Our district deserves a senator with a concrete agenda — not talking points. Robert Klein is running on four specific commitments: good jobs, healthcare access, strong schools, and a budget that respects taxpayers.
Robert Klein is the kind of candidate communities like ours desperately need — someone who has actually read the legislation, talked to the people it affects, and come back with a real answer instead of a bumper sticker. Margaret Osei — Retired School Principal & District 12 Community Leader
Twenty-two years ago I moved to District 12 with a beat-up truck and a job offer at the county's largest employer. That plant closed eight years later, and I watched my neighbors — people who showed up every day and did everything right — scramble to rebuild. Some did. Some didn't. That experience never left me, and it's the reason I'm asking for your vote for State Senate.
I'm not running because politics is a career I've always wanted. I'm running because the problems we face — stagnant wages, a healthcare system that leaves rural families behind, and schools that need a real partner in the statehouse — are problems I've lived alongside. I know what a serious solution looks like, and I know the difference between a press release and a plan. My commitment to you is straightforward: I will hold town halls every quarter, I will read every bill I vote on, and I will never stop answering to the people of District 12 before anyone else. That's the job. I intend to do it.
Robert Klein spent fifteen years in manufacturing management before earning a master's degree in public policy and joining the District 12 Planning Commission, where he served as chair for six years. He led the commission's review of the county's infrastructure investment plan and helped secure $14 million in state grants for road and broadband improvements across the district's rural corridors.
Robert and his wife Dana have lived in District 12 for over two decades. Their two children attended public schools here. He coaches youth baseball on weekends and has served on the board of the local food bank since 2018. He brings to this race the same straightforward work ethic that has defined his career: show up, do the homework, and be accountable to the people who are counting on you.
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— Robert Klein