Elections Commission grants ballot access to 7th CD candidates

The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Wednesday rejected challenges to the nominating papers of four candidates, including three people running to replace U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany — who is stepping down to run for governor — in the state’s 7th Congressional District. 

At the meeting on Wednesday, WEC finalized all the candidates who will be on the ballot this fall. 

The commission considered most of the ballot access challenges it received in a meeting Tuesday, however four remaining cases were pushed a day because the incumbent officeholders were not seeking re-election but did not file declarations of non-candidacy. 

In the meeting on Wednesday, the commission approved the nominating signatures in the 7th CD for Democrat Fred Clark and Republicans Michael Alfonso and Kevin Hermening. The signatures of all three candidates were challenged by Jessi Ebben, who is also running in the district’s crowded Republican primary. The other Republican candidates in the race did not face any challenges.

WEC also approved the signatures for Jon Aleckson, a Republican running to replace state Rep. Jenna Jacobson (D-Oregon) in the 50th Assembly District, which covers Green County and part of southern Dane County. 

Aleckson’s nominating papers were challenged by Morgan Hess, the executive director of the Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee.