State Senate Candidate Jodi Habush Sinykin Wants to Combat Rising Costs for Wisconsin Families

Democratic candidate Jodi Habush Sinykin, running for Wisconsin Senate District 8, says she wants to combat rising costs for Wisconsin families. According to her campaign website, “while others talk about creating good Wisconsin jobs, Jodi has done it…. She knows what it takes to grow our local economy, combat rising costs, and create good-paying jobs.”

She says that “we need to provide meaningful relief to the middle class,” and that she will “prioritize reducing the tax burden on working families across our state and ensuring that the highest earners pay their fair share.” 

Sinykin also says she wants to put Wisconsin business and workers first, noting that, “as a longtime business owner, [she] understands the supply chain disruptions and worker shortage problems that are hurting our small businesses and affecting families statewide…[h]aving fought for decades to keep their factory here in Wisconsin, including through the hard times of recessions and the pandemic, she'll put Wisconsin businesses and workers first, not overseas ones.”

Republican incumbent Duey Stroebel, who currently represents Senate District 20 but is running in SD 8 following redistricting, says he is “a conservative and lifelong resident of southeastern Wisconsin” who “knows firsthand how to balance a budget, meet a payroll, and live within your means.” 

Stroebel voted to cut proposed funding to address the child care crisis in the state and instead swapped that out with an increase to the state child care tax credit. 

He voted in favor of SB 1, which rejected Governor Tony Evers’ plan to send $365 million directly to child care providers. The proposed income tax cut in SB 1 could have resulted in two-thirds of the savings and benefits going to the richest 20% of people in Wisconsin. 

Stroebel also voted in favor of amending Gov. Evers’ budget bill to remove several items, including a paid family leave program, and to significantly cut funding for mental health programs in public schools. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Evers’ paid family and medical leave plan would have allowed Wisconsin employees to “take up to 3 months of paid leave for family and medical reasons.”