Updated: June 1, 2001
Senator Mark Meyer (D) La Crosse /profile2000/meyerm.jpg) Senate District 32
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2000 Election Notes and Background:
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2000 Campaign Finance Summary
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* Senator Meyer was first elected to the Assembly in 1992 and to the Senate in 2000.
* He was unopposed in the primary and faced Republican opposition in the general election.
* Coulee Region United Educators ($1,431), Independent Citizens for Democracy ($330,238), LaCrosse Education Assn ($435), Planned Parenthood ($775), Sierra Club WI Education Committee ($1,191), WEAC ($277,581), and WI Nurses Assn ($75) made independent expenditures benefiting Meyer. Building A Better WI ($12,971), Concerned Business & Industry ($6,666), Pro-Life WI Victory Fund ($776), Volunteers for Agriculture ($1,510) and WI Right to Life ($1,141) made independent expenditures favoring his opponent.
*Americans for Job Security, WI Right to Life and WI Manufacturers and Commerce ran "issue ads" against Meyer. People for WI’s Future ran ads attacking his opponent. Amounts spent have not been disclosed.
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Meyer* |
Kapanke |
Raised
$245,922 |
Spent
$246,313 |
Raised
$259,497 |
Spent
$255,046 |
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Vote: 51% |
$6.18/vote |
Vote: 48.9% |
$6.67vote |
Independent backing:
$611,727 |
Independent backing:
$23,064 |
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Meyer’s Committee Assignments
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2001-2002: 2001-03 Biennial Budget; Building Commission; Economic Development and Corrections; Health; Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs; Midwestern Higher Education Council; Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Commission; Mississippi River Parkway Commission; Universities, Housing and Government Operations (Chair).
1999-2000: Assembly Committees on Environment; Financial Institutions; Health.
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*Covers 1999-2000 only because of Senator Meyer’s 1998 Assembly campaign.
Where Did the Money Come From?
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Cash on hand 1/1/99 |
$5,040 |
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From Self |
$0 |
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Less than $100 |
$53,899 |
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$100 or more |
$175,344 |
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PAC & Party |
$4,900 |
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Other Income |
$754 |
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WECF* |
$11,025 |
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*voluntary spending limit system. |
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*From individual contributors giving $100 or more per year and all PAC, party and candidate committee contributions.
**Because he was last elected to the Assembly in 1998, only contributions made as of January 1, 1999 are included here.
Who are the top contributors to Senator Meyer?
1/1/93 - 12/31/00
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Contributor |
City |
Business |
Amount |
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Mathy Family |
La Crosse, WI |
Mathy Construction |
$6,900 |
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Wood Family |
Madison, WI |
Wood Communications Group |
$2,323 |
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Rosenberg, Jack & Lucy |
Milwaukee, WI |
Telecheck Wisconsin (Retired)/Psychiatrist |
$2,000 |
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Lebakken, Dorothy & Loren |
St Louis Park, MN |
Lebakken Rent-to-Own |
$2,000 |
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Gerrard, Peter & Paul |
La Crosse, WI |
Gerrard Realty |
$1,900 |
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Meyer, Mark E |
La Crosse, WI |
Legislator |
$1,714 |
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Katzman, William R & JoAnn |
Franklin, WI |
Katzman Consulting |
$1,700 |
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Gerrard, M William |
Madison, WI |
Gerrard Ventures |
$1,650 |
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Wanek Family |
Arcadia, WI |
Ashley Furniture Industries |
$1,500 |
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Stansfield, James |
Onalaska, WI |
Stansfield Vending |
$1,400 |
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