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Gillian Battino · Candidate for State Senate

Does Gillian Battino really represent you?

Read the positions and their qualifications.

Battino opposes requiring voter photo ID and statewide restrictions on biological males in female sports and locker rooms. She supports legal abortion before fetal viability.

Downtown Wausau’s 400 Block park, photographed in 2009.

For voters in the Wausau, Marshfield and Mosinee areas of Senate District 29, across much of Marathon County and neighboring parts of Wood, Portage, Waupaca and Shawano counties.

These are candidate questionnaire answers retained on October 17, 2026. No current-session state legislative actions are attributed to Battino.

Elections

Opposes voter photo ID

It should be easy to vote and hard to cheat, but Battino stated that voters should not need to verify their identity through photo ID.

Stated position: 2026 iVoterGuide questionnaire

Read the record: 2026 iVoterGuide questionnaire

In her 2026 Senate District 29 questionnaire, Battino wrote: “Voters should be able to verify their identity through multiple secure methods, not only a specific government-issued photo ID.”

The answer concerns identification methods. It does not expressly discuss constitutional entrenchment or identify a referendum vote.

School sports

Opposes protections for girls’ and women’s sports

Opposes state laws to keep biological males out of female locker rooms. Girls and women deserve fair competition and private spaces.

Stated position: 2026 iVoterGuide questionnaire

Read the record: 2026 iVoterGuide questionnaire

In her 2026 Senate District 29 questionnaire, Battino disagreed with the statement, “Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women’s sports or occupy biological women’s spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women’s shelters, or prison.” She wrote, “Government should focus on practical solutions rather than broad mandates that take these decisions away from families and local institutions.”

Abortion

Supports legal abortion any time before fetal viability

Battino supports legal abortion any time before viability – about five and a half to six months into pregnancy.

Stated position: 2026 iVoterGuide questionnaire

Read the record: 2026 iVoterGuide questionnaire

In her 2026 Senate District 29 questionnaire, Battino wrote: “Abortion should be legal before fetal viability.”

Her answer also allows exceptions after viability for the mother’s life or health and severe fetal complications.