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Jodi Habush Sinykin: “This Supreme Court race is going to literally decide our…”

Featuring: Jodi Habush Sinykin, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 8

Senate District 8 Special Election

Published February 16, 2026 | Video Starts at 43:07

… I am looking for the 8th District Senate seat, every single time I am talking about the importance of this Supreme Court race, talking about Wisconsin on a tipping point. This Supreme Court race is going to literally decide our future. Coming before this court is going to be our fair maps and voting rights for Wisconsin, our democracy. (43:07–43:12)

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Asserts that the outcome of the Supreme Court race will significantly impact the future of Wisconsin.

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“This seat is absolutely crucial because without it, if it does not flip to a Democratic seat, there will be a super majority in the Senate…”
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“The Legislature Back on October 4th, they gaveled in, they counted 1 1000, 2 1000, and then they gaveled out, no discussion.”
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“Women who are suffering miscarriages, dangerous situations, cannot get care in Wisconsin and are literally being rushed to the borders.”
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“They have not been able to increase their staff since, in some cases, 2000, 23 years ago.”
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“We're sitting now on this unbelievable seven plus billion dollar surplus.”
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“I have been working in environmental policy law, doing Clean Water Act enforcement actions.”
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“I have testified innumerable times before the Wisconsin State legislature, primarily with regard to the natural resource committees.”
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“Wisconsin had to pass its own implementing legislation for the Great Lakes Compact.”
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“I helped to lead a coalition of folks around the state to ensure that we were going to be enacting a strong regulatory field for Wisconsin…”
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“The folks who are coming forward to a fault at that point were election deniers, folks who had written and threatened Mike Pence to…”
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“We have a legislature right now which is refusing to move forward from a Pre Civil War 1849 law which criminalizes doctors and those who…”
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“The majority of Wisconsin citizens who do want us to examine that 1849 law and bring it up to date.”
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“Wisconsin women just do not have the same rights or the same opportunity for healthy lives.”
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“The 1849 law targets doctors.”
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“It's putting Wisconsin at a significant risk of having a health care provider shortage.”
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“They're almost in disbelief that the folks who have been elected to office are not doing anything about it.”
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“Police departments, law enforcement, in whatever the community, whether it's in the far northern reaches of the District 8 or in the far…”
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“Crime has not gone down, it has gone up.”
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“Local communities are also having shortfalls when it comes to keeping their parks up, keeping common spaces and their services.”
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“The effect or the consequence of the policies that they're supporting, such as the shared revenue, the actions, the effect of them is…”
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“Grafton, I think it was 150 or $200,000 budget cut for this year.”
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“Other communities are also experienced either a moratorium or a cut on the resources available to them.”
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“We're here in Wisconsin and we're looking at our neighbors. And they're progressing. They're bringing in new jobs.”
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“Young families might not be running to move to Wisconsin, not just because of our health care situation with that 1849 law.”
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“It's critical that our state keep the investment up in our public education system.”
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“We just have too high of taxes in Wisconsin, especially on people who seem to be working the hardest, working class people, middle class.”
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“With a flat tax, how it's going to affect the state and them in terms of critical services.”
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“It really is going to need to be something that lowers the taxes for Wisconsinites, but not at risk of Wisconsin.”
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“Coming before this court is going to be our fair maps and voting rights for Wisconsin, our democracy.”
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“It's going to be again, this women's health care, the abortion challenge that Attorney General Josh Cowell and Governor Evers are…”
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