Updated: June 1, 2001
Rep. John Ainsworth (R) ShawanoRepl John AinsworthState Assembly District 6
2000 Election Notes and Background:
2000 Campaign Finance Summary
* Rep. Ainsworth was first elected in 1990.

* He was unopposed in both the primary and the general election.

* WI Nurses Assn ($75) made independent expenditures benefiting Ainsworth.

 Ainsworth Unopposed
Raised
$14,262		 Spent
$3,296		Raised
$0		 Spent
$0
Vote: 99.7% $ 0.19/vote Vote: 0.3 % $0/vote
Independent backing:
$75		 Independent backing:
$0
Ainsworth’s Committee Assignments
2001-2002: Agriculture; Highway Safety; Rural Affairs and Forestry (Chair); Rural Economic Development Board; Transportation; Ways and Means (Vice chair).

1999-2000: Rural Affairs and Forestry (Chair); Agriculture; Conservation and Land Use; Ways and Means; Rural Economic Development Board.

Where Did the Money Come From?

Cash on hand 1/1/99 $6,949
From Self $0
Less than $100 $4,309
$100 or more $4,400
PAC & Party $4,175
Other Income $1,378
WECF* $0
*voluntary spending limit system.




*From individual contributors giving $100 or more per year and all PAC, party and candidate committee contributions.

Who are the top contributors to Rep. Ainsworth?
1/1/93 - 12/31/00

Contributor City Business Amount
Huntington, Bert & Carol Shawano, WI North Country Mobile Homes $1,450
Sadoff, Ron & Gary Fond du Lac, WI Badger Liquor $1,000
Knope, Doug & Mrs Shawano, WI Knope Rentals/Knope Roofing & Furnace Co $750
Grunewald, James & Ione Bonduel, WI Grunewald Excavating & Logging $700
Bahr, Jim Bonduel, WI Club 117 $550
Hilgenberg, Terry & Neil Shawano, WI Coldwell Banker Hilgenberg $400
McGuire, Thomas R & Patricia San Jose, CA CEO Coast Distributors $400
Ross, William & Darlene Shawano, WI Ross Carbide $316
Dohm, Tom & Nancy Madison, WI Wisconsin Independent Business Inc $300
Meyers, Kenneth & Yvonne Lena, WI Luisier Drilling Inc $300
Stuff, Patricia J Bonduel, WI Physician $300

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