Rep. Duke Tucker (R) on medical marijuana
Biography
Personal: Born St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, September 12, 1970; married; 2 children, 2 grandchildren.
Education: Grantsburg High School.
Occupation: Operations manager, Grantsburg Telecom 1996–present. Former telephone and data circuitry specialist and combat communications specialist, Desert Shield/Desert Storm, US Air Force 1988–92; business telephone and data systems technician, Telephone Specialists (Eau Claire) 1992–96.
Member: American Legion Post 185–Grantsburg (life member, past commander); Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6856–Milltown (life member); WIAA softball umpire; Grantsburg Rotary.
Former member: Grantsburg Chamber of Commerce (past president, vice president); Grantsburg Public Library (president, vice president); Grantsburg Girls Fastpitch Club (board member; coach); World Championship Snowmobile Watercross (executive director).
Previous office: Elected to Wisconsin Conservation Congress (Burnett County delegate) 2022–present; Town of West Marshland Water Commissioner 2022–present; Town of Grantsburg Water Commissioner 2022–present; Burnett County Board of Supervisors, District 7, 2024–present.
Elected to Assembly 2024.
What has Tucker said
When asked about marijuana reform back in March of 2024, Duke Tucker had this to say “I’ll be listening and learning about many issues. But no I have not developed a stance on that issue.” After a few exchanges he closed out our chat by saying “I’m sure the issue will be in front of the legislature again. I served on our library board with a person that is passionate about the issue too.“
On August 9th, 2024 he did an interview and said on recreational marijuana legalization, he is open to the idea.
“I think there’s a lot of work to be done there to figure out how to test for people that are operating under the influence and all those sorts of things,” Tucker said.
On October 24th The Amery Free Press reported the candidate interviews for the district and cannabis reform was brought up.
Medical or recreational Cannabis use? I’ve never used cannabis/marijuana for medical or recreational use. Obviously, I wouldn’t know a lot about it. Medical use of cannabis is widely supported based on what I’ve heard during the campaign. Like any other issue, I’d study a bill closely and decide based on what I hear from what appear to be law-abiding good-natured folks before debating the bill in Madison and casting a vote. I don’t need to know everything about all issues as the district’s Assembly Representative. The job is more about listening to folks in the district and trying to make a sound decision.
On the latest episode of That’s Debatable with Ben Dryden and Emily Gall aired live Thursday morning, October 2, 2025, featuring Wisconsin’s 75th Assembly District Representative, Duke Tucker, as a special guest and he talks real briefly about the Republican medical marijuana bill. It was short and vague, I thought it was going to start off with the gateway theory, but Tucker comes through by saying everyone is on drugs.
