JoCasta Zamarripa

Background

Zamarripa is a second-term Milwaukee alderperson and former Wisconsin state representative. Her campaign site says she was born and raised in Milwaukee; local reporting identifies her as representing the city’s 8th District on the Common Council since 2020.

Sources: JoCasta Zamarripa campaign website, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Meet the candidates running for Wisconsin secretary of state

What the candidate has said

Statements are attributed to the linked sources.

• Working families

  She lists championing working families, defending free and fair elections, and speaking up on cost-of-living concerns—including affordable child care, housing and fully funded public schools—as priorities.

  League of Women Voters Vote411, Secretary of State/Secretario del Estado

• Office modernization

  She says she wants to build on the current secretary of state’s modernization work by making services accessible online, clarifying the office’s functions and improving outreach, including in community languages.

  League of Women Voters Vote411, Secretary of State/Secretario del Estado

• Voting rights

  She says she does not believe the secretary of state needs to oversee elections and views the office as a platform to protect voting rights.

  Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin secretary of state campaign focuses on office's duties