Candidate, Wisconsin Assembly, District 52, 2012

Candidate, Wisconsin State Assembly, District 52, 2010

No caucus information on file.

Trial Attorney, Private Law Practice, present

Volunteer, Local Food Pantry, present

Former Volunteer, Red Cross, Hurricaine Katrina

Father's Occupation:

Mail carrier and a house painter

Favorite Book:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain), With Malice Towards None (Stephen B. Oates), Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela), Undaunted Courage (Stephen E. Ambrose), Faith of My Fathers (John McCain), A Walk in the Woods (Bill Bryson), Robert Kennedy and His Times (Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.), Watership Down (Richard Adams), Nickeled and Dimed (Barbara Ehrenreich), An Unfinished Life (Robert Dallek), Raising Hell for Justice (David Obey)

Favorite Movie:

Glory, The Shawshank Redemption, Dances With Wolves, Failsafe, My Cousin Vinny, Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, Field of Dreams, Groundhog Day

Favorite Musician:

The Beatles, Neil Diamond, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Billy Joel, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Dixie Chicks, Dan Seals, Fleetwood Mac, Jim Croce

Favorite Quote:

"The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot's grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature."--Abraham Lincoln

"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished by how much he had learned in seven years."--Mark Twain

"We must find our advancement in the search for the advancement of all.Our own children's futures cannot be built upon the misfortunes of others. Our short lives can neither be ennobled nor enriched by hatred or revenge." --Robert F. Kennedy

Favorite TV Shows:

Six Feet Under, Boston Legal, The Amazing Race, 60 Minutes, The West Wing, Lost, Star Trek: The Next Generation

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Hiking, bicycling, traveling, guitar, working out with Russian Kettlebells

Spouse's Occupation:

Professor, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh