Updated: January 17, 2000 Senator Jon Erpenbach (D) Middleton /profile1998/Erpenbach.jpg) State Senate District 27 1998 Election Notes and Background | 1998 Campaign Finance Summary | | * 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 | Raised
$187,831 | Spent
$186,879 | Raised
$307,135 | Spent
$306,375 | | 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? /profile1998/Pro98Erpenbach1.gif) | | War chest on 1/1/97 | $0 | | From Self | $0 | | Less than $100 | $84,255 | | $100 or more | $79,486 | | PAC & Party | $13,559 | | Other Income | $994 | | WECF* | $9,537 | | *voluntary spending limit system | | /profile1998/Pro98Erpenbach2.gif)
Top identifiable interests
contributing to Erpenbach
(1/1/97-12/31/98) | Erpenbach’s Committee Assignments | 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. | 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 | Who are the top lifetime individual contributors to Sen. Erpenbach?
1/1/97 - 12/31/98 | Contributor | Business | Residence | Amount | | 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 |
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