Full Name:
Laurance 'Andy' A. Mitchell
Gender:
Male
Family:
Spouse:Christine; 2 children:Mary, John
Birth Date:
12/12/1956
Birth Place:
Houston, TX
Home City:
Burlington, WI
Graduated, Teacher Certification, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
BA, Sam Houston State, 1980
Candidate, Wisconsin State Assembly, District 63, 2014
No caucus information on file.
Teacher, Racine High School Special Education, present
Former Teacher, Arkansas Fire Academy
Former Substitute Teacher, College Station School District
Former Teacher, Gateway Technical Institute
Former Firefighter, Houston Fire Department
Former Mud Logger, Oil Fields
Volunteer, Nixon Re-Election Campaign
Building Representative Alternate, Union
Number of Grandchildren:
1
Reason for Seeking Public Office:
I believe that a state representative should do the work of his constituents and not follow directives of powerful outside interest groups.
I believe that cancer and affordable treatment is a right. A bill to give cancer victims affordable treatment should not have been amended or delayed to sooth the needs of the lobbyist.
I believe that Wisconsin's tradition of heavy voter turnout and a fair and balanced electoral processes is something to be proud of and protected. A special session to suppress the vote is unnecessary and wasteful given that all the evidence shows little to no voter fraud.
I am concerned with the movement towards less protection for citizens by their government.
I believe in a decent wage and fair benefits for workers.
I believe that big money has a corrupting influence on our current representative who is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council. This group has crafted many of our current laws to favor large corporations at the expense of the average American.
I believe in funding education at all levels. I believe that the technical colleges will recreate our shrinking middle class and that they should be affordable.