2025 Wisconsin General Election

Supports opening up more rural land in Dane County for housing development.

Supports reducing property taxes while maintaining essential services through smarter budgeting and resource allocation.

- Supports opening up more rural land in Dane County for housing development.
- Supports reducing property taxes while maintaining essential services through smarter budgeting and resource allocation.
- Supports cutting property taxes by 30%.

Housing & Urban Development

Promises to ensure schools, public safety, and infrastructure remain fully funded by eliminating wasteful spending and implementing more efficient government practices.

Supports establishing transparency measures, including regular audits and open forums for citizen feedback, to ensure every tax dollar is spent wisely.

- Promises to ensure schools, public safety, and infrastructure remain fully funded by eliminating wasteful spending and implementing more efficient government practices.
- Supports establishing transparency measures, including regular audits and open forums for citizen feedback, to ensure every tax dollar is spent wisely.

Public Services

Supports expanding the sheriff's department budget.

- Supports expanding the sheriff's department budget.

Public Safety

Plans to allocate a portion of property tax revenue directly to road improvements.

- Plans to allocate a portion of property tax revenue directly to road improvements.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Believes lowering property taxes will attract new businesses, encourage investments, create jobs, and boost local revenues without raising taxes elsewhere.

- Believes lowering property taxes will attract new businesses, encourage investments, create jobs, and boost local revenues without raising taxes elsewhere.

Economy

As of March 26, 2025, Stephen W. Ratzlaff, Jr. ’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Stephen W. Ratzlaff, Jr. 

Aims to reduce the burden on homeowners and renters by cutting property taxes while maintaining essential services through smarter budgeting and resource allocation.

Supports establishing transparency measures to ensure every tax dollar is spent wisely, including regular audits and open forums for citizen feedback.

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Supports reducing the burden on homeowners and renters by cutting property taxes.

Supports establishing transparency measures to ensure every tax dollar is spent wisely, with regular audits and open forums for citizen feedback.

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Melissa Agard

- A county executive coordinates and directs all administrative and management functions of the county's government. They appoint and supervise department heads and draft the county's annual budget.
- The county executive has the authority to veto local ordinances and resolutions, but the county board can override the veto with a 2/3 vote. 
- County executives are elected to 4-year terms.
- Eleven counties in Wisconsin have a county executive form of government. 