Candidate, Wisconsin State Senate, District 17, 2014

Candidate, Wisconsin Assembly, District 51, 2012

No caucus information on file.

Researcher, Judge Bill Dyke, Iowa County Court, 2011

Executive Office Staff, Governor Jim Doyle, 2008-2010

Assistant, Legislative Staff, United States Senator Russ Feingold, 2006-2008

Intern, Congressman Ron Kind, 2006

Member, American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin

Member, Clean Wisconsin

Member, Democratic Party of Wisconsin

Member, Dodgeville Historic Preservation Board

Alternate Member, Dodgeville Housing Board

Member, Dodgeville Optimists Club

Assistant Coach, Dodgeville Varsity Volleyball

Member, Fair Wisconsin

Vice-Chair, Iowa County Ethics Board

Member, NARAL Pro-Choice

Member, Plymouth Congregational Church, Dodgeville

Member, Sierra Club of Wisconsin

Member, Southwest Wisconsin Libraries Board

Co-Captain, Stanford Men’s Volleyball Team

Member, Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

Dear Friends and Neighbors:

I'm running because I love my community and our way of life in southwest Wisconsin. I want to make a difference for our rural communities, and I believe the best way I can serve is by fighting for our values in the State Senate.

There's so much work to be done to move Wisconsin forward. We need to reform redistricting. We need to ensure strong, local controls over frac sand mining. And we need to strengthen our rural communities by repairing our roads, expanding access to broadband, and reinvesting in our public and technical schools.

From talking with friends and neighbors, I know that the people of southwest Wisconsin have had enough of the tea party agenda in Madison.

The Wisconsin way is not to "divide and conquer.' The Wisconsin way is to invite everyone to the table so we can solve the problems that affect all of us here in the Badger State.

Our best legislators have been independent-minded. As state senator, I will always put the interests of our rural communities first.

If you share these priorities, I ask you to consider voting for me in the Democratic primary on August 12.

Sincerely,

Pat

Spring Green, WI