Updated: January 17, 2000 Senator Jim Baumgart (D) Sheboygan /profile1998/baumgart.JPG) State Senate District 9 1998 Election Notes and Background | 1998 Campaign Finance Summary | | * Sen. Baumgart was first elected to the Assembly in 1990 and the Senate in 1998. * He won a two way primary and faced Republican opposition in the general election * WI Education Association Council ($206,246), Independent Citizens for Democracy ($33,600), Volunteers for Ag ($3,161), Wisconsin Right to Life ($1,750) and the Sierra Club ($700) supported Sen. Baumgart through independent spending. The Teddy Roosevelt Fund ($19,914) and Wisconsin Right to Life backed his opponent. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce ($101,305)* also ran "issue ads" opposing Baumgart, but refuses to disclose how much it spent on them. | Baumgart | Nus | Raised
$44, 649 | Spent
$42,743 | Raised
$149,018 | Spent
$146,999 | | Vote: 52.7% | $1.52/vote | Vote: 47.3% | $5.83/ Vote | Independent backing
$245,457 | Independent backing
$123,444 | *Approximation from Mayer, Kenneth, "Issue Advocacy in Wisconsin: Analysis of the 1998 Elections and a Proposal for Enhanced Disclosure;" September 1999. Where Did the Money Come From? /profile1998/Pro98Baumgart1.gif) | | War chest on 1/1/97 | $211 | | From Self | $16,925 | | Less than $100 | $4,621 | | $100 or more | $8,375 | | PAC & Party | $5,153 | | Other Income | $38 | | WECF* | $9,537 | | *voluntary spending limit system | | /profile1998/Pro98Baumgart2.gif)
Top identifiable interests contributing to Baumgart (1/1/95-12/31/98) | Baumgart’s Committee Assignments | Lawyers & Lobbyists $950
Civil servants $600
Energy $600
Retired & Homemakers $550
Insurance $500 | 1999/2000: Labor (Chair); Agriculture, Environmental Resources & Campaign Finance Reform; Education; Insurance, Tourism, Transportation & Corrections. 1997/98:Environment; Labor & Employment; Natural Resources; Tourism & Recreation. | Interest Group Ratings 1998 | WI Right to Life100%
WI Pro-Life 57%
WI Manufactures & Commerce56% | WI Federation of Teachers 96%
AFL-CIO 100%
Environmental Decade 93% | Who are the top lifetime individual contributors to Sen. Baumgart?
1/1/93 - 12/31/98 | Contributor | Business | Residence | Amount | | James Baumgart | Legislator | Sheboygan | $17,835 | | Dewane Family | Dewane, Dewane, et al | Manitowoc | $950 | | Roman Baumgart | Wisconsin Electric | Kenosha | $600 | | John Holden | Heritage Mutual | Sheboygan | $500 |
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