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Representative
              LORGE                          WELCH                      
 BRANCEL

William D. Lorge (Rep.), 40th Assembly District
  Born Bear Creek, August 31, 1960. Graduate St. Mary's Grade School, Bear
Creek, class pres.; Clintonville
H.S., senior class pres.; attended Austro-American Institute, Vienna, Austria
and Madison Area Technical
College; B.A. in communication arts, UW-Madison, senior class pres. Full-time
legislator and real estate
broker. Former congressional aide, state senate legislative assistant, realtor,
farmer, Wis. Dept. of Transpor-
tation employe. Member New London K. of C. (3rd degree); Outagamie Co. and
Waupaca Co. Republican
Parties; Wis. Federation of Young Republicans; Christian Children's Fund
(sponsor since 1979); Bear Creek
Lions Club; U.S. Jaycees; N.R.A. Former member College Republican Nat'l.
Com. (exec. bd.); Wis. College
Republicans (state PAC chm.); Teens for Christ (pres.).
  Elected to Assembly 1988. Biennial committee assignments: 1989 - Criminal
Justice and Public Safety;
Financial Institutions and Insurance; Tourism, Recreation and Government
Operations and its Subcom. on
Tourism, Arts, Entertainment and Athletics; Transportation.
  Telephone: Capitol: (608) 266-3794; District: (715) 752-4040.
  Voting address: (Town of Deer Creek) Route 1, Bear Creek 54922.
  Mailing address: (office) Room 325 West, State Capitol, P.O. Box 8952,
Madison 53708.

Robert T. Welch (Rep.), 41st Assembly District
  Born Berlin, June 8, 1958; married; 3 children. Graduate Wautoma H.S.;
attended Lawrence U. 1976-78;
A.A.S. in land surveying, Madison Area Technical College 1980. Legislator
and land surveyor. Member
Redgranite Lion's Club; Knights of Columbus; Green Lake-Ripon Area Bd. of
Realtors; 4-H leader. Served
on state Rep. Party platform com. (chm. 1988, mbr. 1984). Former town assessor.
  Elected to Assembly 1984; reelected since 1986. Minority Caucus Chairperson
1989, 1987. Biennial commit-
tee assignments: 1989- Jt. Com. for Review of Administrative Rules (ranking
minority mbr., also 1987, mbr.
1985); Assembly Organization (also 1987); Elections and Constitutional Law;
Natural Resources; Rules (also
1987); Council on Migrant Labor (chp., also 1987, 1985); Wisconsin Jobs Council.
1987- Elections; Employ-
ment and Training; Legis. Coun. Com. on Juvenile Justice Issues. 1985 - Labor;
Urban and Local Affairs;
Select Com. on Work Incentives; Special Com. on Comparable Worth; Legis.
Coun. Com. on Time-Share
Property.
  Telephone: Capitol: (608) 266-8077; District: (414) 566-4655.
  Voting address: Town of Leon.
  Mailing address: (office) Room 318 North, State Capitol, P.O. Box 8953,
Madison 53708; (district) 24th
Road, Redgranite 54970.

Ben Brancel (Rep.), 42nd Assembly District
  Born Portage, July 31, 1950; married; 3 children. Graduate Portage H.S.;
B.S. UW-Platteville 1972. Dairy
farmer. Member Wis. Agri-Business Council (past vice pres.); Wis. Dairies
(past young farmers' pres.); Mar-
quette Co. 4-H (leader); Marquette Co. Farm Bureau (past dir.); Kilbourn
Coop. (past dir.); Congressman
Petri Advisory Com.; Marquette Holstein Assn. (past pres.). Former member
East Central/Select Sires (by-
laws com. chp.). Town of Douglas chairman 1985-present; Marquette Co. Ag.
Extension Com. 1980-present.
Former member of Portage School Board.
  Elected to Assembly 1986; reelected 1988. Minority Caucus Sergeant at Arms
1989. Biennial committee
assignments: 1989 - Children and Human Services (also 1987); Labor (ranking
minority mbr.); Tourism,
Recreation and Government Operations; Ways and Means; Council on Tourism
(also 1987); Select Com. on
the Census. 1987 - Colleges and Universities; Judiciary; Tourism, Recreation
and Forest Productivity; Legis.
Coun. Coins. on American Indian Study, on Targeted Educational Services.
  Telephone: Capitol: (608) 266-7746; District: (608) 981-2003.
  Voting address: Town of Douglas.
  Mailing address: (office) Room 9 East, State Capitol, P.O. Box 8952, Madison
53708; (district) Route 1, Box
229, Endeavor 53930.