Zerban to Submit Nomination Signatures, Ryan Papers Already In
1st Congressional District challenger Rob Zerban will travel to Madison today while U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan turned in his nomination papers on May 23. Zerban is the first serious Ryan challenger in a number of years.
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Rob Zerban, a small businessman who has been challenging Congressman Paul Ryan since last summer, will submit nearly 2,300 nomination signatures from all parts of Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District to place himself on the ballot to oppose incumbent Paul Ryan (R-Janesville).
In an announcement to supporters, Zerban announced the amount reflects about 230% of what's required. He will appear at the Government Accountability Board offices in Madison Friday afternoon to hand in the signatures.
Ryan's office confirmed that he turned in some 2,700 nomination signatures on May 23.
"Congressman Ryan submitted approximately 2700 nomination signatures on May 23rd and is grateful for the opportunity to represent residents of Wisconsin's First District for another term," said Ryan spokesperson Kevin Siefert in an email to Patch.
Zerban's campaign has maintained that Zerban presents the best chance thus far to unseat Ryan, who has been the 1st District's Congressman since 1999. To date, no debates between the two candidates have been confirmed, but Patch is working with both campaigns to secure a date sometime in October.
James R Hoffa
2:21 am on Saturday, June 2, 2012
Zerban's plan/goals/direction/ideas/etc are about as elusive as Barrett's!
Is the new strategy from the Democratic Party in general to run on absolutely nothing of substance?
DHFabian
3:35 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012
I think the core issues are pretty clear to most of us. In the proverbial nutshell, the richest few/corporations have obtained a dangerous level of power over government. We've been warned since the founding of this country to guard against allowing the richest few to gain too much power because (as millions of us have certainly seen), the country suffers greatly when that happens. Without a balance of power, the nation collapses. Not so complicated.
James R Hoffa
7:23 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012
@DHFabian -
I believe you've been spending far too much time over on the Daily Kos! When this nation was at its most prosperous, there were several of the rich that could individually afford to and did bailout the government from financial collapse. Today, the combined wealth of the top 1% of this country wouldn't even run the federal government, yet alone state and local governments, for a year, yet alone bail it out from the brink of financial collapse.
But, if it's easier for you blame the boogeymen millionaires and billionaires than to propose real solutions to the problems faced by our country, knock yourself out.
So far, Zerban has offered nothing of his own, preferring to attack Ryan for having the guts to actually propose multiple solutions. Why doesn't Zerban just be honest and straight with us and come out and say that his answer would include significantly raising taxes on everyone and growing the size/scope of our federal government?