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2025 Spring Election
April 1, 2025

RECORDINGS AND LINKS TO FORUMS, DEBATES, AND CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS
GATHERED IN ONE CONVENIENT PLACE

The LWVLA is committed to providing the public with fair, nonpartisan information about candidates and ballot questions for all elections. See below for links to print and other media forums as they become available to the public ahead of the 2025 Spring Primary. The most recent sources are on top.

Click on the image below to go to VOTE411,
the LWV Online Voter Guide.
Over 100 Coulee Region candidates were invited to participate.

BLUE ROWS = STATE RACES

RED ROWS = LOCAL

Wisconsin Superintendent of Education Debate
March 19, 2025

Dr Jill Underly and Ms. Brittany Kinser discuss the issues that matter most to Wisconsin students and their public schools in their only joint candidate forum for the April 1st election. This forum was moderated by Dr. Kevin Lawrence Henry, Jr., Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The event was cohosted by Wisconsin Public Education Network, the NAACP Wisconsin State Council of Branches, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, and Wisconsin Early Childhood Action Needed (WECAN).

Onalaska School Board Forum
March 19, 2025

Voters in Onalaska will be selecting two School Board representatives in April. Before casting your ballot, we invite you to learn more about the candidates and their views on educational issues in the Onalaska School District.

Some questions were submitted to the LWV in advance of the forum.

La Crosse Mayoral Debate
March 12, 2025

WIZM News hosted a mayoral debate featuring the two final candidates vying for the position of La Crosse Mayor: Chris Kahlow and Shaundel Washington-Spivey.

WIZM News, in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of the La Crosse Area, La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce, and the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Political Science Department, held the debate at the Cleary Alumni and Friends Center at UW-La Crosse on Wednesday, March 12.
Lee Rasch moderated the hour-long debate which featured a panel of five media representatives including WIZM's Brad Williams.
The candidates also took questions from the audience who came to watch the debate live.

Important Spring Election News

Kevin Hundt has WITHDRAWN from the race for the LA CROSSE SCHOOL BOARD.
His name will remain on the ballot.

La Crosse School District Board of Education
Candidate Forum

sponsored by
Weigent Hogan Neighborhood Association

Click on the image to the right to go to the recording.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Debate

Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel face off in their first and only debate before the April 1 election.

Click the image for more information.

April 2025 Amendment Question

Wisconsin voters will be asked one question to amend (change) the constitution— the sixth such request proposed by the legislature in the last year. Once again, the legislature attempts to bypass the authority of the executive and judicial branches.

This constitutional amendment seeks to enshrine Wisconsin’s voter ID law in the state constitution. Whether you love it or hate it, Wisconsin already has a strict voter ID law on the books.

We urge voters to VOTE NO on this question.

Click on the logo above for WIZM NEWS "Meet Your Candidates" page
for
City of La Crosse Mayor
La Crosse City Council Races
La Crosse Board of Education Candidates

You will find

** candidate interview recordings with Rick Solem

**written answers to candidate questionnaires

**candidate background and contact information

Voter Guide State Superintendent Education

State Superintendent Candidate Information

Jill Underly

Beth Kinser

Click on the logo for candidate information.

Candidate Profiles
La Crosse Mayor
City Council Races and
La Crosse Area Boards of Education

Click on the La Crosse Tribune logo (above) for answers to a Tribune questionnaire presented to all of the competing candidates for the local races on the April 1 Spring Election ballot. Access to this link requires a subscription to the La Crosse Tribune.

A Conversation
with
Chris Kahlow

A Conversation
with
Shaundel Spivey

The LWV of Dane County and Wisconsin produced three virtual webinars on the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

Click on the images below to view them.