2020 Spring Election Union Endorsements
On April 7, 2020, hundreds of local and municipal seats, many important referendums, and a statewide seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court are up for election. The Wisconsin AFL-CIO has endorsed Judge Jill Karofsky for Wisconsin Supreme Court. Local labor councils have made endorsements around the state.
View our list of union-approved candidates on the ballot this spring below.
Spring Elections are a vital building block to restoring worker power in Wisconsin. Vote Tuesday, April 7, and help us elect union-approved candidates up and down the ballot.
For information on absentee and in-person early voting download the Wisconsin AFL-CIO Early Voter Guide at wisaflcio.org/voter-guide.
To join in our voter outreach efforts, visit wisaflcio.org/mobilize.
*indicates candidate is a union member
| Office | District | Candidate | |
| Wisconsin Supreme Court | Statewide | Jill | Karofsky |
| Milwaukee Public School Referendum | City of Milwaukee Referendum | Support | |
| Mayor | City of Milwaukee | Tom | Barrett |
| City Attorney | City of Milwaukee | Tearman | Spencer |
| City Treasurer | City of Milwaukee | Spencer | Coggs |
| Milwaukee Alderperson | 2 | Chevy | Johnson |
| Milwaukee Alderperson | 3 | Nik | Kovac |
| Milwaukee Alderperson | 4 | Bob | Bauman |
| Milwaukee Alderperson | 5 | Nikiya | Dodd |
| Milwaukee Alderperson | 8 | Justin | Bielinski |
| Milwaukee Alderperson | 10 | Michael | Murphy |
| Milwaukee Alderperson | 11 | Peter | Burgelis |
| Milwaukee Alderperson | 13 | Scott | Spiker |
| Milwaukee Alderperson | 14 | Marina | Dimitrijevic |
| Milwaukee County Executive | Chris | Larson | |
| Milwaukee County Board | 1 | Liz | Sumner |
| Milwaukee County Board | 2 | Sequanna | Taylor |
| Milwaukee County Board | 4 | Ryan | Clancy |
| Milwaukee County Board | 5 | Marcelia | Nicholson |
| Milwaukee County Board | 6 | Shawn | Rolland |
| Milwaukee County Board | 7 | Felesia | Martin |
| Milwaukee County Board | 8 | Steven | Shea |
| Milwaukee County Board | 10 | Supreme | Moore Omokunde |
| Milwaukee County Board | 11 | Andrew | Moriarity |
| Milwaukee County Board | 12 | Sylvia | Ortiz-Velez |
| Milwaukee County Board | 13 | Willie | Johnson |
| Milwaukee County Board | 14 | Jason | Haas |
| Milwaukee County Board | 16 | John | Weishan |
| Wauwatosa Mayor | Dennis | McBride | |
| Circuit Court | Branch 29 | Rebecca | Keifer |
| Circuit Court | Branch 5 | Brett | Bloom |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 1 | Elizabeth | Doyle |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 2 | Heidi M. | Wegleitner* |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 3 | Analiese | Eicher |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 4 | Richard | Kilmer |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 5 | Elena | Haasl |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 6 | Yogesh | Chawla |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 7 | Matt | Veldran |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 8 | Carousel Andrea | Bayrd |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 9 | Alex | Joers |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 10 | Jeremy | Levin |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 12 | Paul | Rusk |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 13 | Chuck | Erickson |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 14 | Anthony | Gray |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 15 | Steven | Peters |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 16 | Blaire | Adkins |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 17 | Kristen | Audet |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 18 | Michele | Ritt* |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 19 | Teran | Peterson |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 20 | Julie | Schwellenbach |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 21 | Andrew | Schauer |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 22 | Maureen | McCarville |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 23 | Shelia | Stubbs |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 