January 8, 2010: After lots of thought and prayer, my family and I have decided not to enter the 2010 campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives. We'll return after our last child is out of diapers. I'm Thad Wasson and I and my wife, Michelle, are concerned about the direction our country is taking. I'm not at all sure how much difference I can make as South Dakota's Representative in the House of Representatives, but I am sure that our current member is not representing working folks like us. I am 37, have been married to my wife Michelle for 8 years, and have 3 children, ages 7, 3 and 2. I work for Qwest Communications as a network technician and began that career in May of 1997. I graduated from Pierce High School in Pierce, Nebraska, class of 1991. I joined the Marine Corps and served for two years. After my discharge I attended community college in Norfolk, NE. We attend church at Abiding Word Lutheran Church in Rapid City and I have been the council leader for 5 years. I am also a board member of Bethany Christian Services, an adoption and family counseling agency. I belong to the Marine Corps League in Rapid and also the American Legion Post in Piedmont. My beautiful wife Michelle is a P.A. for Regional Physicians and is a native of Las Cruces, New Mexico. During the past year I have spoken to over a thousand people and not one has said that we as a nation are on the right path. Everybody wants the federal government to be limited. If there needs to be a study of all that is proposed and being forced on us citizens, just look at our own Indian tribes in the State. This is where the country is headed. |
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