Number of legislative seats up for election in 2006: 116

Number of legislative seats contested by candidates from both major parties in November: 73

Number of legislative candidates with no opposition in November: 40

Total campaign spending by candidates for the state legislature in calendar year 2006: $9 million

In 1994: $4.8 million

Average spending by a candidate in a competitive* Senate race in 1994: $102,526

In 2006: $239,076

Average spending by a candidate in a competitive* Assembly race in 1994: $35,419

In 2006: $51,925

Largest sum spent by an Assembly candidate in a regular election year: $221,403, Speaker John Gard, Republican incumbent, 89th Assembly District 89, 2004.

Largest sum ever spent by a State Senate candidate in a regular election year: $409,279, Sheila Harsdorf, Republican challenger, 10th Senate district, 2000.

Largest sum by a State Senate candidate in the 2006 election: $393,168, William McReynolds, Racine County Executive and Republican candidate in the open 21st Senate district.

Largest sum EVER SPENT by a State Senate candidate: $450,664, Alex Paul, candidate in the Democratic primary, 24th Senate district, Special Election, 2003.

Amount spent per vote: $47.66

Legislative candidate income from all sources -- including individuals, PACs and public financing in 2006: $8,534,844

Number of individuals who made lump sum contributions of more than $100 to Wisconsin legislative candidates in 2006: 7,047

The total amount of contributions by this group to legislative candidates: $4,660,864

Percentage of Wisconsin's voting age population these 7,047 represent: 0.16%

Number of these individuals who also contributed to gubernatorial candidates in 2006: 2,183

Amount these 2,183 contributed to both legislative and gubernatorial candidates in 2006: $3,799,353

Percentage of Wisconsin's voting age population these 2,183 represent: 0.05%

Gubernatorial and legislative candidate income from all sources in 2006: $18,612,324

Total amount of public financing granted to legislative candidates in 2006: $236,136

Total amount in 1996: $434,535

Number of candidates granted public financing in 1996: 92

Number of candidates granted public financing in 1996 who won: 46

Number of candidates granted public financing in 2006: 37

Number of candidates granted public financing in 2006 who won: 12

Total raised by candidates for attorney general in 1998: $604,000

In 2002: $1.19 million

In 2006: $3.37 million

Total of 2006 attorney general campaign funds that came from the candidates' personal income: $820,987

Total of 2006 attorney general campaign funds that came from one candidate's personal income: $705,000, Republican candidate and election winner J. B. Van Hollen.

Total amount of campaign contributions an individual can make in a year under current Wisconsin law: $10,000

Number of contributors who exceeded this limit in 2000: 7

Number in 2006: 27

Amount these 27 gave to candidates in 2006: $309,062

Total fines they paid for violating contribution limits in 2006: $3,165

Election year spending by candidates for the legislature, governor, attorney general and lieutenant governor in calendar year 2006: $29 million

DISCLOSED independent expenditures by outside special interest groups to influence the election in 2006: $4 million

Estimated UNDISCLOSED spending on "issue ads" to influence statewide and legislative races in 2006: $15 million

DISCLOSED independent exependitures by outside special interest groups to influence the election in 1994: $550,000

UNDISCLOSED “issue ad” spending in 1994: $0

The percentage of Wisconsin citizens voting for campaign finance reform in 2000 referendum: 90%

Number of state campaign finance and ethics reform related proposals introduced since then: 116

Number that are now law: 2

Number of comprehensive campaign finance reforms that are now law: 0

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*Margin of victory 10% or less. In races of three or more candidates, spending by uncompetitive candidates, (those receiving less than 40% of the vote) is excluded from the average. Since the 1994 election, no third party candidate has received more than 12% of the vote.