Paul Raymond Nelson is a resident of Woodville, Wisconsin

Woodville, Wisconsin

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, United States Marine Corps

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 veteran, and real estate

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 agent. He was the Republican

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 candidate for U.S. Congress in Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district

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 challenging incumbent Democrat

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 Ron Kind

Ron Kind

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 in the 2006 mid-term election. He ultimately lost the election.

His negative campaign

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 commercials against Kind — accusing Kind of spending tax dollars on sexually-related scientific studies rather than national defense

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  — made him a celebrity of sorts on the Opie and Anthony Show. He even called in on November 3, 2006 and was interviewed and challenged Kind to have a debate on the show on November 6 — one day before the election. This did not occur, however.