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Republican Chris Kapenga, a certified public accountant and small-business owner, was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 2010. He represents the Delafield area west of Milwaukee.

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Chris Kapenga
stated on February 10, 2021 in Twitter:

“The National Academy of Medicine points to a significant correlation between marijuana and psychosis, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders, particularly in teenagers where the risk of developing schizophrenia increases three fold.”

By Haley BeMiller • March 5, 2021
Chris Kapenga
stated on October 11, 2020 in TV interview:

In May, Wisconsin had its own test of mask effectiveness, when "we went from masks, to no masks, and there (was) no significant difference in cases."

By Laura Schulte • October 15, 2020
Chris Kapenga
stated on June 21, 2020 in a radio interview:

The Tony Evers administration is wrong to blame old computer software being used to process unemployment claims; it “has nothing to do with” the backlog.

By Laura Schulte • July 3, 2020
Chris Kapenga
stated on June 29, 2020 in a TV interview:

“The (COVID-19) cases are going up, but it's because the testing is going up.”

By Eric Litke • July 2, 2020
Chris Kapenga
stated on April 6, 2020 in an email:

Says it’s illegal to hold an absentee-only election or mail ballots to every registered voter

By Haley BeMiller • May 8, 2020

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