{"id":297371,"date":"2025-11-12T11:07:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=297371"},"modified":"2025-11-12T11:16:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:16:01","slug":"press-release-ho-chunk-citizen-rodney-rave-announces-bid-for-u-s-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/11\/12\/press-release-ho-chunk-citizen-rodney-rave-announces-bid-for-u-s-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS RELEASE: Ho-Chunk Nation citizen Rodney Rave announces bid for U.S. Congress"},"content":{"rendered":" \"Rodney<\/a>
Rodney Rave. Courtesy photo<\/figcaption>\r\n
Union Builder and Ho-Chunk Leader Rodney Rave Launches Campaign for Congress in WI-03<\/div>\r\n
Wednesday, November 12, 2025<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe following is the text of a November 12, 2025, news release from Rodney Rave, a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/em>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nBLACK RIVER, Wisconsin — Today, Rodney Rave, a lifelong western Wisconsin resident, union operating engineer, and former Ho-Chunk Nation legislator, announced his campaign for Congress in Wisconsin\u2019s 3rd District. Rave is running to lower costs for working families, expand healthcare access, and bring common-sense, results-oriented leadership back to Washington. Rave will kick off his campaign with a community launch event today in western Wisconsin. \r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cI\u2019m not a career politician, I\u2019m a builder,\u201d said Rodney Rave, a proud member of the Ho-Chunk Nation\u2019s Bear Clan. \u201cI grew up in an old shack with a dirt floor and spent 31 years in highway construction. I\u2019ve seen what families, veterans, and farmers are up against. The rules feel rigged and the costs keep climbing. I\u2019m running to fix what\u2019s broken so government finally works for the people again.\u201d \r\n

<\/p>\r\nRave\u2019s candidacy centers on affordability with accountability, fair treatment for rural and Tribal communities, and a focus on practical solutions over partisan theater. As a former Ho-Chunk Nation legislator, he worked to expand access to addiction treatment and strengthen Tribal-state partnerships. As a union member and heavy-highway worker, he helped build the roads and bridges that keep western Wisconsin connected.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nRodney\u2019s Day-One Priorities\r\n

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  • Lower Costs You Can Feel: Crack down on price-fixing and junk fees, fight for fair competition that actually lowers grocery, utility, and prescription costs, and raise the minimum wage.<\/li>\r\n
  • Build Wisconsin, Build the Middle Class: Cut red tape to accelerate housing, roads, and broadband, creating good union jobs across western and northern counties.<\/li>\r\n
  • Healthcare & Recovery: Protect Medicare and Social Security, expand access to affordable care, including mental health and addiction recovery, so families can get help close to home.<\/li>\r\n
  • Respect for Veterans & Farmers: Protect family farms and deliver the benefits and services our veterans have earned.<\/li>\r\n
  • Government That Works: End the gridlock, ban congressional stock trading, and put people ahead of special interests.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n

    <\/p>\r\n\u201cWestern Wisconsin deserves a representative who knows what it means to punch a clock, raise a family, and serve the community,\u201d Rave added. \u201cWe\u2019re going to build a coalition that brings people together, rural and small-town neighbors, union families, Tribal communities, independents and Democrats alike, to deliver real results.\u201d\r\n

    <\/p>\r\nAbout Rodney Rave
    \r\nRodney Rave was raised in Black River, Wisconsin. He is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation (Bear Clan), a union operating engineer with 31 years in heavy-highway construction, a husband of 44 years, a father of four, and a grandfather of 15. He previously served as a Ho-Chunk Nation legislator, where he worked to reform access to addiction treatment and strengthen Tribal relations. Rodney is a Christian and traditional Ho-Chunk spiritual practitioner who lives by a simple principle: look out for everyone, love for all, and help others without asking for payment.\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019m not a career politician, I\u2019m a builder,\u201d said Rodney Rave in launching his campaign to represent Wisconsin\u2019s 3rd District in the U.S. Congress.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":297375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,14,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-politics","category-press-release","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/12\/RodneyRave.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-1fmj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297371"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297380,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297371\/revisions\/297380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}