24 | Sarah | Smith |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 25 | Tim | Kiefer |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 26 | Holly | Hatcher* |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 27 | Dorothy | Krause |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 28 | Michele | Doolan |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 30 | Patrick | Downing |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 31 | Jerry | Bollig* |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 31 | Todd | Kluever* |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 32 | Mike | Bare* |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 33 | Ann | DeGarmo |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 34 | Patrick | Miles |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 35 | Carl T. | Chenoweth |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 36 | Melissa | Ratcliff |
| Dane County Board of Supervisors | 37 | Kate | McGinnity |
| Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education | 2 | Savion | Castro* |
| Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education | 7 | Nicki | Vander Meulen |
| Village of Cottage Grove | Melissa | Ratcliff | |
| Fitchburg City Council | District 1 Seat 2 | Joe | Maldonado* |
| Fitchburg City Council | District 2 Seat 4 | Dan | Bahr |
| Fitchburg City Council | District 2 Seat 4 | Gabrielle | Gerhardt |
| Fitchburg City Council | District 4 Seat 8 | Randy | Udell* |
| McFarland Trustee | Carolyn | Clow | |
| McFarland Trustee | Justin | Rupert* | |
| Middleton Mayor | Kurt | Paulson | |
| Middleton City Council | 4 | Emily | Kuhn |
| Middleton-Cross Plains School Board | Area IV | Annette | Ashley |
| Middleton-Cross Plains School Board | Area IV | Paul | Kinne |
| Monona City Council | Molly | Grupe* | |
| Monona Grove School Board | At Large | Susan | Fox* |
| Monona Grove School Board | At Large | Loreen | Gage* |
| Monona Grove School Board | At Large | Elizabeth | Cook |
| Oregon Village Board Trustee | Jerry | Bolling | |
| Oregon Village Board Trustee | Amanda | Peterson | |
| Stoughton City Council | 2 | Lisa | Reeves |
| Stoughton City Council | 4 | Ben | Heili |
| Stoughton School Board | Timothy | Bubon | |
| Stoughton School Board | Steve | Jackson | |
| Sun Prairie City Council | 1 | Steve | Stocker |
| Sun Prairie City Council | 2 | Brent | Eisberner* |
| Sun Prairie City Council | 3 | Maureen | Crombie |
| Sun Prairie City Council | 4 | David | Virgill |
| Sun Prairie School Board | Carol | Albright | |
| Verona Mayor | Luke | Diaz | |
| Verona City Council | 1 | Chad | Kemp |
| Verona City Council | 2 | Katie | Kohl |
| Verona City Council | 3 | Kate | Cronin* |
| Verona City Council | 4 | Evan | Touchett |
| Verona School Board | Christina | Navarro-Heffner | |
| Waunakee School Board | Joel | Lewis* | |
| Columbia County Board | 3 | Tom | Borgkvist |
| Columbia County Board | 14 | Sue | Bradley |
| Columbia County Board | 15 | Mark | Sleger |
| Columbia County Board | 20 | Tim | Zander |
| Columbia County Board | 21 | Henry A. | St Maurice |
| Columbia County Board | 27 | Nancy M. | Long |
| Columbus School Referendum | Referendum | Support | |
| Dodge County Board | 3 | Mary J | Bobholz |
| Dodge County Board | 7 | Richard | Bennett |
| Dodge County Board | 14 | Rob | Boelk* |
| Dodge County Board | 24 | Dennis | Schmidt |
| Dodge County Board | 25 | Bill | Hoekstra |
| Dodge County Board | 29 | Daniel | Hilbert |
| Dodge County Board | 31 | Scott | Petrack |
| Dodge County Board | 32 | Lisa | Derr |
| Beaver Dam City Council | Ward 6 | Ken | Anderson |
| Beaver Dam City Council | Ward 14 | Mike | Wissel |
| Mayville Mayor | Rob | Boelk* | |
| Waupun Mayor | Jay | Graff* | |
| Green County Board | 11 | Alex | Lonien |
| Green County Board | 14 | Sue | Nelson |
| Green County Board | 15 | Nick | Hartwig |
| Green County Board | 16 | Lori | Stern |
| Green County Board | 20 | John | Bernstein |
| Green County Board | 24 | Erica | Roth |
| Green County Board | 30 | Dawn Marie | Sass |
| Jefferson County Board | 1 | Richard C. | Jones |
| Jefferson County Board | 2 | Mike | Kelly |
