Campaign Supporters
Thank you to the following people and organizations for supporting our campaign:
John Matthews
Former Chief of Staff to Governor Tommy Thompson
Pro-Life Wisconsin
Wisconsin Right to Life
Wisconsin Family Action
Sheldon B. Lubar
Presidential Advisor, Business leader, Philanthropist, UW Milwaukee's Lubar School of Business
John Maddente
Business Owner
Gerry and Lynda Holton
Business Owner
Curt and Heather Gundrum
Business Owner
Ed and Barb Treick
Former Business Owner and President of Independent Business Association of Wisconsin (IBA)
Milt and Carol Kuyers
Business Owner
Jack and Carol VanDerPloeg
Business Owner
Jeff and Tracy Shultz
Debi and Gary Hovila
Business Owner
Michael and Hope Certalic
Mayor Ed McAleer
"Chris has what it takes to bring people together and move this state forward."
Patti and Robert Hutton
Business Owner and Elected Official
David and Laura Powell
Jim and Rita Lofy
Scott and Sarah Howard
Robert and Laurie Perrigo
Christopher Novak
Lenore Buss
Joe and Sarah Bellman
Peg and Dan Dettlaff
Business Owner
Richard Schultz
Karen and Jim Duane
Business Owner
Lori and Dave Rosenwald
Dave and Lynn Klann
Peter Keddie
Business Owner
Richard and Linda Arriaga
Ara Cherchian
Business Owner
Melvin Rutlin
Dorothy Van Ess
Lee and Mary Schoenfeld
Business Owner
Eileen Van Hoff
Aaron Moede
Rick and Cindy Kamp
Business Owner
Ken Schmitz
Marjorie Wolters
Dan Brockington
Neil and Shannon Dunham
Brian Nahey
Business Owner
Joshua and Colleen Brown
Elected Official
Bruce Neumiller
Business Owner
Harlan Vande Slunt
Alan and Jacie Kapenga
Business Owner
Richard and Juile Parfrey
Michael Oldenberg
Educator and Principal
Mary Keppeler
Paul and Madia Seifert
Noel and Tim Aicher
Elected Official
Darrell and Jennifer Pope
Gerald Mac Dougall
Elected Official
Aaron and Shelly Ritchie
Keith and Tina Schmidt
Business Owner
Erv and Debbie Sadowski
Elected official, Business Owner
Eileen, Harold and Ethan Hebbe
Glen and Kristi Spoolstra
Peter and Patti Larson
Fred Hoffman
Richard Jenkins
Susan and Richard Wilkey
Business Owner
Dr. Mark Bruce
Gerald Holton Jr.
John Duimstra
Gary Tenpas
Glenn and June Meekma
Kathy Dooyema
Business Owner
Arthur Schaafsma
Gile Tojek
Lewis Brasser
William Johns
Judy Abbas
Randy Cupery
Kathy Solper
Tim Evans
Lawrence Elton
Gertrude Bothof
Sal and Cher Maglio
Theresa Urbancheck
Elected Official
Craig and Joann DuMez
Jim Maloney
Business Owner
Barb and Dennis Estenson
Business Owner
Connie and Troy Flinton
Todd and Kristin Eckhart
Mary Herrick
Justin and Kelly Andaloro
Troy and Nicole Gauger
Sherri and Bill Gloyeck
Business Owner
Don and Valerie Gottschalk
Business Owner
David and Lynn Greenway
Brian Halverson
Business Owner
Brian Hastings
Business Owner
Gina Heinritz
Chuck and Tamela Lovell
Dale and Dawn Quakkelaar
Peter Rathmann
Bronwyn Glojek
Dan and Marty Wiley
Scott and Cindy Schultz
Business Owner
Tim Kooi
Retired Educator
Major Dean Nienhuis, ARNG (ret)
Steve and Heather Schaefer
Paige Lemmenes
Republican Liberty Caucus
Expect More!
Do you think we can do better than the “experts” in Madison? I do as well. My name is Chris Kapenga and I am asking you to join me in expecting more from the people we elect.
As a business owner and CPA, I know what it’s like to hire people, make payroll, manage a budget, pay taxes and still earn a profit. With mounting State and Federal deficits left unchecked, government will impose more fees and taxes on us to cover up their mistakes. Like you, I’m also troubled that there is no strategic plan to make our business climate more competitive with other states.
Improving the economy and creating jobs is for the free market, not government. This is more than a political slogan for me. My plan to free up the markets includes the following:
- Enact Workers Right to Work legislation that will balance the power of unions and employers.
- Implement Loser Payee tort reform to clean up our broken legal system.
- Remove the Combined Reporting requirement on businesses, which has added to the high tax burden of this State.
- Revise the Wage Lien law to free up lending restrictions on banks.
- Allow deductibility for Health Savings Accounts, as we are only one of four states that do not.
- Reduce the tax rates on businesses and medium to higher income individuals. We want business owners and executives to be able to afford to live in this state, and I am the only candidate to have signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge by Americans for Tax Reform.
We also need to balance our budget. My plan to do this includes:
- Implement zero-based budgeting using GAAP accounting rules. This would require justification for expenditures just like we do in our businesses and get rid of “funny” budgeting.
- Use the “Yellow Pages Test” to cut spending. If we can turn to the yellow pages and find the product or service there, we work to outsource it. Our businesses have the right people, equipment and experience to get the job done twice as fast and at half the price as government.
- Phase-out government pension plans and implement a defined-contribution system where employers match up to a specified % of what employees contribute. Leaders lead by example, so I have pledged to end the pensions of legislators first.
- Sell or lease all government assets that are not essential to our operations.
- Remove Prevailing Wage regulations for government contracts.
If you browse this website you will find out more on my stance regarding the issues, as well as watch my video that explains more about who I am and why I am running.
I ask for your support in the September 14th primary!
Chris
Primary Election
The primary election will take place on Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Please exercise your right to vote!