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Why I'm endorsing Kriss Marion for Wisconsin State Senate District 17

I'm only going to write one blog post on The Progressive Midwesterner during the Winter Olympics this year, but it's for a good reason.

Kriss Marion, a farmer, political activist, and a member of the Lafayette County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors, is running for a seat in the Wisconsin State Senate in the 17th Senate District of Wisconsin, which includes parts of southwestern Wisconsin and is home to many farms and small towns. I endorse Kriss Marion in her state senate race in Wisconsin. Marion's campaign website and Twitter page can be found at the links in this sentence.

Marion's political advocacy led to Wisconsin's ban on the sale of home-made baked goods to be ruled unconstitutional by a judge in her home county in Wisconsin, and Marion supports implementing a "cupcake law" in Wisconsin that would officially legalize and regulate the sale of home-made baked goods in Wisconsin. My home state of Illinois passed a "cupcake law" in 2014, although, under the cupcake law in Illinois, counties in Illinois can opt not to adopt the cupcake law. As this video by Marion's campaign shows, Marion is a champion for rural Wisconsin through and through.

Although I don't live in Wisconsin, I think that it's great that progressive-minded people in rural America, such as Kriss Marion, are standing up for common-sense values and running for public office. I encourage Democratic primary voters in the 17th Senate District of Wisconsin to support Marion's campaign.

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