Volunteers for Agriculture® Announce 2026 Legislative Endorsements

The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation's political action committee, Volunteers for Agriculture®, has released endorsements for state Assembly and state Senate races ahead of the November 3^rd general election.

The Volunteers for Agriculture® Committee is comprised of 18 farmers from across Wisconsin who guide the endorsement process. Decisions are informed by a grassroots process that includes local county Farm Bureau input, candidate interviews, voting records and positions on key agricultural issues. This process gives farmers a direct voice in evaluating and supporting candidates who understand and support farmers and rural Wisconsin.

VFA has endorsed ten candidates in the State Senate:

• Nic Cravillion (R) - 1^st Senate District
• Amy Binsfeld (R) - 9^th Senate District
• Ellen Schutt (R) - 11^th Senate District *
• John Jagler (R) - 13^th Senate District
• Howard Marklein (R) - 17^th Senate District
• Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R) - 19^th Senate District
• Romaine Quinn (R) - 23^rd Senate District
• Erik Severson (R) - 25^th Senate District
• Dianne Hesselbein (D) - 27^th Senate District
• Cory Tomczyk (R) - 29^th Senate District

VFA has endorsed 57 candidates in the State Assembly:

• Joel Kitchens (R) - 1^st Assembly District
• Shae Sortwell (R) - 2^nd Assembly District
• David Steffen (R) - 4^th Assembly District
• Joy Goeben (R) - 5^th Assembly District
• Elijah Behnke (R) - 6^th Assembly District
• Darrin Madison (D) - 10^th Assembly District
• Adam Neylon (R) - 15^th Assembly District
• Margaret Arney (D) - 18^th Assembly District
• Paul Melotik (R) - 22^nd Assembly District
• Dan Knodl (R) - 24^th Assembly District
• Paul Tittl (R) - 25^th Assembly District
• Lindee Brill (R) - 27^th Assembly District
• Rob Kreibrich (R) - 28^th Assembly District
• Treig Pronschinske (R) - 29^th Assembly District
• Shannon Zimmerman (R) - 30^th Assembly District
• Tyler August (R) - 31^st Assembly District
• Amanda Nedweski (R) - 32^nd Assembly District
• Steve Wicklund (R) - 33^rd Assembly District
• Rob Swearingen (R) - 34^th Assembly District
• Calvin Callahan (R) - 35^th Assembly District
• Jeff Mursau (R) - 36^th Assembly District
• Mark Born (R) - 37^th Assembly District *
• Will Penterman (R) - 38^th Assembly District
• Alex Dallman (R) - 39^th Assembly District
• Karen DeSanto (D) - 40^th Assembly District
• Tony Kurtz (R) - 41^st Assembly District
• Maureen McCarville (D) - 42^nd Assembly District
• Ann Roe (D) - 44^th Assembly District
• Clinton Anderson (D) - 45^th Assembly District
• Joan Fitzgerald (D) - 46^th Assembly District
• Travis Tranel (R) - 49^th Assembly District
• Bill Oemichen (D) - 50^th Assembly District *
• Todd Novak (R) - 51^st Assembly District
• Nate Gustafson (R) - 55^th Assembly District
• Kevin Krentz (R) - 57^th Assembly District *
• Bernie Newman (R) - 58^th Assembly District
• Bradley Peterson (R) - 59^th Assembly District
• Marty Ryan (R) - 60^th Assembly District
• Robert Wittke (R) - 63^rd Assembly District
• Tip McGuire (D) - 64^th Assembly District
• David Armstrong (R) - 67^th Assembly District
• Rob Summerfield (R) - 68^th Assembly District
• Karen Hurd (R) - 69^th Assembly District
• Nancy VanderMeer (R) - 70^th Assembly District
• Scott Krug (R) - 72^nd Assembly District
• Chanz Green (R) - 74^th Assembly District *
• Duke Tucker (R) - 75^th Assembly District
• Mike Bare (D) - 80^th Assembly District
• Dave Maxey (R) - 83^rd Assembly District
• Patrick Snyder (R) - 85^th Assembly District
• John Spiros (R) - 86^th Assembly District
• Brent Jacobson (R) - 87^th Assembly District
• Benjamin Franklin (R) - 88^th Assembly District
• Clint Moses (R) - 92nd Assembly District
• Cedric Schnitzler (R) - 95^th Assembly District
• Cindi Duchow (R) - 97^th Assembly District
• Barbara Dittrich (R) - 99^th Assembly District

* indicates candidates endorsed during the primary election

Earlier this summer, the VFA also endorsed gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany (R). A full list of VFA's endorsements are available here.