Campaign 2002 Profile Pettis

Updated: July 14, 2003

Rep. Mark L. Pettis (R) La Follette

Assembly District 28

2002 Election Notes and Background	2002 Campaign Finance Summary
* Rep. Pettis was first elected in 1998. * He was unopposed in the primary and faced Democratic opposition in the general election. * Realtors PAC ($8,189), Volunteers for Agriculture ($753), WI Builders ($170), and WI Right to Life PAC ($183) made independent expenditures benefiting Pettis. Northern WI Building Trades Local 1050 ($13), Northwest United Educators ($192), Planned Parenthood Advocates of WI ($1,351), and WI Nurses PAC ($6) made independent expenditures favoring his opponent.	Pettis		Wolden
	Raised $71,821	Spent $73,237	Raised $66,409	Spent $65,276
	Vote: 52.0%	$7.39/vote	Vote: 48.0%	$7.14/vote
	Independent backing: $9,296		Independent backing: $1,561
Pettis’ Committee Assignments
2003-2004: Aging and Long-Term Care; Natural Resources; State-Tribal Relations; Tourism (Chair); Veterans and Military Affairs. 2001-2002: Aging and Long-Term Care (Vice Chair); Information Policy and Technology (Chair); Joint Information Policy and Technology (Co-Chair); Insurance (Vice Chair); Natural Resources.

Where Did the Money Come From?

Cash-on-hand 1/1/01	$2,991
Self	$700
Under $100	$9,609
$100 or more	$49,784
PACS & Parties	$11,199
Other Income	$529
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. Pettis?
1/1/94 - 12/31/02

Contributor	City	Business	Amount
Myers, Andrew & Diane	Shoreview, MN	Retired	$3,000.00
Pettis, Mark	Hertel, WI	Legislator	$2,792.00
Pettis, Luther & Mayme	Osceola, WI	Retired	$2,490.00
King, Wayne & Christa	Danbury, WI	Wayne’s IGA	$1,827.00
Schulte Family	Ellsworth, WI	Victory Fireworks	$1,800.00
Brown, Robert Jr & Mary	Osceola, WI	Champion Industries	$1,100.00
Verhasselt, Gary & Lori	Osceola, WI	Verhasselt Construction Co	$1,100.00
Dresel, Dale & David	Grantsburg, WI	Miller-Bradford, Risberg/Dresel Construction	$1,050.00
Montgomery, Michael & Barbara	Osceola, WI	Osceola Oil	$1,000.00
Nelson, Grant & Carol	Hudson, WI	Retired	$1,000.00
Peterson, Kris	Siren, WI	KPI Club	$1,000.00