Fall 2004 General Election
Endorsements
With the state's Republican leadership promising to bring to a second vote a constitutional
amendment to ban same-sex marriage, a candidate's stance on the amendment has taken center stage in HRL-PAC's endorsement
process. All candidates listed on this page have either voted against the amendment as an incumbent or have indicated
plans to oppose the amendment when it likely re-appears in Spring of 2005.
The proposed amendment is an effort to write discrimination into our state's constitution
for the first time. It is written so broadly that it may ban not only same-sex marriage, but any legal contract
that serves a similar purpose. Thus, civil unions, domestic partnerships and possibly even legal contracts between two
same-sex partners could also become illegal.
Our first major step to defeating this divisive measure is to defeat candidates who support
the amendment and to support candidates who will stand up for equality. Below we provide a list of candidates who we
believe will fight the amendment for the betterment of our state. Please support these candidates! HRL-PAC has
made a direct financial contribution to candidates marked with ($$).
To determine your senate and assembly districts, visit here.
State Senate
District 2 (Green Bay) - Roy Leyendecker (L)
District 4 (Milwaukee) - Lena Taylor (D) $$
District 6 (Milwaukee) - Spencer Coggs (D)
District 8 (Milwaukee) - Jennifer Morales (D) $$
District 16 (Monona) - Mark Miller (D)
District 22 (Pleasant Prairie) - Robert Wirch (D)
District 24 (Stevens Point) - Julie Lassa (D)
District 26 (Madison) - Fred Risser (D)
District 28 (New Berlin) - Brian Barnstable (D)
District 32 (Onalaska) - Brad Pfaff (D)
State Assembly
District 4 (Green Bay) - Tracey Vandeveer (D)
District 8 (Milwaukee) - Pedro Colon (D)
District 9 (Milwaukee) - Josh Zepnick (D)
District 11 (Milwaukee) - Jason Fields (D)
District 12 (Milwaukee) - Fred Kessler (D)
District 16 (Milwaukee) - Leon Young (D)
District 17 (Milwaukee) - Barbara Toles (D) $$
District 18 (Milwaukee) - Tamara Grigsby (D)
District 19 (Milwaukee) - Jon Richards (D)
District 20 (Milwaukee) - Christine Sinicki (D) $$
District 22 (Milwaukee) - Sheldon Wasserman
District 29 (Menomonie) - Jay Plouff (D)
District 33 (Delafield) - Patrick Byrne (D)
District 40 (New London) - Cornelius Van Handel (D)
District 42 (Portage) - Tim Henney (D) $$
District 45 (Beloit) - Chuck Benedict (D) $$
District 46 (Sun Prairie) - Gary Hebl (D) $$
District 48 (Madison) - Joe Parisi (D)
District 49 (Platteville) - Arlene Siss (D) $$
District 54 (Oshkosh) - Gregg Underheim (R)
District 61 (Racine) - Robert Turner (D)
District 62 (Racine) - John Lehman (D)
District 64 (Kenosha) - Jim Kreuser (D)
District 70 (Milladore) - Amy Sue Vruwink (D)
District 72 (Grand Rapids) - Marlin Schneider (D)
District 73 (Superior) - Frank Boyle (D)
District 74 (Port Wing) - Gary Sherman (D)
District 76 (Madison) - Terese Berceau (D)
District 77 (Madison) - Spencer Black (D)
District 78 (Madison) - Mark Pocan (D)
District 79 (Madison) - Sondy Pope-Roberts (D) $$
District 80 (New Glarus) - Gof Thomson (D)
District 81 (Waunakee) - Dave Travis (D)
District 95 (La Crosse) - Jennifer Shilling (D)
District 96 (Viroqua) - Gail Frie (D)
