Wisconsin Supreme Court Finance Summaries
November 9, 2009
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All financial summaries cover the complete Supreme Court election cycle, although the actual time period may vary depending on a candidate’s previous electoral activity or when the candidate’s campaign committee first registered and started raising money. Ending cash comes from the July report filed after the election. (For a more complete explanation of campaign finance election cycles see our campaign finance glossary.)
Only final ballot candidates and races with more than one candidate are listed. All figures are rounded to the nearest dollar. Spent includes transfers to committees. Walt Kelly (1997), Louis Butler (2008) and Randy Koschnick (2009) are the only Supreme Court candidates to make such transfers.
Winners’ names are in bold. An asterisk (*) next to a candidate’s name indicates an incumbent. Where an individual campaign finance profile is available for a justice, clicking on the winner’s name will take you to that profile. Individual contributors for all Supreme Court candidates and Justices since 1990 can be found in our searchable database.
Summaries
SPRING 2009
Election date: April 7, 2009
| Candidate |
Beginning Cash |
Raised | Spent |
Ending Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrahamson, Shirley S.* | $0 | $1,469,621 | $1,465,578 | $4,063 |
| Koschnick, Randy | $0 | $186,556 | $189,153 | ($2,597) |
| Total | $0 | $1,656,177 | $1,654,731 | $96,010 |
SPRING 2008
Election date: April 1, 2008
| Candidate |
Beginning Cash |
Raised | Spent |
Ending Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, Louis* | $4,353 | $780,296 | $770,057 | $14,592 |
| Gableman, Michael J. | $278 | $441,051 | $410,959 | $30,370 |
| Total | $4,631 | $1,221,347 | $1,181,016 | $44,962 |
SPRING 2007
Election date: April 3, 2007
| Candidates |
Beginning Cash |
Raised | Spent |
Ending Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifford, Linda M. | $0 | $1,210,645 | $1,206,038 | $4,608 |
| Ziegler, Annette K. | $0 | $1,452,258 | $1,450,230 | $2,028 |
| Total | $0 | $2,662,903 | $2,656,267 | $6,636 |
SPRING 2003
Election date: April 1, 2003
| Candidates |
Beginning Cash |
Raised | Spent |
Ending Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Brunner | $2,405 | $238,575 | $240,762 | $218 |
| Pat Roggensack | $602 | $418,045 | $416,625 | $2,022 |
| Total | $3,007 | $656,620 | $657,387 | $2,240 |
SPRING 2000
Election date: April 4, 2000
| Candidates |
Beginning Cash |
Raised | Spent |
Ending Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Butler | $1,915 | $194,866 | $196,359 | $422 |
| Diane Sykes* | $0 | $240,154 | $234,603 | $5,550 |
| Total | $1,915 | $435,020 | $430,963 | $5,972 |
*Incumbent
SPRING 1999
Election date: April 6, 1999
| Candidates |
Beginning Cash |
Raised | Spent |
Ending Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Abrahamson* | $30,537 | $715,459 | $745,996 | $0 |
| Sharren Rose | $0 | $634,910 | $639,894 | -$4,984 |
| Total | $30,537 | $1,350,369 | $1,385,890 | -$4,984 |
*Incumbent
SPRING 1997
Election date: April 1, 1997
| Candidates |
Beginning Cash |
Raised | Spent |
Ending Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Kelly | $0 | $488,666 | $459,018 | $29,647 |
| Jon Wilcox* | $0 | $426,936 | $426,559 | $377 |
| Total | $0 | $915,602 | $885,577 | $30,025 |
*Incumbent
