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SAA Members to Run for the Legislature

By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | May 3, 2016

For the past 15 years that I have served as the SAA’s lobbyist, SAA members have talked about the importance of school administrators getting elected to the Legislature.

Yet, in the past 15 years, we haven’t had many administrators step up to run.  Well, all that has changed in 2016, with three past/present SAA members having announced their candidacies:

Dave Polashek

Dave Polashek is running for the State Senate (12th Senate District) as a Democrat.  He served 37 years as a school administrator, including 22 years as Oconto Falls superintendent.  Dave was also WASDA President in 2013-14 and SAA Chair, 2000-02.

Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright is running for the State Assembly (51st Assembly District) as a Democrat.  Jeff’s career as an educator began as a history, government and world affairs teacher.  He also served as a high school principal on the south side of Chicago.  Jeff is currently the assistant superintendent for the Sauk Prairie Schools.

Joe Huftel

Joe Huftel is running for the State Assembly (75th Assembly District) as a Democrat.  Joe spent the better part of three decades working in education; first as a middle and high school teacher, then as a high school assistant principal and principal and most recently as vice president with Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College.

Needless to say, the SAA is very excited about these member candidates and their campaigns.  If you would like more information about their campaigns, including information on making campaign contributions, I have provided links to each candidate’s campaign website below.

Polashek for Senate

Jeff Wright for Assembly

Huftel for the 75th

Please note:  The Government Accountability Board (GAB) has advised that SAA members should access campaign donation pages from a personal computer and not on school servers.

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