Jeff Foster
Democratic
JFAbout
Retired Child Protective Services social worker (Menominee Reservation), dairy and sheep farmer; co-founder and first president of the Wisconsin Sheep Dairy Cooperative; retired from Xcel Energy. Won the August 11, 2026 Democratic primary over Richard Pulcher.
Positions on the issues
Supports reproductive freedom, including allowing abortion up to fetal viability (per Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey).
Supports the freedom of citizens to vote in the least restrictive manner and freedom from gun violence (per Ballotpedia survey).
Supports high-quality daycare, the best public education possible, and paid family medical leave (per Ballotpedia survey).
Says accessible and affordable healthcare is a human right; supports investing in small communities to sustain family farms and hometowns (per Ballotpedia survey).
Supports a ballot initiative process for statutes and constitutional amendments (per Ballotpedia survey).
Experience
- Child Protective Services social worker, Menominee Reservation
- Dairy and sheep farmer; co-founder and first president, Wisconsin Sheep Dairy Cooperative
- Retired from Xcel Energy
- B.A., UW-Milwaukee (1979); M.B.A., UW-Oshkosh (1988)
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