seats.            


* Endorsed by POZ   

(I) Incumbent 

(X) Won the election

 

#VoteTheTopFour


Vote For Not More Than Four: 

  • Jen Calzada* 
  • (X) Elizabeth Charland* 
  • (X) Laura Stroebel* 
  • (X) Rick Leach* 
  • Jamie Maier 
  • (X) Hani A. Malek 
  • Ryan Hammetter 
  • Kate Erickson             


Results from the February 15 primary:    

  • Laura Strobel - 2,207 votes  
  • Rick Leach - 2,204 votes  
  • Hani Malek - 1,988 votes  
  • Elizabeth Charland - 1,964 votes  
  • Ryan Hammetter - 1,871 votes  
  • Kate Erickson - 1,681  
  • Jamie Maier - 1,336  
  • Jennifer Calzada - 1,330  
  • Mike Maher - 1,321 (eliminated from the race during primary)

mequon-thiensville Board of education

After the February 15 primary Maria Douglas was eliminated from the race. There are now 4 candidates running for the 2 open seats.              


* Endorsed by POZ  

(I) Incumbent 


Vote For Not More Than Two:

  • (X) Paul Buzzell
  • Scarlett Johnson* 
  • Jill Chromy*
  • (X) Jason Levash 

             

Results from the February 15 primary:    

  • Paul Buzzell 2,674
  • Jason Levash 1,952  
  • Scarlett Johnson 1,936  
  • Jill Chromy 1,766
  • Maria Douglas 1,403 (eliminated from the race during primary )

Port Washington - Saukville school Board

There will be two Port Washington-Saukville School Board races on the April ballot. One of those races is for two seats representing the City of Port Washington. The other race is for the At Large Seat which can be held by a person who lives anywhere in the district.


* Endorsed by POZ 

(I) Incumbent 


Vote For Two:

  • Johnny Lanser*
  • (X) Karen Krainz 
  • (X) Brian Stevens * (I)


Member at Large - Vote For One:

  • Richard Sternhagen*
  • (X) Yvonne Klotz (I) 

northern ozaukee school Board

There is three seats up for election for the Northern Ozaukee School Board.  One seat each for the Town of Fredonia, Town of Belgium and Town of Saukville.   The only seat that is contested is the Town of Fredonia.


* Endorsed by POZ 

(I) Incumbent 


Town of Fredonia - Vote For One:

  • (X) Suzanne Miller (I)
  • Jason Stielow *


Town of Belgium - Vote For One:

  • (X) Dan Large* (I)


Town of Saukville - Vote For One:

  • (X) Rick Hamm* (I)

City of mequon - Common council

The mayor and two alderman seats in districts one (1) and four (4) are up for reelection on April 5.  You must live in those districts in order to vote for those two seats.  Mayor John Wirth has decided to not run for reelection.  Mayoral candidate Andrew Nerbun is running unopposed along with the two incumbent aldermanic candidates.   


* Endorsed by POZ 

(I) Incumbent 


Mequon Mayor - Vote For One:

  •  (X) Andrew J. Nerbun


Alderman District 1 - Vote For One:

  • (X) Rob Strzelczyk (I)


Alderman District 4 - Vote for One:

  • (X) Jeffrey Hansher (I)

City of cedarburg - Common council

There are four alderman seats up for election in districts 1, 3, 5 and 7.  Three of the incumbents  are running for reelection.  All are running unopposed.  


* Endorsed by POZ 

(I) Incumbent 


Alderman District 1 - Vote For One:

  • (X) Sherry Bublitz (I)


Alderman District 3 - Vote for One:

  • (X) Kristin Burkart (I)


Alderman District 5 - Vote for One:

  • (X) Robert Simpson (I)


Alderman District 7 - Vote for One:

  • (X) Angus Forbes

village of grafton - Village Board

There are three Trustee seats up for the April 5 election.  All thee incumbents are running for re-election unopposed.  


* Endorsed by POZ 

(I) Incumbent 


Vote For Not More Than Three:

  • (X) Dan Delorit* (I) 
  • (X) Lisa Uribe Harbeck (I)
  • (X) Amy Luft* (I)


village of thiensville - Board of Trustees

There are two Board of Trustees seats up for the April 5 election.  Both incumbents are running for re-election with a third person interested in serving on the Board.  At this time POZ endorses ALL three candidates.  


* Endorsed by POZ 

(I) Incumbent 


Vote For Not More Than Two:

  • Douglas Chimenti*
  • (X) David Lange* (I)
  • (X) Kristina Eckert* (I) 

*village of saukville - Board of Trustees

There are three seats on the Village Board up for the April 5 election.  Three incumbents are running for re-election with a fourth person interested in serving on the Board.  At this time (3/27/2022) POZ does not have any endorsements.  


* Endorsed by POZ 

(I) Incumbent 


Vote For Not More Than Three:

  • (X) Jim Nowlen (I)
  • (X) Trevor Seitz (I)
  • Keith Dickmann 
  • (X) Scott Fischer (I)


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