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Rep. Jeffrey Plale (D) South MilwaukeeRep. Jeffrey PlaleState Assembly District 21

2000 Election Notes and Background: 2000 Campaign Finance Summary
* Rep. Plale was first elected in a March 1996 special election.

* He was unopposed in the primary and faced a Republican challenger in the general election.

* WI Nurses Assn ($75) and WI Right to Life ($641) made independent expenditures benefiting Plale.

Plale Strnad
Raised
$45,230
Spent
$43,263
Raised
$4,156
Spent
$3,726
Vote: 63.2% $2.48/vote Vote: 36.6% $0.37/vote
Independent backing:
$716
Independent backing:
$0
Plale's Committee Assignments
2001-2002: Building Commission; Energy and Utilities; Financial Institutions; Forward Wisconsin, Inc.; Joint Survey Retirement Systems; Transportation.

1999-2000: Financial Institutions; Insurance; Utilities; Ways and Means; Forward Wisconsin, Inc.

Where Did the Money Come From?

Cash on hand 1/1/99 $8,504
From Self $0
Less than $100 $15,740
$100 or more $18,045
PAC & Party $7,725
Other Income $3,720
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. Plale?
1/1/95 - 12/31/00

Contributor City Business Amount
Plale, Donald A & Josephine South Milwaukee, WI Retired $1,700
Strong, Richard & Donna Brookfield, WI Strong Capital Management $1,500
Plale, Jeffrey & Elizabeth South Milwaukee, WI Legislator/Strong Capital Management $1,250
Cullen Family Janesville, WI JP Cullen & Sons $1,100
Strong, Matthew D & Amy E New York, NY Sloate Weismann/Wm M Mercer $1,000
Finerty, John D Elm Grove, WI Friebert, Finerty & St John $800
Wright, Charles F Mequon, WI Fall River Group $700
Plale, Martin J & Mary Oak Creek, WI Retired $700
Marcus, Stephen Milwaukee, WI Marcus Corp $600
Katzman, William R & JoAnn Franklin, WI Katzman Consulting $600