Kewaunee resident Renee Paplham wants your vote this fall after she announced her candidacy for the First Assembly District, currently held by Sturgeon Bay Republican Rep. Joel Kitchens. The Democratic candidate launched her bid on Thursday with visits to small businesses throughout Kewaunee and Door counties. Paplham was born and raised in Kewaunee and works as a caregiver and a mediator. She was on the team looking to find a candidate until people began asking her to run. She knows it is a tough district for Democrats to win, but she says there is a lot of enthusiasm in the party right now.

Paplham added that she is focused on improving the economic security of working families, women’s rights and ensuring kids have strong public schools. Kitchens, who has served in the Assembly since 2014, announced his re-election bid last month. 

Picture courtesy of Democratic Party of Door County