State Representative Brett Davis, Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, recently announced a new round of endorsements from business leaders across Wisconsin. Below is a partial list of business leaders and groups who have endorsed Davis:
Tom Howatt— Board Chair, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce; President & CEO, Wausau Paper
Brandon Bartow—Owner, Bartow Builders (Manitowoc)
Doug Scott—Owner, Amwood Homes Inc. (Janesville)
Brian McKee—Midwest Homes (Madison)
Steve Loehr—Vice President of Operations Support, Kwik Trip Inc. (La Crosse)
Gary Gorman—CEO, Gorman & Company Inc. (Oregon)
Marilyn Vollrath & Philip Vollrath—President and Partner, Vollrath Associates, Inc. (Milwaukee)
John Nagy—President & CEO, Spancrete (Waukesha)
Marc Wilson—CEO, Safway (Waukesha)
Walter Vollrath, III—President & CEO, Polar Ware/Stoelting (Kiel)
The Madison Area Builders Association
Wisconsin Grocers Association
Wisconsin Dairy Business Association
In addition to these business endorsements, Rep. Davis was also named the Milwaukee Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s (MMAC) Champion of Commerce. “It is because of the hard work of lawmakers like Representative Davis that we were able to achieve a number of significant public policy victories for the workers and employers of the Metropolitan Milwaukee region,” said MMAC President Tim Sheehy. “Brett is an outstanding example of a leader working hard in Madison to keep Wisconsin’s economy competitive. We are proud to salute him with the Champion of Commerce award.”
Davis has also been endorsed by Wisconsin Right to Life, Governor Tommy Thompson, Congressman and Ambassador Mark Green, the majority of Waukesha County GOP executive board (as individuals), Governor Scott McCallum, and former State Representative and 2006 candidate for lt. governor Jean Hundertmark. In addition to these endorsements, Davis was leading vote getter on each of the three ballots cast in the lieutenant governor’s race at the 2010 Republican Party of Wisconsin state convention with a margin of at least 12 percent over his next closest rival.
