(Stepp is not running for this office again)
| Incumbent | Incumbent Web Page | Personal Web Page | Who funds the incumbent? |
Cathy Stepp (R) |
Cathy Stepp | Stepp's Personal Page | Follow the Money |
| Challenger | Challenger Web Page | Occupation | Contact |
 John Lehman (D) |
www.lehman4senate.com | State Assemblyman Follow the Money See Lehman's Assembly |
708 Orchard St. Racine, Wisconsin 53405 |
| William McReynolds (R) | www.mcreynoldsforsenate.com |
Friends of McReynolds |
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(Many of those who did not reply simply do not want to go on record as supporting reforms they know they will vote against, and do not want to be held to their word. Others will say Yes and not mean it, or will vote as dictated by their party. It is up to constituents to hold their representatives to their word.)
| Senate, District 21 | Question 1 | Question 2 | Question 3 | Question 4 | Question 5 | Question 6 |
 John
W. Lehman (Democrat) |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
 William L.
McReynolds (Republican) |
Refused to answer | Refused to answer | Refused to answer | Refused to answer | Refused to answer | Refused to answer |
Lehman: If elected in the 21st Senate District I would continue with the efforts I have made in my 10 years in the legislature. As the ranking Democrat on the Assembly Education Committee I have stood up strongly for public schools and public school funding. I am also known as a strong advocate for the environment (“Clean 16 legislator) and have a 100% voting record supporting working families. I have been a watchdog of the taxpayer dollars (Miller Park, Gateway tech). I support property tax relief (HOPE) and comprehensive health care reform and ethics and campaign finance reform.
F - Universal Health Care |
Incumbent has not been supportive of universal health care, and receives significant campaign contributions from the health care community. |
F - Campaign Finance Reform |
Incumbent has done nothing to move campaign reform forward. |
A+ Ethics Reform |
Incumbent voted to pass an Ethics Reform bill (SB1). |
| Bill - SB1 (11/1/05 Sequence 239) | The Issue | How Senate Voted | Your Representative |
Senate Bill 1 - Establish a Government Accountability BoardIntroduced by Mike Ellis (R) in the Senate and
It was killed by the Assembly Republicans. This was a vote on whether to bring the ethics bill to the floor and allow a complete up-or-down vote. By voting against an open floor vote the assembly legislators effectively killed the bill and did not have to go on record as officially opposing ethics reform. |
Proponents claim: This bill would establish an independent ethics commission to oversee the state legislature and governor.
See www.wisdc.org
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Passed by a vote of 28 to 5 Voting for reform:
Voting to block reform:
See entire assembly roll call vote here and the senate roll call here. |
+ + + + + + + * Incumbent voted FOR bringing SB1 to the floor for a vote (this was the vote preferred by reform advocates) + + + + + + + |
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Opponents claim: It is too intrusive, requiring the disclosure of personal finances.
(Isn't that what ethics is all about? How can they legitimately vote on an issue without disclosing any conflicts of interest?)
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Republicans voting against reform were Grothman, Lasee and Reynolds, Democrats voting against reform were Decker and Taylor
Many politicians refuse to answer the questions in the Project Vote-Smart solicitation because they don't want voters knowing where they stand on the issues! They like being able to fudge and evade when being asked about an issue, and having it on record and posted on the web is the last thing they want. Especially when it can be compared to their voting record while in session.
Project Vote-Smart Rating |
INCUMBENT
REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO
PROVIDE ANY RESPONSES TO CITIZENS ON ISSUES THROUGH THE 2004 NATIONAL
POLITICAL AWARENESS TEST Ratings by Interest Groups: http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=MWI62183 Votes by Category: |
Wisconsin Conservation VotersRated Incumbent at MIXED acceptance |
Conservation Scorecard on your state senator at: See also incumbent's committee scorecard at: |