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Dianne Hesselbein: “I'm proud of the work that [county municipal clerks] do.”

Featuring: Dianne Hesselbein, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 27

Wisp Politics Luncheon: Dianne Hesselbein Discusses Wisconsin's Political Landscape and Redistricting

Published June 13, 2025 | Video Starts at 47:28

Like that little ticker tape comes out and there's a lot of stress going on in that room and you don't even talk because they're just really busy. But they know what they're doing. They follow a checklist. It works really well, and I'm proud of the work that [county municipal clerks] do. Okay, other questions. So I'll be honest. I don't think I personally have done enough to talk about what President Biden has done. (47:28)

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“President Biden has done good things for not just our state, but for our country.”
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“When [Biden] took over, it was with Trump who was pretending that Covid wasn't real.”
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“Thank goodness, when Joe Biden got there, we were getting shots in arms.”
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“I think that's one thing that you see the Republican Party really distancing themselves from Trump.”
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“Most of the Wisconsin Republicans that were running for office...were trying to distance themselves from [Trump's] campaign.”
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“Legislators have done [redistricting] wrong for so long.”
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“There were four good, fair maps in front of the Supreme Court.”
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“I think he promised the people of the state of Wisconsin to have fair maps.”
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“It seems to be that they are making decisions based on those Maps.”
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“I think these are going to be the maps that are in place.”
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“We finally are going to have fair maps for the state of Wisconsin.”
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“I'm really disappointed with how a lot of our people are being treated for appointments.”
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“The Republican Party is rejecting them time and time again.”
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“We've gotten some stuff done. We did shared revenue. There was a Brewers bill that we did.”
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“They should be releasing the 125 million they have to help combat so people can turn on their taps and have clean drinking water.”
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“The Rofr bill is another one that has great bipartisan support.”
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“Expungement is something that the assembly passed that I'm hoping the Senate can take up.”
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“The current bill really ties the hands of the dnr, and that's nothing that Democrats want.”
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“There's 125 million that the Republicans could release at the. A lot of money for the entire state of Wisconsin to get grants to help this…”
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“Can I get Medicaid expansion done? No.”
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“Can I get recreational marijuana done? No.”
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“We couldn't even do medical [marijuana] this year.”
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“Funding for more K12, mental health funding. There's so many things on the list that we can't get done.”
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“Unfortunately, the Republicans in the state Senate right now, they have a rule that they want 17 people to be able to vote for anything…”
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“They needed Democratic votes to do shared revenue. They needed Democratic votes to do the brewers deal.”
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“I'm looking forward to having more members next fall.”
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“We believe in targeted tax cuts that can help people.”
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“We believe we should be spending money on priorities of the state of Wisconsin, whether that be K12 funding, helping our colleges…”
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“Republicans are putting forth policy that don't reflect the will of the people of the state of Wisconsin.”
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“Republicans are not interested in coming to the table and talking with Governor Evers.”
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“Fair maps are great for the state of [Wisconsin].”
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“I think so. I think they are. And I think that the Supreme Court can take a look at it and see what they want to do because.”
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“They rejected Representative Sandy Pope and Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton.”
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“Governor Evers is doing a great job.”
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“To do something unfair, redistricting for the future? Yes, absolutely.”
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“I think we need to. I know we need to because I think. And also the millions of dollars we spend in court costs alone are just crazy.”
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“I think Iowa has. I like the way they. They do it where they use a state agency, which I think I like parts of it.”
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“Do I trust the Legislative Reference Bureau? Yes, I do.”
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“I like the idea of the Legislative Reference Bureau drawing them. I think they did it. They would do a good job.”
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“But I think people in the state of Wisconsin had enough of these gerrymandered districts.”
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“All fair maps do, as you know, is when the Democrat would win state ride, then we should have more Democratic seats.”
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“Well, once again, I hope that the Supreme Court takes a look at it and decides to make a change.”
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“Democrats have a history of showing up for people and doing things to help rural Wisconsin and farmers in general.”
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“Rural farmers are all saying, my gosh, we want the people that work on our farms to be able to have driver's license.”
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“We need to solve immigration, but we can't solve everything from the state level.”
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“We believe in a woman's right to choose and body autonomy.”
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“Senator Royce did a polling motion on contraception, right to contraception, and that couldn't even pass.”
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“I hope the Supreme Court takes it up. I think they should.”
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“I don't think that President Biden is a weak nominee.”
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“When they made this disastrous decision and struck down Roe versus Wade, I think it woke up a lot of people.”
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“We have to go back to Roe v. Wade because it's a woman's right to choose what to do with her own body.”
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“Elections should be fair, safe and secure. And they are.”
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“Every baseless claim that gets talked about, we have to keep slamming it down as quickly as possible.”
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“I think they're doing an okay job [referring to the elections commission].”
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“I just want a fair process that works.”
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“We can just keep talking about fair, safe, secure elections and make sure that people aren't attacking Poll workers.”
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“The Republican Party has taken a note from The Democratic Party saying that, yep, get your vote and then get it early.”
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“There shouldn't be any issues with [bills that have great bipartisan support].”
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“It's my understanding that we're still waiting for the Supreme Court to weigh in on [the maps].”
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