Norfolk’s town moderator, Dan Winslow, an­nounced late this week he plans to run for state representative, to replace Richard Ross.

Winslow, a Republican, served as legal coun­sel to Governor Mitt Romney and to Scott Brown’s United States Senate election committee. He is also a former district court judge. Winslow has issued the following statement: “Dear Neighbors. With the state House of Repre­sentatives seat being vacated by Representative Ross in his quest to fill the Senate seat, I have de­cided after discussion with my family, friends and colleagues to seek election to the Massachusetts House from Norfolk. My experience as the Presid­ing Justice at the Wrentham District Court in most of the communities served by the House district, coupled with my local and state public service re­cord of reform and results, gives me hope that I can be an effective and accessible State Represen­tative for our communities. I’ll be announcing the effort more formally next month, but I wanted to invite anyone interested in helping with my cam­paign

to contact me at danwinslow@hotmail.com to sign up and we’ll get started. I’ll need your help and I promise to run a positive campaign about how best to solve the problems that our towns and families face every day. Win or lose, I hope to make Norfolk proud that I’m going to give it my all.”