Updated: January 27, 2014
Senate District 22Election Notes • Money Sources • Top Contributors • Big Money • Profile Index
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Senator Wirch was first elected to the Assembly in 1992, to the Senate in 1996 and reelected in an August 2011 recall election. He was unopposed in the primary and faced Republican opposition in the general election. Racine TEA Party PAC ($250) made independent expenditures favoring Senator Wrch's opponent. |
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2012 Campaign Finance Summary
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Wirch Raised: $41,565 - Spent: $19,190 Vote: 69.6% - Cost/Vote: $0.37 Independent Backing: $0 |
Stevens Raised: $7,590 - Spent: $3,094 Vote: 30.3% - Cost/Vote: $0.14 Independent Backing: $250 |
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Wirch’s Committee Assignments
2013-2014: Finance; Government Operations, Public Works and Telecommunications; Natural Resources; Joint Finance; Special Committee on Legal Interventions for Persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias; Sporting Heritage Council. 2011-2012: Energy, Biotechnology and Consumer Protection; Labor, Public Safety and Urban Affairs; Natural Resources and Environment; Special Committee on Infant Mortality; Special Committee on Building Wisconsin's Workforce; Special Committee on Strategic Job Creation. |
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*All figures represent candidate income before any returns. |
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9/8/11-12/31/12**
| In-District | Out-District |
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| $5,900 (37.3%) | $9,899 (62.7%) |
*Includes all contributions from contributors of $100 or more to the candidate in a calendar year.
Excludes any returned and self contributions.
**Faced an August 2011 recall election.
Individuals and Committees*
9/8/11-12/31/12**
| Interest | Amount |
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| Labor Unions | $9,815.00 |
| Health Professionals | $4,400.00 |
| Retired/Homemakers/Non-income earners | $2,380.00 |
| Business | $1,805.00 |
| Civil servant/public employee | $1,450.00 |
| Lawyers/Law Firms/Lobbyists | $1,450.00 |
| Political/Ideological | $1,375.98 |
| Insurance | $1,150.00 |
| Manufacturing & Distributing | $950.00 |
| Energy | $860.00 |
| Banking & Finance | $850.00 |
| Unknown | $710.00 |
| Education | $677.78 |
| Construction | $650.00 |
| Natural Resources | $500.00 |
| Transportation | $250.00 |
| Health Services/Institutions | $125.00 |
| Non-Profit/Social Services | $100.00 |
| Real Estate | $100.00 |
| Road Construction | $100.00 |
*Individual contributions includes all contributions from contributors of $100 or more to the candidate in a calendar year.
Committee contributions of any amount are included. Any returned and self contributions are excluded.
**Faced an August 2011 recall election.
| Contributor(s) | City | Business | Amount |
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| Wirch, Robert & Mary | Pleasant Prairie, WI | Legislator | $8,900 |
| Tenuta Family | Kenosha, WI | Tenuta's Deli & Liquors | $5,600 |
| Edenhofer, Carl L & Karen R | Salem, WI | Edenhofer Law Offices/Brighton School | $3,600 |
| OConnor, John | Kenosha, WI | OConnor, DuMez, et al | $3,150 |
| Troha Family | Kenosha, WI | ATC Leasing Co/JHT Holdings Inc/Jupiter Transportation Co | $3,000 |
| Meisler, Herbert & Allen | Birmingham, AL | Dairyland Greyhound Park | $2,855 |
| Thompson, Michael | Kenosha, WI | Family Foot Clinics of Wisconsin | $2,710 |
| Frederick, Ronald & Maureen Reed | Kenosha, WI | Retired | $2,700 |
| Hanson, Thomas & Lois | Rhinelander, WI | Wisconsin Cable Communications Assn | $2,650 |
| Broydrick, Bill & Cynthia | Washington, DC | Broydrick & Associates | $2,500 |
| Gerrars, M William | La Crosse, WI | Gerrard Ventures | $2,500 |
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