Name: Erin M. Decker
Address: 706 N School St., Silver Lake
Age: 43
Married to Michael Decker
Occupation: Small Business Owner at Double Decker Automotive, Inc.
Education: A.A.S. Graphic Technologies-Designer from Gateway Technical College
Previous elected experience: County Board Supervisor since 2010.
On what committees do you serve? Chairman of the Planning & Development and Extension Education Committee. Executive Committee
Why are you running? To continue to help the residents of the district when they need assistance with county issues. Represent residents in a conservative manner. To fight the tax increases, growing debt, and wasteful spending in county government.
If elected, what would your priorities be? Fight tax increases, increasing debt, and wasteful spending. Be a conservative voice and taxpayer advocate. Ensure open and honest government.
Other information: I have saved constituents $1.5 million in the last two budgets; initiated creation of a new county park on Hwy. W along the Fox River; supported $300,000 in emergency funding for Hwy. W road closure repairs; approved over $1.5 million in grants for public safety; voted against increasing the county’s ever-growing debt; reduced open records fees by 60%, increasing transparency; voted against county budgets that increased property taxes; supported plans to fight the opioid crisis, overdose deaths down 45% since 2017; voted against pay raises for County Board Supervisors
Civic activities and accomplishments: Active member of St. Alphonsus Church, Midwest Therapeutic Riding Program Volunteer, We Back the Badge Co-founder and Board Member, 4-H Project Leader, Kenosha Area Family & Aging Services volunteer, Republican Party of Kenosha County Chairman, 1st Congressional District Republican Party Board Member