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Joseph Kexel
Joseph Kexel was a 2014 Libertarian candidate seeking election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Wisconsin.[1] He failed to submit the required number of signatures to appear on the ballot.[2]
He was a 2012 Libertarian candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Wisconsin.
Biography
Kexel attended the University of Wisconsin-Parkside for a few years. He now owns his own IT company called Vikkex.[3]
Campaign themes
2012
Kexel listed his campaign platform on his website:[4]
- I fully support balanced budgets. I will never say Yeah to a unbalanced budget. I may offer verbal support to those making the effort to balance the budget, but I will never vote for a unbalanced budget. I will not budge on the budget!
- I support having budget surpluses in order to pay off our 16 trillion of national debt.
- I fully agree that only by addressing our military expenditures and our entitlement programs will we be able to balance the budget. I feel anyone claiming otherwise is lying.
- We do not have a revenue problem as much as we have a spending problem.
- If government borrows 1.5 trillion to fund stuff we cannot afford, then businesses will not be offered the 1.5 trillion in loans to build up the private sector. If you want real jobs and not some made-work program or welfare, then we must not suck up all the capital at the governmental level. We must invest in the private sector at the private level. Government needs to be under control.
- The Second Amendment is very clear. SHALL NOT INFRINGE! Gun control, if it must exist, should be done at the state level, not the federal level.
- Human liberty should be the goal of government, not the enemy of it.
Elections
2014
Kexel ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Wisconsin's 1st District.[1] He did not submit the required signatures to appear on the ballot.[2]
2012
Kexel ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Wisconsin. He ran as a Libertarian and was defeated by Tammy Baldwin (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Tammy Baldwin |
51.5% | 1,547,104 | |
| Republican | Tommy Thompson | 45.9% | 1,380,126 | |
| Libertarian | Joseph Kexel | 2.1% | 62,240 | |
| Independent | Nimrod Allen III | 0.5% | 16,455 | |
| N/A | Write-ins | 0% | 113 | |
| Total Votes | 3,006,038 | |||
| Source: U.S. House Clerk "2012 Election Statistics" | ||||
Personal
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Kexel is married with two daughters.[6]
Recent news
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- All stories may not be relevant to this legislator due to the nature of the search engine.
See also
- Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District
- Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014
- United States House of Representatives
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates Registered by Office," accessed June 3, 2014 (dead link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates Registered by Office," accessed June 13, 2014
- ↑ Campaign website, "Bio"
- ↑ Campaign website, "Issues"
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates Registered by Office," accessed June 9, 2012
- ↑ Campaign website, "Bio"
