Dear John --

I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to reach out and introduce myself -- my name is Paul Farrow, and I was recently elected chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. I have been around the conservative movement for my entire life; I currently serve as Waukesha County Executive, I formerly served in the State Assembly and State Senate, and I am excited to take on this new role and work together to deliver decisive conservative victories this election cycle.

I understand that I am taking on this position at a critical time in our party history. As a state, we are experiencing disastrous leadership from Democrats on all levels. Nationally, Joe Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal has tragically cost American lives, and in Wisconsin, Tony Evers’ incompetence has resulted in a rising crime, burning cities, and absent leadership. Meanwhile, Democrats are going to do everything they can to turn Senator Ron Johnson’s U.S. Senate seat blue as they continue their attempt at a liberal takeover of our country, and they are trying to thwart and attack Republicans’ efforts to secure election integrity in Wisconsin and across the nation.

We need to do everything we can to ensure that we don’t let the Democrats win. I recently wrote an op-ed in Wisconsin Right Now outlining some of my goals for the party leading up to our key elections in 2022. You can read the full op-ed here, or read some excerpts below:

As the newly elected chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, my goal is to empower our grassroots leaders and strengthen our party from bottom to top as we work to achieve Republican victories up and down the ballot in 2022. I look forward to hearing the perspectives of activists across the state in how we can craft a strategy that will help us achieve success in all of Wisconsin’s diverse communities, from Superior to Kenosha.

One of our top priorities must be election integrity. Our efforts are off to a great start with the Election Reform Task Force, which has been hard at work for months reviewing the biggest threats to election integrity ahead of 2022 and making recommendations to the Wisconsin State Legislature.

I plan to further this commitment by holding listening sessions with grassroots leaders across the state, helping to ensure that Republicans are matching Democrats’ efforts to recruit poll workers and election observers across the state, and empowering county parties to hold their local municipalities and the Wisconsin Elections Commission accountable. We should all agree that ensuring that all Wisconsinites can have confidence in the results of our elections is critical, and we must make sure that our elections are free, fair, and secure.

We also can’t wait until November 2022 to start working to elect conservatives. Over the past year, we have seen how important our local elected officials are as liberals enforced their personal views on parents, kept our children out of the classroom, and implemented harmful critical race theory curriculum. Local government officials make crucial decisions that affect our everyday lives — and we must ensure that we are working to elect principled leaders to county boards, school boards, and county executive offices across the state.

The state party launched its first local elections initiative in the spring of 2021 with great success, and one of my primary goals is to expand this effort to achieve local victories statewide. Taking back our local governments not only ensures that our local leaders are making decisions that truly reflect the will of the people, but it also builds the bench of qualified potential candidates for statewide and federal races down the line.

My mission as chairman is to work side-by-side with you to build a coalition that will be unbeatable in 2022. I look forward to working together as we prepare for the fight ahead. 

Sincerely,

Paul Farrow

Chairman, Republican Party of Wisconsin

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