No Seat Is Safe
In this episode, we sit down with Amanda Nedweski. She helped start Wisconsin’s first Moms for Liberty chapter in Kenosha and she has turned grassroots momentum into real electoral wins.
Amanda shares how she helped launch Moms for Liberty in Wisconsin in 2021, then stepped into the political arena herself. First, she ran for county board to counter pandemic-era government overreach, and she WON. She later ran for State Assembly to defend parental rights, protect children, and preserve Liberty, and won again. We dig into what makes Wisconsin uniquely challenging: a deeply divided government with a Republican legislature, a Democrat governor, and a liberal state Supreme Court.
Amanda explains why compromise is unavoidable, why many bills never become law, and how this gridlock has eroded voter trust. A major focus of the conversation is the power of local involvement. With 421 school districts and thousands of municipal and county offices, Amanda argues that local government is the front line for preventing overreach, protecting children, and building the bench for higher office. Without strong grassroots engagement, lawmakers don’t know what policies are truly needed. Amanda also reflects on her early days in the legislature—arriving as “one of those school board moms” and having to earn credibility.
She has now served on the Education Committee and the Government Accountability and Transparency Committee, helping shape policy from the inside. She shares her personal “why,” rooted in growing up in a poor neighborhood in Kenosha and witnessing the cycle of poverty firsthand. With Wisconsin ranking last in the nation for reading achievement gaps, Amanda championed the Right to Read Act—transforming literacy policy statewide by embedding the Science of Reading into law, creating a literacy board, funding 64 reading coaches, and allocating $50 million toward outcomes that matter.
The episode also tackles hard truths: union-backed school board races that price out everyday parents, political complacency, and the danger of assuming any seat is “safe” when voters stay home.