[upbeat music] - My name is Dr. Kristin Lyerly and I'm running to represent the people of Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District, the district where I was born and raised and the region where my family has been for six generations.

My dad's whole side of the family, they worked at the paper mill in Kaukauna.

And my mom's side, dairy farmers east of Lake Winnebago.

I'm also a mom.

My oldest is a public school teacher in Racine, all the way down to my youngest, who is a sophomore at De Pere High School.

My partner is a 25-year veteran of the Green Bay Police Department.

We're a proud, community-loving family.

I'm an OB/GYN doctor, first-generation college student who has had the good luck and support and drive to not only become a doctor, but to become a nationally-known leader in obstetrics and gynecology.

Someone who has advocated for more than two decades for health care reform to ensure that people have access to the care they need and, of course, for reproductive rights.

And in fact, it's my name that's on the judgment that brought abortion care back to Wisconsin after the Dobbs decision.

Because of that effort, anti-abortion groups have come after my Wisconsin medical license, making it dangerous for me to practice in the state.

So here I am, currently practicing in Northern Minnesota, serving patients in a rural community, delivering babies, providing contraception, taking care of women who have issues with menopause, just being a general doctor.

But hearing their stories and understanding how rural communities are suffering and how we can do better.

I first entered politics in 2020 when I realized that advocacy was not enough, when misinformation was literally killing my patients.

And I thought that there was a place for a physician who knew how to talk about information and informed consent might be able to make a difference and save some lives.

I knew I wasn't gonna win because of Wisconsin's gross gerrymandering.

But in the efforts that followed that campaign, when we were able to get Governor Evers reelected and able to figure out our Supreme Court, and able to fix our maps, things have changed entirely in our state.

And now I am thrilled to be running a spicy, exciting campaign on behalf of my friends and neighbors and family, the people who raised me, talking about issues so much bigger than reproductive rights, so much bigger than health care in rural areas, but also economic issues.

Everyone is concerned about the cost of goods and services, about how expensive it is every single time we go to the grocery store or put gas in our cars.

There's a way to fix this.

There's a way to fix our immigration crisis.

We've seen it.

We've seen steps in the right direction.

But we fail to provide the political courage to solve the problem.

There are so many problems that need to be solved, and our Congress and our state legislature here in Wisconsin have been the least effective in decades.

The way we fix it is by electing leaders who will elevate the voices of the people, who will work together across the aisle to find common ground, who will be independent thinkers, and who will be moderate in their approach to problem-solving.

That's who we always elect in Northeast Wisconsin.

Democrats, Republicans, it doesn't matter.

It's about the person and who the people of Northeast Wisconsin believe will best represent them.

That's me, this kid from Kaukauna.

Thank you so much for listening.

Thank you for considering me.

And I sure would appreciate your vote on November 5.