State Senate Candidate
It is hard to believe that the primary election Tuesday, Sept. 14 is almost here!
My campaign team has done a great job. We marched in more than 20 parades, did five breakfast on the farms, lots of church picnics, put up tons of yard signs and dropped off brochures at tens of thousands of homes. Hopefully our message resonates with you, the voters.

In the meantime, we have gotten some great endorsements, although I did not actively pursue them.

High on the list is one from your State Representative, Al Ott. Enjoying a cup of coffee the other day at Forest Junction, we agreed that the two of us are a lot alike in our philosophy on good government. We stand firm on conservative principles but we are willing to work "across the aisle" at times to get things done.

Al handed me his endorsement on a slip of paper at the Calumet GOP Lincoln Day Dinner last February. It was the first one I received.

Recently I was the only candidate in the race endorsed by Pro-Life Wisconsin and I was also endorsed by Wisconsin Right to Life.

Just last week we received a huge endorsement from the Dairy Business Association (DBA). As the only candidate in the race born and raised on a dairy farm, I was very happy to receive this honor. Farmers know they will have a real friend in Madison if I am elected.

It was great getting the endorsements of all the county sheriffs in the district, including Brown, Door, Kewaunee and Calumet Counties.

Endorsements from friends such as John Gard, former Speaker of the Assembly; Paul Jadin, President of the Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, and Brown County Executive Tom Hinz are also very nice to receive.

After campaigning hard in the district these past eight months, I have come to appreciate the accomplishments of our Sen. Alan Lasee even more. He really is an icon in this district.

All I have to do is show someone a photo of Sen. Lasee in his cowboy hat and almost immediately they smile and say, "Oh yea, I know him." And often they would tell me something Alan had done for them sometime during the 36 years of service to this district.

It is kind of ironic that Alan was the first person in politics that I talked to 16 years ago about running for the Assembly. I had no idea that some day I would be running to fill the seat of this senator, who stood tall in the Wisconsin State Senate for 36 years.

So I am especially proud to be the candidate that Alan has asked you, his constituents, to elect on WDOR Radio in early August. Thank you, Alan for doing a great job all these years.

Authorized and paid for by Dave Hutchison for State Senate, John Pagel, treasurer

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