Wisconsin Democracy Campaign  

Senator Brian Burke (D) MilwaukeeSenator Brian BurkeState Senate District 3

1998 Election Notes and Background1998 Campaign Finance Summary
* Sen. Burke was first elected in 1988.

* He was unopposed in the primary and general election .

Burke Unopposed
Raised
$79,989
Spent
$23,862
Raised
$0
Spent
$0
Vote: 98.4% $0.94/vote Vote: 1.6% $0/vote
Independent backing: $0 Independent backing: $0

Where Did the Money Come From?

War chest on 1/1/95 $56,428
From Self $0
Less than $100 $18,925
$100 or more $28,513
PAC & Party $15,525
Other Income $17,026
WECF* $0
*voluntary spending limit system

Top identifiable interests
contributing to Burke
(1/1/95-12/31/98)
Burke's Committee Assignments


Labor $8,425
Health Professionals $7,263
Tourism/Leisure/Entertainment $3,450
Banking & Finance $3,325
Lawyers & Lobbyists $2,800
1999/2000: Finance (Chair); Audit; Joint Audit; Claims Board; Joint Employment Relations; Joint Finance; Joint Legislative Council; State Capitol & Executive Residence Board; University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics Authority Board of Directors; Wisconsin Center District Board.

1997/98: Joint Finance (co-chair); Joint Audit; Joint Employment Relations; Joint Information Policy; Legislative Council; Claims Board; Environmental Education Board; Migrant Labor Council; Local District Exposition-Wisconsin Center Board; University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics Authority; State Capitol & Executive Residence Board.

Interest Group Ratings 1998
WI Right to Life 74%
WI Pro-Life 20%
WI Manufacturers & Commerce 33%
WI Federation of Teachers 92%
AFL-CIO 100%
Environmental Decade 100%

Who are the top lifetime individual contributors to Sen. Burke?
1/1/89 - 12/31/98

Contributor Business Residence Amount
John & Karen Finerty Friebert, Finerty, et al Milwaukee $1,700
James & Jennifer Baker Jr. Curtis Universal Whitefish Bay $1,450
Edwin Jacobson CMC Heartland Milwaukee $1,350
William & Cynthia Broydrick Broydrick & Broydrick Delafield $1,300
Stephen Marcus Marcus Corp Fox Point $1,050
Richard Abdoo Wisconsin Electric Mequon $950