Former Member, Mauston City Council

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 3, 2014

No caucus information on file.

Public Speaker and Educator

Citizen Lobbyist

CEO, American Liberty Consulting, 2007-2013

Owner, American Liberty Construction, 2002-2011

No organizational membership information on file.

Priority Issues:

National Defense and Border Security

National defense is the single most important responsibility of the federal government, yet our country now chooses to use our troops to secure the borders and fight for other nations, while our southern border is wide open.

Today, hundreds of thousands of our fighting men and women have been stretched thin all across the globe in over 135 countries, often without a clear mission, any sense of what defines victory, or the knowledge of when they'll be permanently reunited with their families.

Taxpayers are forced to spend billions of dollars each year to protect the borders of other countries, while Washington refuses to deal with our own border security needs. Congress has been rendered virtually irrelevant in foreign policy decisions and regularly cedes authority to an executive branch that refuses to be held accountable for its actions. That?s why I will lead the fight to: * Make securing our borders the top national security priority. * Avoid long and expensive land wars that bankrupt our country. * Guarantee our intelligence community?s efforts are directed toward legitimate threats and not spying on innocent Americans through unconstitutional power grabs like the Patriot Act. * End the nation-building that is draining troop morale, increasing our debt, and sacrificing lives with no end in sight. * Only send our military into conflict with a clear mission and all the tools they need to complete the job ? and then bring them home. * Ensure our veterans receive the care, benefits, and honors they have earned when they return. * Re-evaluate and audit foreign aid expenditures to ensure taxpayer money is being used as allocated and not diverted to enrich dictators or foreign bureaucrats. We must have a national defense policy that will ensure that the greatest nation in human history is strong, secure, and respected.

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

Our new campaign slogan is "Grab a Pen and Write In Ken". I am running as a registered Independent write in candidate on November 4th, 2014 because there is a large constituency out there who would have had no one to vote for.

My platform is not partisan and neither Ron Kind or Tony Kurtz address the issues that my campaign does. Voters need more than platitudes and promises.

The write in candidacy rules favor write ins on the ballot and those write ins actually take precedence over candidates printed on the ballot. In Wisconsin, there is a ?voter intent? policy which means the voter does not have to spell the name correctly or completely for it to be counted. In municipalities that use optical scan equipment, those ballots are required to be counted by hand so that write in votes aren?t missed.

If someone wants to vote for me, they are not required to spell my name correctly or even use my entire name. In Wisconsin, their vote must be counted if it can be reasonably determined that their intent was to vote for me.