Wisconsin holds a special state senate election on April 6, to fill the vacant State Senate seat, 13th district. The vacancy exists because the previous State Senator, Scott Fitzgerald, resigned to take a seat in Congress.
The American Solidarity Party has petitioned to place its nominee on the ballot. He is Ben Schmitz. He will face the Republican and Democratic nominees (who will be determined in February primaries), and an independent candidate, Spencer Zimmerman, whose ballot label will be “Trump Conservative.” Thanks to Independent Political Report for this news.
Schmitz needed 400 signatures to get on the ballot. He is the second American Solidarity Party nominee for a state legislative office to appear on a ballot with the party label. The first was Monica Sohler, who ran in 2017 for New Jersey’s legislature, Assembly District 6.
I think he’s actually the third. In 2017, Monica Sohler ran for NJ state assembly in the 7th district with the American Solidarity Party ballot labels: https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2017/2017-official-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf
Correct; Monica was our first, and has remained active in the party since.
I’m the party chair and have never heard of Nathanael. What’s your source for him?
We’re very proud of Ben’s accomplishment, and it shows momentum for our party coming off the 2020 growth. Thanks for publishing about it!
The last sentence is a mistake: Schmolze ran for something called the “Abolitionist Society Pennsylvania Party.”
Thank you all for helping me correct this post. The Pennsylvania Elections website llisted Schmolze as “ASP” and I just jumped to the conclusion that “ASP” stood for American Solidarity Party. Also thanks for the info about the New Jersey 2017 race.