Renee Paplham. Submitted.
Kewaunee resident Renee Paplham is difficult incumbent Rep. Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay) for Wisconsin’s District 1 Meeting seat that covers all of Kewaunee and Door counties and a small portion of Brown County. Kitchens has represented the district since 2015.
Paplham, a Democrat, formally launched her marketing campaign with visits to small companies in Kewaunee and Door counties.
“As a middle-class, working mother, I perceive the problems folks in my neighborhood are going through,” she mentioned in an announcement. “I’m targeted on enhancing the financial safety of working households, ladies’s rights, and ensuring our children have sturdy public faculties.”
Paplham mentioned she has begun visiting with folks throughout the district and listening to the problems and issues of individuals within the First Meeting District.
“The folks of this District desire a consultant who rises above partisan politics and takes on points that enhance the lives of working households,” Paplham mentioned. “They need somebody to signify them who will work within the spirit of compromise to seek out options for our households and neighborhood.”
Paplham was born and raised in Kewaunee and graduated from the College of Wisconsin-Inexperienced Bay with a level in human improvement. She presently works as a caregiver to people with particular wants and as a mediator for the Mediation Heart of Higher Inexperienced Bay.
All seats within the Wisconsin Meeting are up for reelection this yr. The official deadline for candidates to file their nomination papers is Monday, June 3. The first election is Aug. 13, the final election Nov. 5.
