Wisconsin Democracy Campaign  

Senator Margaret Farrow (R) Elm GroveSenator Margaret FarrowState Senate District 33

1998 Election Notes and Background1998 Campaign Finance Summary
* Sen.Farrow was first elected to the Assembly in 1986 and the Senate in 1989

* She was unopposed in the primary and general elections .

Farrow Unopposed
Raised
$57,187
Spent
$46,795
Raised
$0
Spent
$0
Vote: 99.1% $0.95/vote Vote: 0.9% $0/vote
Independent backing: $0 Independent backing: $0

Where Did the Money Come From?

War chest on 1/1/95 $41,580
From Self $0
Less than $100 $11,951
$100 or more $39,810
PAC & Party $5,400
Other Income $26
WECF* $0
*voluntary spending limit system

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


Banking & Finance $6,250
Health Professionals $6,210
Manufacturing & Distributing $4,700
Construction $3,200
Real Estate $3,100
1999/2000: Education; Labor; Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority; Council on Workforce Excellence.

1997/98: Labor, Transportation & Financial Institutions; Utility Regulation; Joint Survey on Tax Exemptions; Low-Level Radioactive Waste Council; Privatization Commission; Transportation Financing Study Commission; Human Resource Investment Council.

Interest Group Ratings 1998
WI Right to Life 95%
WI Pro-Life 100%
WI Manufacturers & Commerce 78%
WI Federation of Teachers 23%
AFL-CIO 25%
Environmental Decade 56%

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

Contributor Business Residence Amount
John & Margaret Farrow Public Service Commission/Legislator Elm Grove $28,228
Stephen N. & Bernadine Graff Arthur Andersen & Co. Elm Grove $2,800
Richard S. & Donna Strong Strong Capital Brookfield $2,500
Jack & Margaret Blank Falk Corp. Elm Grove $1,250
Ned W. Bechthold Payne & Dolan Elm Grove $1,200
Robert S. Pavlic Physician Brookfield $1,150
Eugene P. & Jean G. Sinclair North Shore Anesthesiologists Elm Grove $1,025