Updated: January 17, 2000 Senator Judy Robson (D) Beloit /profile1998/robson.JPG) State Senate District 15 1998 Election Notes and Background | 1998 Campaign Finance Summary | | * Sen. Robson was first elected to the Assembly in 1987 and the Senate in 1998. * She was unopposed in the primary and faced Republican opposition in the general election. *Independent Citizens for Democracy ($102,543) and the Sierra Club ($1,622) backed Sen. Robson through independent spending. Wisconsin Right To Life ($465) backed her opponent. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce ($67,896)* also ran "issue ads" opposing Robson but refuses to disclose how much it spent. | Robson | Sodemann | Raised
$119,835 | Spent
$134,520 | Raised
$172,121 | Spent
$170,172 | | Vote: 53.9% | $4.93/vote | Vote: 46.1% | $7.30/vote | | Independent backing: $104,165 | Independent backing: $68,361 | *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/Pro98Robson1.gif) | | War chest on 1/1/97 | $21,407 | | From Self | $105 | | Less than $100 | $41,201 | | $100 or more | $57,145 | | PAC & Party | $9,550 | | Other Income | $2,297 | | WECF* | $9,537 | | *voluntary spending limit system | | /profile1998/Pro98Robson2.gif)
Top identifiable interests
contributing to Robson
(1/1/95-12/31/98) | Robson’s Committee Assignments | Labor $15,495
Health Professionals $10,630
Natural Resources $5,950
Lawyers & Lobbyists $5,400
Banking & Finance $4,175. | 1999/2000: Review of Administrative Rules (Chair); Joint Committe for Review of Administrative Rules; Audit; Joint Audit; Education; Health, Utilities, Veterans & Military Affairs; Human Services & Aging (Chair); Joint Legislative Council; Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Board. 1997/98:Environment; Health; Insurance, Securities & Corporate Policy. | Interest Group Ratings 1998 | WI Right to Life 47%
WI Pro-Life 22%
WI Manufacturers & Commerce 44% | WI Federation of Teachers 97%
AFL-CIO 94%
Environmental Decade 86% | Who are the top lifetime individual contributors to Sen. Robson?
1/1/91 - 12/31/98 | Contributor | Business | Residence | Amount | | Charles Chvala & Barbara Worcester | Legislator/Legislative Aide | Madison | $1,000 | | Sukhjltpal Dhillon | Marathon Ashland Petroleum | Greenfield | $1,000 | | Jareed Iqbal | Marathon Ashland Petroleum | Middleton | $1,000 | | Swaram Multani | Marathon Ashland Petroleum | Milwaukee | $1,000 | | Kathryn Pernice | American Family Insurance | Madison | $1,000 | | John Rosenberg | Telecheck | Milwaukee | $1,000 | | Balbir Singh | Marathon Ashland Petroleum | Milwaukee | $1,000 | | Paul Spottswood | Physician | Kenosha | $1,000 |
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