Updated:
January 17, 2000
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Senator Jon Erpenbach (D)
Middleton
State
Senate District 27
| 1998 Election Notes and Background | 1998 Campaign Finance Summary | |||
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| * Sen. Erpenbach was first elected in 1998
* He was unopposed in the primary and faced Republican opposition in the general election. *The Wisconsin Education Association Council ($361,900); Independent Citizens for Democracy ($86,358); Planned Parenthood ($1,294); and the Sierra Club ($4,073) backed Erpenbach through independent spending. The Teddy Roosevelt Fund ($6,078); Volunteers for Ag ($2,266); and Wisconsin Right To Life ($1,058) backed his opponent. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce ($200,000)* ran "issue ads" opposing Erpenbach. |
Erpenbach | Mistele | ||
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Raised $187,831 |
Spent $186,879 |
Raised $307,135 |
Spent $306,375 |
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| Vote: 56.6% | $5.34/vote | Vote: 43.4% | $11.39/vote | |
| Independent backing: $453,625 | Independent backing: $162,673 | |||
*Approximation.
Where Did the Money Come From?
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| Top interests contributing to Erpenbach (1/1/97-12/31/98) | Erpenbach's Committee Assignments | |
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Lawyers & Lobbyists $9,738 Labor $9,270 Banking & Finance $7,725 Political/Ideological* $7,697 Retired & Homemakers $5,670 *All but $1,200 from legislative aides, party caucus employees and candidate committees. |
1999/2000: Privacy, Electronic Commerce &
Financial Institutions (Chair); Education; Health, Utilities, Veterans
& Military Affairs; Joint Information Policy; Joint Legislative Council;
Retirement Research Committee; Joint Survey on Retirement Systems.
1997/98: Not applicable. |
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| Interest Group Ratings 1998 | ||
| WI Right to Life N/A WI Pro-Life N/A WI Manufacturers & Commerce N/A |
WI Federation of Teachers N/A AFL-CIO N/A Environmental Decade N/A |
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Who are the top lifetime individual contributors to Sen.
Erpenbach?
1/1/97 - 12/31/98
| Contributor | Business | Residence | Amount |
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| Jo Anna Richard & Paul Nelson | Senate Democratic Caucus/ Middleton Public Library | Middleton | $1,867 |
| Elizabeth Adelman | Adelman & Hynes | Mukwonago | $1,000 |
| Helen Boley | Retired | Madison | $1,000 |
| Steven K Douglas | Madison's Cash Express | Madison | $1,000 |
| Lou Fortis | Miscellaneous business | Madison | $1,000 |
| Allan & Janie Jones | Check into Cash | Cleveland, OH | $1,000 |
| Toby & Brenda McKenzie | National Cash | Cleveland, OH | $1,000 |
| Rodney & Jean Moen | Legislator/Trempealeau County Medical Center | Whitehall | $1,000 |
| John & Susan Rosenberg | Telecheck/ Domnitz, Mawicke, et al | Milwaukee | $1,000 |
| James C. Thompson | Wegner & Associates | Madison | $1,000 |