Thank you!
To all 23,785 voters and countless supporters, THANK YOU! This was my first time running for office and had the approach of "meet as many people as possible" vs. "spend as much as I can." This approach has proven to be successful in building the foundation for a SOLID 2026 run and I am EXCITED!
I hope you are too.
Now let's band together to make sure our wonderful Senator Baldwin keeps her seat!
Platform Overview
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Codify our Right to Privacy which includes: private ownership of our bodies (autonomy), ownership of our image, our voice, and our likeness, women's right to abortion, and LGBTQ+ rights to gender affirming care.
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Advocate for Child Care Funding
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Ensure the Separation of Church and State
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Passing the Equal Rights Amendment
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Antitrust Law Enforcement
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Climate Change & Environmental Protections
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Increase Social Security Maximum Earning Limit
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Decriminalize Plants
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Justice and Prison Reform
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Family Centered Immigration Reform
Letter
to the
Editor
For those of you who live outside of the Wausau area, here is the letter to the editor I submitted just before the election. I will continue to submit letters to editors throughout the 7th CD and encourage everyone to respond via email.
Dear Wausau Pilot and Review Readership,
I am a Merrill native and fifth generation Duranceau born and raised in the area. I spent many years of my early adulthood as a server and bartender at 2510 Restaurant, a beloved staple of Wausau, WI. I also served in the U.S. Air Force National Guard for 8 years as a member of the 128th Air Control Squadron and graduated from UW Madison in 2016.
After serving my country, I went into the world of nonprofits and became a grant writer, a community educator, a resource and referral professional, a passionate advocate for social issues and a deeply devoted community servant.
I launched my congressional campaign last summer as the next elevated step in my service to community. Since the launch, I have traveled over 29,000 miles, having visited all 26 counties in District 7 by November 2023 and personally met over 5,000 people. I also launched a nonprofit that provides innovative solutions for the child care crisis, accepted a temporary position as the Executive Director for the Lincoln County Economic Development Corporation where I rebranded the organization, built their online foundation, kicked off their 25th year anniversary with their first Economic Summit, worked with WEDC to obtain a governor designated HUBZone status which is a federal program that gives small businesses the opportunity to apply for priority consideration for federal contracts, authored grants totaling 1.3 million dollars for various development projects one of which was awarded for $203,000 for a City of Tomahawk downtown project, assisted five small business owners start or expand their businesses in Lincoln Co, assisted the Lincoln Co broadband commission with expansion planning to include communication and social media outreach, met with over 50 area business owners and executives from all industries, and taught my son how to drive.
I vow to take my devotion of service before self and excellence in all I do to DC for us. I will advocate for funding opportunities for rural Wisconsin and ensure that we humans are at the center of policies in the new age of Artificial Intelligence.
Sincerely,
Elsa Rae Duranceau
Candidate - Wisconsin's Congressional District 7
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