Updated: July 21, 1997 Senator Mary Panzer (R) - West Bend /profile1996/panzer.JPG) Senate District 20 1996 Election Notes and Background | 1996 Campaign Finance Summary** | * Senator Panzer won re-election. She was first elected to the Senate in a 1993 special election. * She had a primary and faced Libertarian and Taxpayers opposition in the general election. * The WI Nurses PAC spent $63, the Milw. Police Assoc. spent $533 and Volunteers for Agriculture spent $77, all in support of Panzer through independent expenditures in the election. WI ProLife spent $8 in support of her Taxpayers Party opponent. | Panzer | Opponents | | Raised: $95,622 | Raised: $ 1,979 | | Spent: $55,507 | Spent: $ 1,979 | | Vote: 84.8% | Vote: 15.2% | | ** 1996 election data covers from 1/1/94-12/31/96. Data from 1993 special election excluded. | On Which Committees Does Senator Panzer Serve? | * Senator Panzer currently serves on the powerful Joint Finance Committee. * She served on the 1995/96 Joint Finance Committee, Joint Committee on Information Policy (Co-Chr) and the Senate Committees on: Environment & Energy; and Law Revision. | Where Did the Money Come From? /profile1996/wpanzer1.gif) | | War chest on 1/1/94 | $132 | | From Self | $200 | | Less than $100 | $14,982 | | $100 or more | $61,881 | | PAC & Party | $17,164 | | Other Income | $1,263 | | WECF* | $0 | | *voluntary spending limit system | | Was the Big Money from People in the District?
Individual contributions of $100 or more 1/1/94 - 12/31/96 /profile1996/wpanzer2.gif)
Which Special Interests Contributed the Most?
Contributions from political action committees (PACs) and Individual contributions of $100 or more
1/1/94 - 12/31/96 | Interest | Description | Amount | | Commercial Banks | primarily M&I, Banc One PAC & conduits | $8,200 | | Health Professionals | primarily physicians and dentists | $4,055 | | Insurance | NML conduit & PAC, other insurance companies | $3,900 | | Telephone Utilities | primarily through PACs and conduit | $3,646 | | Lawyers/Law Firms | 55 different lawyers from 19 law firms | $3,350 | Who are the top Career Patrons of Senator Panzer?
Individual contributions of $100 or more,
4/1/91 - 12/31/96 | Contributor | Business | Residence | Amount | | Ziegler Family | BC Ziegler Co. | West Bend | $6,900 | | Bill & Cynthia Broydrick | Broydrick & Associates | Delafield | $4,000 | | Mary Panzer | Legislator | West Bend | $2,700 | | George & Judith Prescott | Prescott’s Supermrkts | West Bend | $2,180 | | Donald & Terri Jones | Star Cablevision | Fond du Lac | $2,000 | | 11 others at $1,000-1850 each, seven from the district |
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