I believe in Term Limits, they are my #1 priority and have fought for them in previous campaigns. All public officials should serve no longer than 2 terms or 8 years, a precedent intentionally set by our 1st President George Washington after we gained independence in the American Revolution from a King who ruled for life. Doug La Follette was first elected Wisconsin Secretary of State in the year 1974, back when Richard Nixon was President of the United States.

During La Follette’s tenure the duties of his office have been delegated to different departments and at present his simple job description reads “to keep the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin and affix it to all official acts of the governor.”

Why has this happened?

Our founding fathers did not intend for the leaders of our country to remain in elected office for lengthy periods of time. America’s first governing document, The Articles of Confederation, contained a provision for mandatory rotation of delegates, in other words term limits.

Thomas Jefferson once said “by throwing the rascals out from time to time they will remind government that it exists to serve us- not the other way around.”

Decades of complacency has left Wisconsin with an office of Secretary of State desperately in need of reform.

Recently budget and staff cuts have made it possible to move the Secretary of States office from a 4000 sq ft 10th floor operation into what he calls a “cubby hole” consisting of 300 sq ft in the Capitol basement.

Over the years La Follette’s office has become irrelevant, and many have called for it’s abolition. My vision of reform brings with it new jobs and opportunity, I want to restore function to the office of Secretary of State by making it Wisconsin’s Chief Protocol Officer for international relations and to serve as a goodwill ambassador promoting commerce, educational studies and cultural exchanges between Wisconsin, other States, and the World.