Release Date: May 1, 2019
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Media Contacts: Rick Hummell, Communications
Specialist
608-224-5041, richard.hummell@wi.gov
MADISON – Dairy farmers in eight Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board
(WMMB) d/b/a/ Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin districts have until May 24 to vote
for candidates for eight open seats in the current election. The Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) mailed ballots
to eligible dairy producers in the affected districts this week.
The following candidates, listed by district, are certified as
eligible:
District 3 Lincoln,
Oneida, Price and Taylor counties
Nominee – Mark Leder – Gleason
District 6 Chippewa
and Eau Claire counties
Nominees – Jaclyn Backhaus, Boyd,
and Douglas Danielson, Cadott
District 9 Shawano
and Waupaca counties
Nominees – Donald Robaidek, Pulaski,
and Jeff Strassburg, Wittenberg
District 12 Portage,
Waushara and Wood counties
Nominees – Ken Heiman, Marshfield, and
Steve Pankratz, Marshfield
District 15 Adams,
Juneau and Monroe counties
Nominee – Mary Cook, Wilton
District 18 Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine,
Sheboygan, Washington and Waukesha counties
Nominee – Dean Strauss, Sheboygan
Falls
District 21 Crawford
and Vernon counties
Nominees – Gail Klinkner, Viroqua, Kevin Wallaser,
Desoto, and Danika Wehling, Westby
District 24 Dane
and Jefferson counties
Nominees – Virgil Haag, Mount Horeb,
and Tina Hinchley, Cambridge
Eligible producers who have not received a ballot by May 10 can
request a ballot by contacting
Debbie Gegare, Market Orders program coordinator, at 608-224-5116 or Debbie.gegare@wisconsin.gov.
Completed ballots must be signed and sent to WI DATCP, Marketing Order Program,
P.O. Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708-8911.
The ballots must be postmarked on or before May 25. Unsigned ballots will not
be counted.
To view candidate biographies and for more information on the
DFW election, visit www.wisconsindairy.org/elections. Elected
producers will serve three-year terms starting July 1, 2019.
DATCP administers elections for Wisconsin commodity marketing
boards. To learn more about the market order boards, visit https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/About_Us/MarketingBoards.aspx
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