Jane Kleiss
Jane Kleiss (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Wisconsin State Assembly to represent District 75. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
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Biography
Jane Kleiss earned a bachelor's degree from Mary Baldwin University in 1996. Her career experience includes working as a chef.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 75
Duke Tucker defeated Jane Kleiss in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 75 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Duke Tucker (R) | 66.7 | 24,636 | |
| Jane Kleiss (D) | 33.3 | 12,299 | ||
| Total votes: 36,935 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 75
Jane Kleiss advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 75 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jane Kleiss | 100.0 | 4,229 | |
| Total votes: 4,229 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 75
Duke Tucker defeated Jay Calhoun and Neil Kline in the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 75 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Duke Tucker | 49.9 | 4,161 | |
| Jay Calhoun | 30.5 | 2,543 | ||
| Neil Kline | 19.6 | 1,633 | ||
| Total votes: 8,337 | ||||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jane Kleiss and her husband, Jack, came to Polk County in 2007, in search of a peaceful rural life. They settled in Sterling, where they now raise their son. Jane engaged with the community, serving on the Board of Directors at Festival Theatre for several years.
Jane left behind a corporate career to pursue her love of cooking professionally in 2011. She launched her own small business as a personal chef in 2018, providing wholesome meals for families and events. As a chef, she specializes in balancing the diverse dietary needs of families and groups so everyone can come to the table and enjoy the same meal.
Jane believes in solving problems from a place of kindness and empathy, backed by integrity and logic. Her experience across a range of industries provides her a unique perspective to find common ground between divergent positions and develop creative solutions for the real-world issues facing our state.
- Protecting reproductive rights: what someone does with their own body is their own business. Extreme pro-life groups have tipped their hand in the south, seeking to ban IVF treatments and other methods of birth control. Individuals and families must be able to make decisions in their healthcare and family planning that are right for them and their individual circumstances. Abortion is healthcare. States where there are extreme bans in place are experiencing an uptick in infant mortality rates due to doomed pregnancies being forced to be carried to term, inflicting unnecessary trauma on families. The law from 1849 that had been used to ban abortions in Wisconsin predates germ theory (and many other medical advances) and should be repealed.
- Education: We must appropriately fund public education at all levels to ensure that all students can receive a great education in our state, regardless of the size/wealth of the community. State funding for public education (at all levels) was slashed under the Scott Walker administration, and further cut by a poorly constructed voucher program which funnels money to private schools (mostly religious based organizations) that are not required to provide the same level of services to students or meet the same standards set for our public schools. This forces many districts to turn to bond referendums to meet basic operating costs. Families (and workers) will not settle in areas without quality schools available to them.
- Rural healthcare & mental health services: By not accepting federal funds to expand access to BadgerCare, Wisconsin has allowed our rural healthcare systems to struggle financially. In addition to expanding access to affordable healthcare, states that accept these federal funds have fewer healthcare systems closing in rural communities. In neighboring districts, services are being limited and patients are being forced to travel further to obtain care. Mental health services are severely limited in our district for cases that are not emergencies. Wait times for assessment to access treatment can be lengthy. We must look for creative ways to encourage providers to practice in our under-served rural communities.
We can create public policy that works for everyone. Finding ways to work together and acknowledging the benefit of nuance in policy making, will help us build a strong future for our Wisconsin.
It's time to put an end to the inaction that we've received from our state legislature in recent years. We are all humans and have the same basic needs. As our voice in the Assembly, I will work to find common ground and bring all viewpoints to the table in order to build a strong future for us all.
A genuine desire to solve issues facing our state with an open mind and heart is the most important characteristic for our elected officials. I believe in solving our real-world problems from a place of kindness and empathy, backed by integrity and logic. I’m always open to learning more about subjects and challenging my own ideas because we get stronger solutions when we consider opposing viewpoints.
I believe that a successful legislator must have the ability to challenge their own beliefs and reassess their positions in response to new data. Throughout my life, I have found that my core values don't change - being kind to others, respecting different lifestyles, and helping as I can (individuals and in my community). However, many of my political/policy views have shifted in response to new information over time particularly regarding climate change and the benefit of sensible regulation of markets.
Ideally, the state legislature and governor work together to strengthen public policy in our state regardless of what political party is in control at any given time. The legislature serves an important oversight role as well, to ensure that reasonable checks and balances are in place to safeguard public investments. Neither branch of government should seek to unduly obstruct the other in the name of political gamesmanship.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 7, 2024
