Updated: January 17, 2000 Rep. Rick Skindrud (R) Mount Horeb /profile1998/skindrud.JPG) State Assembly District 79 1998 Election Notes and Background | 1998 Campaign Finance Summary | | * Rep. Skindrud was first elected in a June 1993 special election. * He was unopposed in the primary and faced Democratic opposition in the general election. * Volunteers for Agriculture ($929), the National Rifle Association ($1,026) and the Teddy Roosevelt Fund ($3,985) backed Skindrud through independent spending. | Skindrud | Cresson | Raised $98,910 | Spent $97,282 | Raised $28,090 | Spent $28,090 | Vote 56.9% | $7.38/vote | Vote 43.1% | $2.82/vote | Independent backing: $5,940 | Independent backing: $0 | Where Did the Money Come From? /profile1998/Pro98Skindrud1.gif) | | War chest on 1/1/97 | $459 | | From Self | $0 | | Less than $100 | $26,978 | | $100 or more | $63,280 | | PAC & Party | $8,575 | | Other Income | $77 | | WECF* | $0 | | *voluntary spending limit system | | /profile1998/Pro98Skindrud2.gif) Top identifiable interests contributing to Skindrud (1/1/97-12/31/98) | Skindrud’s Committee Assignments | Health Professionals $7,016 Construction $6,400 Manufacturing & Distributing $6,180 Insurance $5,550 Business $5,232 | 1999/2000: Consumer Affairs (Vice-chair); Insurance; State Affairs (Chair); Council on Tourism; Tourism & Recreation; Review of the Farmland Preservation Program. 1997/98:State Affairs (chair); Agriculture; Insurance, Securities & Corporate Policy; Small Business & Economic Development; Tourism & Recreation. | Interest Group Ratings 1998 | WI Right to Life 100% WI Pro-Life 43% WI Manufacturers & Commerce 89% | WI Federation of Teachers 25% AFL-CIO 35% Environmental Decade 43% | Who are the top lifetime individual contributors to Rep. Skindrud? 1/1/93 - 12/31/98 | Contributor | Business | Residence | Amount | | Karen & William Buglass | Payne & Dolan | Deerfield | $2,600 | | William & Suzanne Barry | Speed Systems | Brookfield | $2,490 | | Terry & Mary Kohler | Windway Capital | Sheboygan | $2,490 | | James & Avis Heller | Data Exchange Corp | River Hills | $1,995 | | Cullen Family | J. P. Cullen & Sons | Janesville | $1,825 | | Tom & Nancy Dohm | Wisconsin Independent Business Inc. | Madison | $1,800 | | Phillip Prange | Governor Thompson Committee | Madison | $1,700 |
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