| Jefferson County Board | 6 | Dan | Herbst |
| Jefferson County Board | 8 | Michael | Wineke |
| Jefferson County Board | 9 | Amy | Rinard |
| Jefferson County Board | 10 | Lloyd | Zastrow |
| Jefferson County Board | 11 | Jeff | Johns |
| Jefferson County Board | 14 | Kirk | Lund |
| Jefferson County Board | 15 | Steven J. | Nass |
| Jefferson County Board | 16 | Laura | Payne |
| Jefferson County Board | 18 | Brandon | White |
| Jefferson County Board | 19 | Dave | Drayna |
| Jefferson County Board | 26 | Joan | Fitzgerald |
| Jefferson County Board | 27 | Conor | Nelan |
| Jefferson County Board | 29 | Mary K. | Roberts |
| Jefferson County Board | 30 | Walt | Christensen |
| Cambridge School Board | Courtney | Reed Jenkins | |
| Lake Mills School Board | Melissa | Roglitz-Walker* | |
| Palmyra-Eagle School Board | Tara | Leroy | |
| Palmyra-Eagle School Board | Zachary | Rutkowski | |
| Whitewater School Board | Thayer | Coburn | |
| Lafayette County Board | 8 | Kriss | Marion |
| New Holstein City Council | District 2 Ward 3 | Rich | Snelson* |
| Manitowoc County Board | 1 | Mark | Linsmeier* |
| Montello School Board | Don | Lloyd* | |
| Marquette County Fair Maps Resolution | Referendum | Support | |
| Sauk County Board | 2 | Thomas | Kriegl |
| Sauk County Board | 3 | Lynn A. | Eberl |
| Sauk County Board | 4 | Patricia A. | Rego* |
| Sauk County Board | 5 | Bob | Newport |
| Sauk County Board | 6 | John S. | Dietz |
| Sauk County Board | 7 | Mark | Waldon |
| Sauk County Board | 11 | Glen T. | Johnson |
| Sauk County Board | 13 | Kristin | White Eagle |
| Sauk County Board | 14 | Shane P. | Gibson* |
| Sauk County Board | 15 | Peter J. | Vedro |
| Sauk County Board | 16 | John A. | Miller |
| Sauk County Board | 17 | Tim | Reppen |
| Sauk County Board | 18 | Robert F. | Nelson |
| Sauk County Board | 21 | Charles | Spencer |
| Sauk County Board | 22 | Jean E. | Berlin |
| Sauk County Board | 23 | Kevin | Lins |
| Sauk County Board | 24 | David A. | Riek |
| Sauk County Board | 25 | Sandy May | Cook |
| Sauk County Board | 27 | Scott K. | Alexander |
| Sauk County Board | 28 | William | Hambrecht |
| Sauk County Board | 29 | Paul | Hefty |
| Sauk County Board | 31 | Valerie | McAuliffe |
| Baraboo School Board | Tim | Heilman* | |
| Baraboo School Board | Paul | Kujak* | |
| Baraboo School Board | James | O'Neil | |
| Sauk Prairie School District Referendum | Referendum | Support | |
| Reedsburg School Board | Gary | Woolevar | |
| Reedsburg School Board | Nathan | Johnson | |
| Neenah School Board Referendum | Referendum | Support | |
| Outagamie County Board of Supervisors | 31 | Dennis | Clegg* |
| Outagamie County Board of Supervisors | 33 | Jim | Neuens* |
| Appleton School Board | Kristine | Sauter* | |
| Menasha City Council | 4 | Lindsey | Klumpp |
| Barron County Board | 4 | Randal | Braun* |
| Barron County Board | 27 | Dan | Hopkins* |
| Chippewa County Board | 6 | Don | Hauser* |
| Chippewa County Board | 12 | Kari | Ives* |
| Dunn County Board | 5 | Gary | Stene* |
| Dunn County Board | 15 | Donald | Kuether |
| Dunn County Board | 22 | Sarah | Kennedy* |
| Dunn County Board | 23 | James | Tripp* |
| Eau Claire County Board | 2 | Sandra | McKinney |
| Eau Claire County Board | 3 | Joe | Knight |
| Eau Claire County Board | 6 | Bert | Moritz |
| Eau Claire County Board | 8 | Kevin | Stelljes |
| Eau Claire County Board | 9 | Donald | Mowry* |
| Eau Claire County Board | 10 | Nancy | Coffey* |
| Eau Claire County Board | 14 | Judy | Gatlin* |
| Eau Claire County Board | 15 | Nick | Smiar* |
| Eau Claire County Board | 18 | James | Dunning* |
| Eau Claire County Board | 22 | Katherine | Schneider |
| Eau Claire County Board | 23 | Robin | Leary* |
| Eau Claire County Board | 24 | Heather | DeLuka* |
| Eau Claire County Board | 25 | Melissa | Janssen |
| Eau Claire County Board | 27 | Zoe | Roberts |
| Eau Claire County Board | 29 | Missy | Christopherson |
| Polk County Board | 1 | Michael | Noreen* |
| Polk County Board | 6 | Mike | Miles* |
| Saint Croix County Board | 4 | Cathy | Leaf |
| Saint Croix County Board | 5 | Tim | Caruso* |
| Saint Croix County Board | 7 | Andrew | Hassan* |
