Jeremiah Fredrickson
Owner/operator of Jeremiah's Bullfrog Fish Farm
Democrat
Elk Mound
Elected Experience
None
Q&A with the Candidate
Why should voters elect you?
I am running for the Assembly because the 92nd deserves a representative who truly listens to them. I am not a career politician — I am a fish farmer, teacher, coach, and working dad who knows what working families are going through. Having been an agricultural science teacher, I taught numerous subjects that has helped make me a well rounded candidate and a life long learner. As a teacher and farmer I understand the value of hard work and dedication. I will bring these values with me to represent the 92nd Assembly District.
What is the top issue in your district? How would you address it?
As I’ve knocked doors and talked to people in my district, Data centers continue to be the top issue. My goals when elected would be to create safe guards in their construction to protect communities from the negatives they could bring. This would include protecting our natural resources: water, air, and land, but also safeguarding electrical rates for communities surrounding the centers and making tech companies pay their fair share. Finally, when all of those safe guards are in place, making sure that they are built by Union Wisconsin Construction workers.
How should Wisconsin government operate differently than in the past?
I believe that government officials need to get back to representing the people that elected them and not the special interests that line their pockets. Too often people get elected and they seem to forget about the areas and people they represent. In addition we need to get back to working with each other and not being divided left and right. Compromise and finding a common good should be our goal; not “winning” for a party or group, but making the best decisions for our respective areas and Wisconsin as a whole.
What is your favorite fun Wisconsin history fact?
My favorite bit of Wisconsin history was taught to me while listening to Brewers baseball on the radio by the late great Bob Uecker. He told stories of making oleo runs with his family. This was in reference to the margarine bans from 1895 to 1967. This makes sense as we are the “Dairy State” and this helped the dairy industry. Even today restaurants in Wisconsin can not serve margarine as a butter substitute unless the customer requests it.