Assembly District 74 is a solid Republican District
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Green recently survived a 2024 primary challenger and emerged as the winner with 56% (921 votes) of the vote. He will face that same Republican Primary Challenger again in 2026.
We first contacted his campaign in July, 2022 and asked if he needed any information on this matter. This district had a primary battle back in 2022 also and we contacted his campaign three times.
Oct 4th, 2022 He says he is supportive of medical marijuana but before committing on recreational he would want to study it.
After the Fall 2022 Election and Green emerged the winner, supporters in this area of Northern Wisconsin stated they supported Green because of his stance on marijuana reform and some Republican insiders indicated he supported reforming the marijuana laws. Chanz Green was named by The Wisconsin Cannabis Activist Network as “One of the Republicans to keep an eye on in 2023.“
SuperiorTelegram Interview from Oct 10th, 2024: Reporter asked: The 74th District is fairly unique in that it’s one of only a handful in Wisconsin that borders two other states, in this case, Minnesota and Michigan. Are there things that those states are doing right that Wisconsin isn’t, and that affect the district’s residents? And what would you do to rectify that?
Chanz Green: An issue that both Michigan and now Minnesota have passed is legalizing recreational marijuana. We have seen a huge flow of people from Wisconsin go through to both states when it comes to recreational marijuana. I myself am a little leery of full recreational marijuana, but I did support a bill last session that would allow for medicinal use. I do believe there’s benefits to medical marijuana. If we allow for people to access it when it comes to health care treatment, I think that would be a big win for Wisconsin.
I won’t lie. I see a lot of traffic in northern Wisconsin, either headed to Minnesota or Michigan, and if you go through these little border towns, especially in Ironwood, Michigan, a lot of marijuana shops have popped up. It’s definitely an economic driver over there. So it’s definitely something that Wisconsin will have to consider in the future, but again, I’m hesitant to dive right in head first. I think starting with medical marijuana would be a more appropriate move and hopefully we can see something to that next session.
Rep. Green was not a co-sponsor of the Republican version on medical marijuana and did not co-sponsor any cannabis reform legislation since being elected to office.
Local activists and supporters of reform are very disappointed to see him run for State Assembly again without being more supportive of cannabis reform in public.
Please follow his campaign on facebook page and visit his official website for more details on this candidate.
Incumbent Rep. Chanz Green - R - labeled as a “supporter” but did not co-sponsor either hemp reg bill, sat on the 2026 committee that voted YES to AB 606 (Three Tier Hemp Reg Bill).
Green (Campaign Website Link and Campaign Facebook Link; his email listed: info@greenforassembly.com bounced to me, so good luck!
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Scott Harbridge - R - supportive of reform measures and will put hemp first vs marijuana legalization, supports AB 747 (Testin Kurtz Bill).
Harbridge (Campaign Website Link, Facebook Link and email harbridgeforassembly@protonmail.com
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Democrat Paul Johnson (D) - Johnson is very supportive of hemp cannabis reform, his candidate profile is posted on the Wisconsin Cannabis Activist Network.
Johnson (Campaign Website Link and Campaign Facebook Link) (email: pauljohnsonforwisconsion@gmail.com)
The 74th Assembly district of Wisconsin is one of 99 districts in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Located in northwest Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Iron, Sawyer, and Washburn counties, along with most of Ashland County, the southern half of Bayfield County, the southern half of Douglas County, and part of northeast Burnett County. It includes the cities of Hayward, Hurley, Mellen, Montreal, Shell Lake, and Spooner, and the villages of Birchwood, Butternut, Couderay, Exeland, Mason, Minong, Radisson, Solon Springs, and Winter. The district also contains the and most of the Chequamegon National Forest.