Decker Announces Mayoral Campaign

November 3, 2005


Contact: Sandy Decker
deckercorp@charter.net
Phone: 608-882-5528


Sandy Decker
Announces Mayoral Campaign


Sandy Decker, 143 West Main Street, recently filed a Declaration of Candidacy for the office of Mayor of the City of Evansville. The mayoral position will be open in April 2006.

Sandy is a 1970 honors graduate of Evansville High School and received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors, majoring in psychology, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1974. She was most recently employed as the treasurer and office manager at Decker & Gunta, S.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sandy currently is a member of the Evansville Community Partnership Grant Writing Council, Large Scale Commercial Development Ad Hoc Committee, Grove Society, Women's Literary Club of Evansville and serves as chair of the Evansville Historic Preservation Commission. She was the recipient of a 2005 ECP "Just Desserts" volunteer award.

Sandy is the daughter of Ken and Pat Kuelz, Evansville. She is married to John Decker and has one child, Jennifer. Her grandparents were from Evansville and all of her great-grandparents were Rock County residents, with three of the four couples from Evansville.

"It would be my pleasure and honor to serve the citizens of Evansville as mayor and, if I am elected, I pledge that I will work hard and use my best efforts on behalf of the City I love," states Decker. "I look forward to meeting my fellow citizens during the campaign and discussing the future of our wonderful community."