Campaign 2002 Profile Plouff

Updated: July 14, 2003

Rep. Joe Plouff (D) Menomonie

Assembly District 29

2002 Election Notes and Background	2002 Campaign Finance Summary
* Rep. Plouff was first elected in 1996. * He was unopposed in the primary and faced Republican opposition in the general election. * WI Nurses PAC ($18) made independent expenditures benefiting Plouff. WI Right to Life PAC ($91) made independent expenditures favoring his opponent.	Plouff		Hauser
	Raised $27,581	Spent $20,998	Raised $0	Spent $0
	Vote: 61.4%	$2.19/vote	Vote: 38.5%	$0/vote
	Independent backing: $18		Independent backing: $91
Plouff’s Committee Assignments
2003-2004: Agriculture; Education; Insurance; Rural Affairs; Rural Development. 2001-2002: Agriculture; Financial Institutions; Insurance; Rural Economic Development Board; Transportation.

Where Did the Money Come From?

Cash-on-hand 1/1/01	$7,899
Self	$500
Under $100	$12,068
$100 or more	$6,235
PACS & Parties	$3,150
Other Income	$865
WECF*	$4,763
*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. Plouff?
1/1/96 - 12/31/02

Contributor	City	Business	Amount
Plouff, Joe & Lavonne Solem	Menomonie, WI	Legislator/Menomonie School District	$1,900.00
Morehouse, Diane & Donald Salisbury	Menomonie, WI	Quality Evaluation & Development/ Knights Creek Nursery	$1,300.00
Baldus, Alvin	Menomonie, WI	Legislator, Retired	$700.00
Doane, Russell	Menomonie, WI	Chippewa Valley Bean Co	$700.00
Anshus, John	Menomonie, WI	Anshus Jewelers	$600.00
Plouff, Mary	Green Bay, WI	Retired	$600.00
Burdick, Frank	Menomonie, WI	Wisconsin Education Association Council	$575.00
Kind, Ron	La Crosse, WI	US representative	$550.00
Sperstad, James	Menomonie, WI	Sperstad Law Office	$550.00