Who’s Getting Endorsements this Spring?

Many organizations hedged their bets and didn’t endorse in the primaries, but some did. Here’s the score!

NOTE: Current as of February 28, 2019 9am – Also, don’t forget about the two county board candidates not listed below because there is so little information about their campaigns.f

SCFL, Chamber of Commerce, State Journal, Cap Times and others still not announced, some are still interviewing, but here’s what we know so far. There is a chart below that might be hard to read for some people, so here’s summary on the contested races.

Candidate Answers

(Mostly noted so you can see who sought various endorsements)
– Chamber of Commerce answers
– We Support the Madison Police Department and their primary endorsements.
– Progressive Dane.

Campaign Finance Reports

(also an indicator of who is supporting candidates)
– Alder Pre-primary Reports Blog
– School Board Pre-Primary Reports Blog
– Missing Campaign Finance Reports Blog
– Mayor Pre-Primary Campaign Finance Reports Blog and here.
– School Board January Continuing Blog
– Alders January Continuing Blog
– Mayor January Continuing Blog on Donations and How it was spent
– City Clerk site for Alder and Mayor Reports
– City Clerk site for School Board Reports

District 2

Patrick Heck – Four Lakes Greens, Progressive Dane, Dane Dems, AFSCME PEOPLE
Not in the chart below
Alders – Ledell Zellers, Marsha Rummel, Zach Wood, Shiva Bidar Sielaff, Steve King, Keith Furman, Brenda Konkel (frmr)
County Board Supervisors – Heidi Wegleitner, Richard Kilmer

Jim White – Dane Dems
Not in the chart below
Alders – Arvina Martin, Amanda Hall (frmr), Eli Judge (frmr)
County Board Supervisor – Michelle Ritt
School Board Member – Nicki Vander Meulen

District 3

(Dems haven’t decided)
Lindsay Lemmermichael – AFSCME PEOPLE
Not in the chart below
Alders – Lauren Cnare (frmr), Amanda Hall, Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, Arvina Martin, Mark Clear (frmr)
County Board Supervisors – Tanya Buckingham, Yogesh Chawla, Carousel Bayrd
Madison School Board Member – Nicki Vander Meulen
State Reps – Melissa Sargent, Dianne Conway Hesslebein, Lisa Subeck, Chris Taylor, Kelda Roys (frmr)

Michael Cerro – none
Not listed below
Org – We support the Madison Police Department

District 7

Badri Lankella – Progressive Dane, Dane Dems

Donna Moreland – Dane Dems
Not in the chart below
Alders – Steve King, Ledell Zellers, Allen Arntsen, Barbara Harrinton-McKinney, Shiva Bidar Sielaff, Sheri Carter, Matt Phair, Zach Wood, Keith Fuman, Michael Tierney
County Board Supervisor – Huong Nguyen-Hilfiger
State Rep – Lisa Subeck

District 8

Matthew Mittnick – Four Lakes Greens, Progressive Dane, Dane Dems
Not listed in the chart below
Alders – Brenda Konkel (frmr)
County Board Supervisors – Heidi Wegleitner, Yogesh Chawla, Matt Veldran
Orgs – Run for Something, Time to Rise

Avra Reddy – Dane Dems
Not listed in the chart below
Alders – Arvina Martin, Shiva Bidar-Sielaff
County Board Supervisors – Analiese Eicher, Hayley Young
Orgs – Run for Something, People for the American Way, Young Progressives of UW-Madison

District 10

Kristin Johnson – Dane Dems

Zachery Henak – none

District 12

(Dems haven’t decided)
Diane Farsetta – Four Lakes Greens, Progressive Dane, AFSCME PEOPLE
Not listed in the chart below
Alders – Marsha Rummel, Barbara Vedder (frmr), Bert Zipperer (frmr), Brian Benford (frmr), Brenda Konkel (frmr)
County Board Supervisors – Heidi Wegleitner, Tanya Buckingham, Yogesh Chawla, Michelle Ritt, Ech Vedder (frmr)
State Senator – Mark Miller

Syed Abbas – None
None listed on his website

District 13

(Dems haven’t decided)
Tag Evers – Progressive Dane
Not listed in the chart below
State Rep – Terese Berceau (frmr)
Alders – Julia Kerr (frmr), Ken Golden (frmr), Sheri Carter, Marsha Rummel, Andy Heidt (frmr), Ricardo Gonzales (frmr), Bert Zipper (frmr)
County Board Supervisors – Chuck Erickson, Yogesh Chawla, Richard Kilmer, Heidi Wegleitner, Patrick DePula (frmr), Kyle Richmond (frmr)
School Board Member – Gloria Reyes

David Hoffert – none
Not listed in the chart below
Alders – Sue Ellingson (frmr), Sheri Carter, Arvina Martin, Zach Wood, Matt Phair, Scott Resnick (frmr), Mark Clear (frmr)
County Board Supervisors – Jeremy Levin

District 15

(Dems haven’t decided)
Grant Foster – Four Lakes Greens, Progressive Dane
Not listed in the chart below
Alders – David Ahrens, Keith Furman, Steve King, Ledell Zellers, Brenda Konkel (frmr), Robbie Webber (frmr)
Dane County Supervisors – Andy Olsen (frmr), Barbara Vedder (frmr), Yogesh Chawla, Michelle Ritt, Heidi Wegleitner, Ech Vedder (frmr)

Angela Jenkins – None
Not listed in the chart below
Alder – Brian Benford (frmr)
School Board Member – Gloria Reyes
State Rep – Lisa Subeck
Org – We support the Madison Police Department

District 17

Samba Baldeh – Progressive Dane, Dane Dems, AFSCME PEOPLE
Couldn’t find endorsements on his website

James Creighton Mitchell – none
Couldn’t find a website

District 19

Keith Furman – Progressive Dane, Dane Dems
Couldn’t find endorsements on his website?

