Updated: April 8, 2004 Senator Joseph Leibham (R) Sheboygan /profile2002/leibham03.jpg) Senate District 9 2002 Election Notes and Background | 2002 Campaign Finance Summary | | * Senator Leibham was first elected to the Assembly in 1998 and to the Senate in 2002. * He was unopposed in the primary and faced a Democratic incumbent in the general election. * Volunteers for Agriculture ($29,934) and WI Right to Life PAC ($183) made independent expenditures benefiting Leibham. Kettle Moraine Uniserv Co ($16,816), Sheboygan Education Assn PAC ($270), Sierra Club of Wisconsin ($6,846), WEAC PAC ($174,244), WI League of Conservation Voters ($18,945) and WI Nurses PAC ($117) made independent expenditures favoring his opponent. *Coalition for America’s Families and Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce spent undisclosed amounts on "issue ads" attacking Leibham’s opponent. WEAC spent undisclosed amounts on such ads supporting his opponent. | Leibham | Baumgart | Raised
$403,161 | Spent
$409,144 | Raised
$147,593 | Spent
$146,126 | | Vote: 50.0% | $14.69/vote | Vote: 49.9% | $5.25/vote | Independent backing:
$30,117 | Independent backing:
$217,238 | Leibham’s Committee Assignments | | 2003-2004: Review of Administrative Rules (Chair); Joint Review of Administrative Rules (Co-Chair); Educational Communications Board; Energy and Utilities; Rustic Roads Board; State Capitol and Executive Residence Board; Transportation Projects Commission; Transportation and Information Infrastructure (Chair). 2001-2002 Assembly: Audit (Chair); Joint Audit (Co-Chair); Census and Redistricting (Vice Chair); Energy and Utilities; State and Local Finance; Tax and Spending Limitations (Vice Chair); Transportation. | Where Did the Money Come From? /profile2002/pro02leibham1.gif) | | Cash on hand 1/1/01 | $11,201 | | Self | $0 | | Under $100 | $50,735 | | $100 or more | $290,204 | | PACS & Parties | $62,107 | | Other Income | $115 | | WECF* | $0 | | *voluntary spending limit system. | | | | /profile2002/pro02leibham2.gif) | /profile2002/pro02leibham3.gif)
*From individual contributors giving $100 or more per year and all PAC, party and candidate committee contributions. Who are the top contributors to Senator Leibham?
1/1/98- 12/31/02 | Contributor | City | Business | Amount | | Bechthold Family | Delafield, WI | Payne & Dolan/Zenith Tech | $10,000.00 | | Gentine Family | Elkhart Lake, WI | Sargento Inc/Dairyland Investors | $7,850.00 | | Kohler, Terry & Mary | Sheboygan, WI | Windway Capital | $5,625.00 | | Richardson Family | Oostburg, WI | Richardson Brothers Co | $5,175.00 | | Stayer Family | Fond du Lac, WI | Johnsonville Foods | $5,100.00 | | French, Brian & Julie | Sheboygan, WI | French Racing | $4,000.00 | | Gutschow Family | Sheboygan, WI | Larry’s Distributing | $3,697.25 | | French, James & Joan | Sheboygan, WI | JL French Corp | $3,100.00 | | Knox, Randall & Carol Ward | Fort Atkinson, WI | WD Hoard & Sons/Morgan & Myers | $3,000.00 | | Belot, Thomas & Diane | Kohler, WI | Vollrath Co | $2,900.00 |
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