| Saint Croix County Board | 12 | Daniel | Hansen* |
| Altoona School Board | Taylor | Neff | |
| Colfax School Board | Gary | Stene* | |
| Eau Claire School Board | Lori | Bica | |
| Eau Claire School Board | Joshua | Clements | |
| Menomonie School Board | Daniel | Paulson* | |
| Menomonie School Board | Amy | Riddle-Swanson* | |
| River Falls School Board | Bob | Casey | |
| River Falls School Board | Stacy | Johnson Myers | |
| River Falls School Board | Patsy | Werwie | |
| Colfax Village Board | Gary | Stene* | |
| Eau Claire City Council | Mai | Xiong | |
| Hammond Village Board | Chris | Buckel* | |
| Hudson Mayor | Joyce | Hall* | |
| Mondovi Mayor | Brady | Weiss* | |
| Saint Croix Redistricting Referendum | Referendum | Support | |
| Chippewa Valley Technical College Referendum | Referendum | Support Increased Funding | |
| Baldwin-Woodville School Referendum | Referendum | Support Increased Funding | |
| Elk Mound School Referendum | Referendum | Support Increased Funding | |
| Luck School Referendum | Referendum | Support Increased Funding | |
| Saint Croix Falls School Referendum | Referendum | Support Increased Funding | |
| Brown County Board | 2 | Tom | DeWane* |
| Brown County Board | 3 | Amanda K. | Chu |
| Brown County Board | 6 | Kathy | Lefebvre |
| Brown County Board | 7 | Tom | Friberg |
| Brown County Board | 13 | Matthew | Jacobs* |
| Brown County Board | 19 | Cassandra | Erickson |
| Brown County Board | 21 | Susan | Loberger |
| Brown County Board | 24 | Richard | Schadewald |
| Green Bay Alderperson | 2 | Tom | DeWane* |
| Green Bay Alderperson | 3 | Lynn | Gerlach |
| Green Bay Alderperson | 6 | Kathy | Lefebvre |
| Green Bay Alderperson | 7 | Randy | Scannell |
| Green Bay School Board | Laura | McCoy | |
| Green Bay School Board | Dawn | Smith | |
| De Pere City Council | 1 | Randy | Soquet |
| Marathon County Board | 2 | Jennifer | Bizzoto |
| Marathon County Board | 3 | William | Harris |
| Marathon County Board | 6 | Jeff | Johnson* |
| Marathon County Board | 33 | Tim | Buttke |
| Marathon County Board | 35 | William | Litzer* |
| Marathon County Board | 38 | Jonathan | Fisher |
| Wausau City Council | 2 | Tiffany | Rodriguez-Lee |
| Wausau City Council | 3 | Tom | Kilian |
| Wausau City Council | 5 | Joel | Lewis* |
| Wausau City Council | 7 | Tracy | Wheatley |
| Wausau City Council | 8 | Sarah | Watson* |
| Wausau City Council | 10 | Lou | Larson |
| Wausau School Board | At-Large | Lance | Trollop |
| Wausau School Board | At-Large | Ka | Lo |
| Lincoln County Board | 6 | Norbert | Ashbeck |
| Marinette County Board of Supervisors | 17 | Thomas E. | Mandli |
| Marinette County Board of Supervisors | 28 | Andrea | Rich |
| Marinette City Council | 3 | John | Marx |
| Marinette City Council | 8 | Jason | Flatt |
| Juneau County Board | 10 | James | Parrett* |
| La Crosse County Board | 1 | Andrea | Richmond* |
| La Crosse County Board | 2 | Coey | Oliver |
| La Crosse County Board | 4 | Maureen | Freedland |
| La Crosse County Board | 7 | Sharon | Hampson* |
| La Crosse County Board | 12 | Randy | Erickson |
| La Crosse County Board | 13 | Tina | Tryggestad* |
| La Crosse County Board | 15 | Monica | Kruse* |
| La Crosse County Board | 16 | Eric | Wojta* |
| La Crosse County Board | 24 | Michael | White |
| La Crosse County Board | 25 | Kevin | Hennessey* |
| Monroe County Board | 7 | Mary | Von Ruden* |
| Mauston City Council | 4 | Vicki | Wards* |
| Sparta City Council | 3 | Mary | Von Ruden* |
| Sheboygan County Board of Supervisors | 10 | Curt | Brauer* |
| Sheboygan County Board of Supervisors | 20 | Michael C | Zimmerman* |
| Winnebago County Board of Supervisors | 17 | Julie A. | Gordon |
| Oshkosh City Council | At Large | Lynnsey | Erickson |
| Oshkosh City Council | At Large | Michael | Ford* |
| Oshkosh City Council | At Large | Danny | Garcia |
| Oshkosh School Board | Barbara | Herzog | |
| Oshkosh School Board | Bob | Poeschl | |
| Portage County Board | 3 | Meleesa | Johnson |
| Portage County Board | 19 | Melinda | Osterberg |
| Stevens Point Area School Board | Gee | Pope* | |
| Stevens Point Area School Board | Trish | Baker | |
| Stevens Point City Council | 2 | David | Shorr |