Campaign 2002 Profile Freese

Updated: July 1, 2003

Rep. Stephen J. Freese (R) Dodgeville Rep. Stephen Freese

Assembly District 51

2002 Election Notes and Background	2002 Campaign Finance Summary
* Rep. Freese was first elected in 1990. * He was unopposed in the primary and faced Democratic opposition in the general election. *Healthy Wisconsin ($301), WI Nurses PAC ($113), and WI Right to Life PAC ($91) made independent expenditures benefiting Freese.	Freese		Wolf
	Raised $40,475	Spent $36,864	Raised $10,308	Spent $8,520
	Vote: 59.9%	$3.59/vote	Vote: 40.1%	$1.24/vote
	Independent backing: $505		Independent backing: $0
Freese’s Committee Assignments
2003-2004: Campaigns and Elections (Chair); Electronic Democracy and Government Reform (Vice-Chair); Financial Institutions; Joint Legislative Council; Public Health; Review Fireworks Law (Co-Chair); Rules; Rural Affairs. 2001-2002: Assembly Organization; Campaigns and Elections (Chair); Census and Redistricting; Historical Society of Wisconsin, Board of Curators; Joint Legislative Council; Mississippi River Parkway Commission; Public Health; Rules; Rural Affairs and Forestry.

Where Did the Money Come From?

Cash-on-hand 1/1/01	($120)
Self	$0
Under $100	$11,491
$100 or more	$20,945
PACS & Parties	$8,039
Other Income	$0
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. Freese?
1/1/93 - 12/31/02

Contributor	City	Business	Amount
Kraemer Family	Plain, WI	Kraemer Brothers Construction	$3,550.00
Berg Family	Dodgeville, WI	Quality Liquid Feeds	$2,075.00
Donaldson Family	Beloit, WI	Vivid Inc/House on the Rock	$2,020.00
Rapp, Eric & Irene	Avoca, WI	Cardinal Insulated Glass	$2,000.00
Bussan, Roger	Plain, WI	Dentist	$1,907.00
Virtue, John & Christine	Darlington, WI	Virtue Motors	$1,300.00
Wenger, James	Dodgeville, WI	Wenger Chiropractic Center	$1,300.00
Ballweg, Darlene	Sauk City, WI	Ballweg Chev Olds	$1,240.00
Gollon, David	Dodgeville, WI	Gollon Bait & Fish Farm	$1,200.00
Stewart, Wayne & Lynn	East Dubuque, IL	Stewart Construction	$1,045.00