Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch said she will help bring thousands of jobs and small businesses to Wisconsin during her jobs plan debut in Madison Friday.

Kleefisch’s plan, much like Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker’s, promises to bring 25,000 jobs and 10,000 new small businesses to Wisconsin by 2015 by focusing on the private sector, cutting taxes on small businesses and ending “frivolous” lawsuits.

Kleefisch said her plan is a product of meeting citizens and businesses in Wisconsin experiencing economic woes.

Kleefisch hopes to combat a job market she said is currently a scary place.

“In order to reduce the impact of this deep economic recession, we need to come to the aid of small businesses in the state,” Kleefisch said.

She spoke critically of the job plan adopted by current Gov. Jim Doyle, including his focus on creating “green” jobs.

Kleefisch also emphasized what she sees as the similarities between Barrett and current Gov. Jim Doyle.

“Tom Barrett is another four years of Jim Doyle’s policies,” Kleefisch said.

If elected, Walker will call an emergency session of the State Assembly and Congress to deal with the economic problems that have lead to more than 150 thousand jobs leaving Wisconsin since 2008.

Kleefisch also addressed her stance on health care in the state following an announcement Thursday she is in recovery from colon cancer.

In a letter to supporters, Kleefisch said her experience with cancer illustrated how important it is to continue to fight for health care reform that keeps individuals in charge of their health care choices.

“What if the government had told me I had to wait in a 6 month line to get a CT scan? Or that I couldn’t have Dr. Ludwig perform the surgery? That’s unacceptable to me and my family,” Kleefisch said in the letter.

The time from when she was diagnosed to the time she was in recovery was a period of only two weeks, Kleefisch said.

Walker campaign Spokesperson Jill Bader said Kleefisch’s reputation as a fighter extended beyond her battle with cancer.

“As a mom and as a cancer survivor and as a small business woman and just a really smart person, we’re just so excited that she’s going to be able to join our ticket and hopefully be elected the state of Wisconsin’s next lieutenant Governor,” Bader said.

Walker and Kleefisch plan to eliminate taxes on accounts for health care coverage from private employers, and said they will take a significantly different approach to public health care than the Democratic candidate for Governor, Tom Barrett.

The Republican candidates’ plan also called for major changes in Wisconsin’s Department of Commerce, which they say is a bureaucratic mess.

Kleefisch said she and Walker hope to streamline the department by transferring some of their responsibilities to other agencies, creating a more efficient office.

However, Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Graeme Zielinski is critical of the fact that this is the first time Kleefisch is addressing the issue of job loss in her campaign.

“Rebecca Kleefisch didn’t have a jobs plan at any point during her candidacy,” Zielinski said. “And now, because they realize that this is a terrible weakness for the Republicans, they’ve spent their campaign talking about tax cuts for the very rich and divisive social issues that have nothing to do with creating jobs here in Wisconsin.”

Zielinski added Kleefisch and Walker’s plan for job creation is unrealistic and is a job creation plan in name only.

“Both of them seem equally clueless when it comes to jobs, but it’s nice of them to try,” Zielinski said.

Kleefisch and Walker will take on Barrett and Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor Tom Nelson in the general election Nov. 2.