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Tommy Thompson to Officially Announce His Candidacy

Posted on Aug 27, 2009

Posted 4/2/2007

Presidential Candidate, Tommy Thompson, with New York Fire Fighter
Billy Eisengrein and friend, during the Governor's Reunion Ride, 2006.

Former Governor of Wisconsin, Tommy Thompson, will officially announce his bid for the presidency on April 4^th, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Thompson formed an exploratory team and in January and met with leaders of the motorcycle community. From that meeting, Team Tommy was formed by a group of influential motorcyclists. Among the group, Tony and Vicki Sanfelipo, friends of Thompson (Thompson walked Vicki down the aisle at their wedding in South Dakota), were named contact persons for the motorcycle effort to elect Tommy. Tony is founder of ABATE of Wisconsin and an investigator for Hupy and Abraham, S.C. Vicki is founder of Accident Scene Management, a program that teaches what to do at the scene of a motorcycle crash. Also on the Team are Kirk “Hardtail” Willard, MRF President; Jeff Hennie, MRF Vice President of Government Relations; New York Myke, owner of San Diego Harley-Davidson; Dave “Chubby” Charlebois, Public Relations Director, ABATE of Wisconsin; Stormin Normin, President, Lowriders MC, Staten Island; John “Rogue” Herlihy, photo-journalist and Sturgis Freedom Fighter Hall of Fame member; Jerry Weiner, friend of Tommy; Charlie Brechtel, (Charlie Brechtel Band) musician and promoter; Karen Holland, Women in Motion Road Guard; Forrest Kitzrow, friend of Tommy.

The Team Tommy group is working to get a large group of motorcyclists to Ames, Iowa, to support Thompson during the Iowa Straw Poll vote. They expect bikers from Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota and Iowa to attend the vote in support of Thompson. A huge party is being planned for Friday, August 10, 2007, as a prelude to the vote which takes place on August 11^th. Thompson started a Governor’s Ride while he was governor of Wisconsin, and he hasn’t missed a ride in 13 years. This year’s ride is going to Ames for the vote, stopping at dealerships and the J&P Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa on the way. To check out the progress of this ride, and to learn more about Tommy Thompson, visit www.teamtommy.org or www.tommy2008.com