Please vote Aug. 14.
This election is particularly important for a couple of reasons. At the state level, the governor’s race will determine whether the Republican legislature, after the next census, can once again draw extremely gerrymandered legislative boundaries for the next 10 years and have a governor sign it—or whether there will be a Democratic governor in 2021 who will veto the gerrymandered Republican legislative map and have the courts draw fair and honest legislative districts. If we have fair, competitive legislative districts, legislators will then have to be concerned about serving their constituents. Since they will face competitive elections, this will produce more honest, responsive and transparent government.
At the national level, our state elections, like those in other states, will give voters their first real chance to express concerns about whether America is moving in the direction of a more authoritarian, anti-democratic country—not the America we learned about in our high school civics classes. We can conduct or read all the opinion polls we want, but the real pulse of the nation takes place at the ballot box. We can’t take America for granted; it’s not a given. We are living in a strange time with a very divided nation. Democracy requires effort and vigilance. People have died defending America. The least we can do is to pay attention to what is happening and vote.
Race for Wisconsin Governor: Tony Evers Race for Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor: Mandela Barnes Race for Milwaukee County Sheriff: Earnell Lucas Race for U.S. House of Representatives: Gwen Moore Race for State Treasurer: Sarah Godlewski Race for Wisconsin Secretary of State: Douglas J. La Follette Race for Wisconsin State Assembly—9th District: Marisabel Cabrera Race for Wisconsin State Assembly—12th District: Frederick P. Kessler Race for Wisconsin State Assembly—16th District: Supreme Moore Omokunde Race for Wisconsin State Assembly—18th District: Evan Goyke
