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With the election just about three weeks away, the GOP is reaching out to the African-American community, a vote that historically leans Democratic.WISN 12 News reporter Mike Anderson introduces you to a man who has been chosen by Republicans to change that.VIDEO: GOP reaches out to African-American votersOrlando Owens is on a mission."We got to knock on these doors, and this is just one side. We still to the heart of the inner city, too," Owens said.He is the Wisconsin Republican Party's chief recruiter for the African-American vote."I've always been a conservative. Before I even knew what conservative was I was always conservative, and when I started looking at the platforms of the Republican party, it started hitting me right at home, like 'That makes sense to me,'" Owens said.The leaders of the Republican Party have said they have in the past not done enough to reach out to African-Americans, so they hired Owens, a 40-year-old college-educated husband and father to go out and sell African Americans the Republican ideology."That's part of my job, is to go out throughout the state of Wisconsin, wherever there's African-Americans, to talk to them, and listen and start a dialog, not necessarily saying 'become a Republican,' but saying 'This is what we stand for and these are some the issues that may fit you as well,'" Owens said.Owens has been on this job a little more than a year. WISN 12 News spoke with some African-American voters who said first of all, neither party should assume they have, or can have, their vote easily. One of them is Douglas English."Assume I'm an American period, and then let's go from there because I'm independent," English said.Antreal Morris, who is a Democrat, said Owens would be welcome to talk with him, but he's not likely to be moved."I don't think that's likely to happen with people who are deeply rooted in the Democratic tradition, which myself, my family, friends, coworkers and colleagues (are), so I wish him the best of luck in that," Morris said.Owens said he'll take that luck. All he's looking for in the moment is to be heard.As state director of African-American outreach for the Republican party, Owens is the only paid representative in that position.