Allison Martinson – Dane Dems
Couldn’t find endorsements on his website

District 20

Christian Albouras – Progressive Dane, Dane Dems
Not listed in the chart below
Alders – Matt Phair, Marsha Rummel, Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, Barbara McKinney, Zach Wood, Julia Arata-Fratta (Fitchburg)
County Board Supervisors – Steve Braunginn (frmr), Matt Veldran, Yogesh Chawla, Tanya Buckingham
School Board Member – Juan Jose Lopez (frmr), Bill Clingan (frmr), Gloria Reyes
County Executive – Joe Parisi
Mayors – Paul Soglin, Judy Karofsky (frmr – Middleton), Frances Huntley-Cooper (frmr – Fitchburg)
State Rep – Sheila Stubbs

Erica Janisch – none

Mayor

(Dems haven’t decided)
Satya Rhodes-Conway – Four Lakes Greens, Progressive Dane, TAA
Not listed in the chart below
Mayors – Susan Bauman (ret.), Joseph Sensenbrenner (ret.), Steve Arnold (ret., Fitchburg), Judy Karofsky (ret., Middleton)
State Senator – Mark Miller
State Reps – Terese Berceau, Spencer Black (ret.), Fred Clark (ret.), Sondy Pope, Kelda Helen Roys (ret.), Lisa Subeck, Chris Taylor
Dane Co. Clerk Scott McDonnell
Dane Co. Board of Supervisors – Tanya Buckingham, John Hendrick (ret.), Nikole Jones, Michele Ritt, Richard Kilmer, Kyle Richmond (ret.), Paul Rusk, Tom Stoebig (ret.), Heidi Wegleitner, Dorothy Wheeler (ret.), Echnaton Vedder (ret.), Kathleen Nichols (ret.), Andy Olsen (ret.), Yogesh Chawla, Paul Nelson
Alder – Nino Amato (ret.), Brian Benford (ret.), Lauren Cnare (ret.), Denise Demarb (ret.), Steve Holtzman (ret.), Rebecca Kemble, Jean MacCubbin (ret.), Michael Shivers (ret.), Barbara Vedder (ret.), Robbie Webber (ret.), Anita Weier (ret.), Ledell Zellers, Bert Zipperer (ret.), Austin King (ret.), Marsha Rummel, Matt Phair, David Ahrens
School Board Members – Bill Keys (ret.), Beth Moss (ret.), Anna Moffit (ret.)

Paul Soglin – none
He doesn’t really list them on his website

School Board Seat 3

(Dems haven’t decided)
Kaleem Caire – none
Not listed on his website?
Not listed in the chart below
Org – We support the Madison Police Department

Cris Carusi – AFSCME PEOPLE, Madison Teachers Union (MTI)
Not listed in the chart below
School Board Members – Nicki Vander Meulen, Bill Clingan (frmr), Anna Moffit (frmr), Marj Passman (frmr), Carol Carstensen (frmr), Barbara Arnold (frmr)
State Rep- Lisa Subeck
County Board Supervisors – Michele Ritt, Paul Rusk, Yogesh Chawla, Andrew Schauer
Alders – Arvina Martin, Marsha Rummel, Brian Benford (frmr), Mark Clear (frmr), Bert Zipperer (frmr)

School Board Seat 4

(Dems haven’t decided)
David Blaska
None listed on website
Not listed in the chart below
Org – We support the Madison Police Department

Ali Muldrow – Four Lakes Greens, Progressive Dane, TAA, Madison Teachers Union (MTI)
Not listed on website

School Board Seat 5

(Dems haven’t decided)
Ananda Mirilli – Four Lakes Greens, Progressive Dane, TAA, Madison Teachers Union (MTI)
Not listed in the chart below
School Board Members – Mary Burke, Michael Flores (frmr), James Howard, Juan José López (frmr), Gloria Reyes
State Reps – Shelia Stubbs, JoCasta Zamarripa
Mayor – Frances Huntley-Cooper (frmr Fitchburg), Shawn Pfaff (frmr Fitchburg), Paul Soglin
County Board Supervisors – Tanya Buckingham, Jeff Pertl
Alders – Julia Arata-Fratta (Fitchburg), Shiva Bidar, Mark Clear (frmr), Amanda Hall (frmr), Arvina Martin, Barbara McKinney
Dane County Clerk – Scott McDonell
Judge – Everett Mitchell

TJ Mertz – AFSCME PEOPLE, Madison Teachers Union (MTI)
Not listed in the chart below
School Board Member – Nicki Vander Meulen, Bill Clingan (frmr), Bill Keys (frmr), AnnaMarie Moffit (frmr), Marj Passman (frmr), Mike Brandt (Waunakee)
Dane County Board Supervisor – Richard Kilmer, Al Matano (frmr), Kyle Richmond (frmr), Michele Ritt, Andy Olsen (frmr)
Alders – David Ahrens, Joe Clausius (frmr), Barbara Harrington-McKinney, Rebecca Kemble, Samba Baldeh, Andy Heidt (frmr)
Mayors – Steve Arnold (frmr Fitchburg), Lukas Diaz (Verona)