Wisconsin Rapids Businessman Announces Run for Governor

Link to November 6 Wisconsin Rapids Journal.

Excerpt: He will vie for the Republican nomination for the post currently held by Democrat Jim Doyle, who will not seek re-election.

"My decision to run for Wisconsin governor is based on a deep desire to give back to my community as well as my state," Paterick said, in a written statement released Thursday afternoon.

"Wisconsin needs a leader who can bring people together to solve the state's problems," he said. "Someone who is fresh to the process and understands business and wants to work with others to build consensus."

From 1985 to 1989, Paterick served as an alderman representing what was then Ward 13 on the Wisconsin Rapids Common Council, a tenure that included stints as the youngest chairman of the Finance Committee and secretary of the Public Works Committee. In 1986, he unsuccessfully ran for city clerk against Vern Borth.