I am today announcing my candidacy in the
Wisconsin Presidential Primary on April 5th.
The Wisconsin Primary has had a great tradition,
stretching back to the days of Governor LaFalla in 1905,
who helped design this law in order to permit the people
of this state, as well as the people of other states,
to participate in the selection of their presidential nominee.
I have traveled with Wisconsin frequently in the past year,
and shall continue to travel it in the coming weeks and months.
For the past 18 years, I've been in the service
of the United States, four years in the United
States Navy in the Pacific, and for 14 years as a
member of the Congress.
During that time, I've come to have an image of
Americans as courageous, competent, and persevering.
It is with that image that I begin this campaign.