Rick Rose for Wisconsin

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Winner Winner
An Essay by Supervisor Rick Rose

The headlines came in fast Tuesday night. Winners and losers. Who’s up, who’s down. The tallies rolled in across Dane County — this one wins, that one loses, on to the next race.

I was on that list. After four years serving District 16 as County Board Supervisor, the voters chose someone new. In the language of election night, I lost.
But that framing is wrong.

Democracy isn’t a zero-sum game. It’s a hand-off of trust. The people weigh in, they make a choice, and then something remarkable hopefully happens — the person leaving makes room, and the person arriving steps up. That’s not defeat. That’s the whole point.

One of the more poignant moments from my two terms, wasn’t a vote cast for 400+ pieces of legislation I sponsored or a policy shaped, too may to name it came last night. It was the concession call.

Goodwill Obieze - the candidate the majority of voters just chose to represent District 16 Dane County - was on the receiving end. And what I heard was exactly what democracy is sounds like. Goodwill said he’d reach out for wisdom. I said I’d be there along the way.

No bitterness. No score-settling. Just one person handing the good work to the next. It’s a win-win.

And that’s also what the vote wins every single time — not a winner and a loser, but a peaceful transfer of trust from one neighbor to another, one servant to another.

Great things!

📬 Friends in ZIP codes 53718 and 53590 — if you requested an absentee ballot and haven’t turned it in yet, tomorrow and Tuesday are your days to.
You can drop it off at your nearest city or county clerk’s office, drop off at a remote ballot box OR bring it directly to your polling place on Tuesday. (Google your location for any of these — it’s quick and easy!)
🗳️ And whether you’ve already got a plan or haven’t thought about it yet — PLEASE VOTE this Tuesday. Every single vote matters.
I’m here if you have any questions about where to go or what to bring. Just ask!
And please — vote Rose. 💙
📣 If you have friends in 53718 or 53590, please share this post!

Smith Crossing and other Sun Prairie friends, here are voting locations for Tuesday! Thanks to all the businesses and organizations for opening their doors.

VOTE ROSE 4/7

*SUN PRAIRIE VOTING LOCATIONS*

The City will be using all 8 of our Polling Places for the April 7 Spring Election. To find your ward and polling location, you can use the “Find My Polling Place” tool at https://myvote.wi.gov/en-us/.

Love when your friend from the 53718 zip heads out to meet other fellow Eastside Madisonians and spread the good word of our campaign.

Thanks Joshalynne!

VOTE ROSE 4/7!