Updated: September 21, 2001 Elizabeth Burmaster /burmaster.gif) Superintendent of Public Instruction 2001 Election Notes and Background Madison Public School principal Elizabeth Burmaster first ran and was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction in April, 2001. *Her opponent was three-time school superintendent candidate and one-time Republican candidate for Secretary of State, Hortonville school teacher Linda Cross. * The Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC), the state’s largest teachers union and a perennial campaign powerhouse, reported making independent expenditures of $276,324 on televison ads supporting Burmaster and attacking her opponent. The Milwaukee based Human Rights League also spent $32 in her support. Meanwhile, the Republican Party of Wisconsin spent undisclosed sums on "issue ads" attacking Burmaster, and Todd Rongstad of the Valkyrie Group and Project Vote Informed threatened -- but failed -- to become involved on behalf of Linda Cross. | 2001 Campaign Finance Summary | Burmaster
Raised: $511,643 - Spent: $503,618
Vote: 59.8% - Cost/Vote: $1.14
Independent Backing: $276,356 | Cross
Raised: $140,661 - Spent: $141,628
Vote: 40% - Cost/Vote: $0.48
Independent Backing: $0 | Where did the money come from?* /burmasterpie1.gif) | | Cash on hand 7/1/97 | $0 | | Self | $116,915 | | Under $100 | $81,789 | | $100 or more | $151,682 | | PACs & Parties | $159,742 | | Other Income | $1,515 | | WECF* | $0 | | *voluntary spending limit system. | | /school_burmaster_interests1.gif)
*Individuals giving $100 or more and all PAC, party and candidate committee contributions.
Self-contributions excluded. Top Contributors 7/1/97-6/30/01* | Contributor(s) | City | Business | Amount | | Burmaster, Elizabeth | Madison, WI | Madison Public Schools/Candidate | $116,915 | | Schantz, Edward | Madison, WI | Retired | $10,000 | | Kohl, Herbert | Milwaukee, WI | US senator | $7,000 | | Boyer, David | Madison, WI | Madison Cutting Die Inc | $6,157 | | Kohler, Julilly | Milwaukee, WI | JWK Real Estate | $6,000 | | Uihlein, Lynde | Milwaukee, WI | Women’s Choice 2000 | $5,000 | | Rosenberg, John | Milwaukee, WI | Telecheck Wisconsin (Retired) | $3,000 | | Taylor, Carolyn | Cross Plains, WI | Retired | $2,600 | | Ritz, Esther Leah | Milwaukee, WI | Retired | $2,200 | | Layde, Margaret | Milwaukee, WI | Medical College of Wisconsin | $1,850 | | McDonald, Merle | New Berlin, WI | Wisconsin Dept of Public Instruction | $1,550 | | George, Michael | Madison, WI | Wisconsin School Music Assn | $1,363 | | Craney, Diane | Madison, WI | Wisconsin Education Association Council(Spouse’s employer) | $1,200 | *Beginning of election cycle. Elizabeth Burmaster did not actually begin fund-raising until 2000.
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