Madison Spring Election 2023: District 10 Candidates

by Safety Connection

YOU have a chance to impact public safety in Madison with your vote!

Here is more information about the candidates that will appear on your District 10 primary ballot on Tuesday, February 21st, plus our public safety pick!

UPDATE 2-22-23: Sheri Carter and Yannette Figueroa Cole advanced to the general election that will take place on Tuesday, April 4

District 10 Candidates

Sheri Carter

Yanette Figueroa Cole

Diego Colorado

Madison Area Safety Connection heartily recommends Sheri Carter for District 10. One of the first two African American women on the Council, Carter is a real leader and role model. She is a collaborator who gets things done. She will work proactively with all relevant agencies to value and prioritize public safety and healthy communities where all can thrive. Carter supports body-worn cameras on police for greater transparency and accountability and values proactive, problem-solving, community policing. A skilled leader, Carter has served as Council President and was a unifying voice in difficult times. 

Her opponent Figueroa Cole has fought nearly every initiative of the Madison Police Department and sought to take funding from the police department to fund other agencies at a time of severe staffing shortages. She even voted no on spending $36,000 for a new roof for a city building which was actively leaking because it housed MPD’s Training Center. Figueroa Cole has opposed adding additional grant-funded officers to work with our at-risk youth, and she also voted to take the city-match portion of the phased-in grant for CARES, despite the CARES team not needing the money at that time. When that became clear, she tried to reallocate that money to Public Health (who had not even requested it). No new funding to the police and maximum funding taken from the police appears to be Figueroa Cole’s motto.

Figueroa Cole is also endorsed by the Progressive Dane PAC and will therefore have a city-wide agenda instead of a district-oriented mindset. She will be held accountable for every vote by this political action committee which has endorsed her, as evidenced by this statement on their website, among other things: “We make no apologies for expecting endorsed candidates to remain accountable to their campaign promises and to our progressive program. They are recruited to work with each other and Progressive Dane on a regular basis.” 

If you want an Alder who represents YOUR interests and YOUR district’s interests, vote for Sheri Carter!

Learn More about the Candidates: Read – Listen -Watch

Sheri Carter

Candidate Website

Know Your Candidate

Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce Questionnaire

WORT Interview

Yanette Figueroa Cole

Candidate Website

Know Your Candidate

Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce Questionnaire

WORT Interview

Diego Colorado

WORT interview

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