The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001

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Governor:1(Term Limit: None; 4-year term)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:9(2.07% of 435)
2002 Representatives:8(1.84% of 435)
1990 Census: 4,891,769(1.97% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census: 5,371,210(1.90% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98):Voters register at the polls on election day.
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 3,877,000 
Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Polls Close: 8 PM CST (0200 UTC)
Candidates seeking office
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Governor  Term limit: None; 4-year term, Current Governors  
 Republican  Governor Scott McCallum
Entered office: 2001. Lieutenant Governor Scott McCallum assumed the Governor's Chair upon the resignation of Governor Tommy G. Thompson. (Governor Thompson became Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Bush Administration.)
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 CandidateLibertarian  (pending)
Possible candidates: Ed Thompson
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1Democrat  Senator Herbert H. Kohl
First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.
Class 3Democrat  Senator Russ Feingold
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
Partisan Composition: 5 Democrats, 4 Republicans
CD 1Republican  Congressman Paul Ryan
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 2Democrat  Congressman Tammy Baldwin
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 3Democrat  Congressman Ron Kind
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 4Democrat  Congressman Jerry Kleczka
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 5Democrat  Congressman Tom Barrett
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 6Republican  Congressman Thomas E. Petri
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 7Democrat  Congressman David R. Obey
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 8Republican  Congressman Mark Green
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 9Republican  Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Congressional District

Wisconsin has 72 counties and 9 congressional districts: 55 counties are wholly within a given congressional district and 17 counties are divided among more than one congressional district

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD # 1: Kenosha, Racine, Rock and Walworth
  • CD # 2: Columbia, Dane, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland and Sauk
  • CD # 3: Barron, Buffalo, Crawford, Dunn, Grant, Jackson, LaCrosse, Pepin, Pierce, St. Croix, Trempealeau and Vernon
  • CD # 6: Adams, Green Lake, Juneau, Marquette, Waupaca, Waushara and Winnebago
  • CD # 7: Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Lincoln, Marathon, Portage, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, Washburn and Wood
  • CD # 8: Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano and Vilas
  • CD # 9: Ozaukee and Washington

DIVIDED COUNTIES (split between more than one Congressional District):

  • Brown: CDs 6 and 8
  • Calumet: CDs 6 and 8
  • Chippewa: CDs 3 and 7
  • Clark: CDs 3 and 7
  • Dodge: CDs 2 and 9
  • Eau Claire: CDs 3 and 7
  • Fond du Lac: CDs 6 and 9
  • Green: CDs 1 and 2
  • Jefferson: CDs 1, 2 and 9
  • Manitowoc: CDs 6 and 8
  • Milwaukee: CDs 4 and 5
  • Monroe: CDs 3 and 6
  • Oneida: CDs 7 and 8
  • Outagamie: CDs 6 and 8
  • Polk: CDs 3 and 7
  • Sheboygan: CDs 6 and 9
  • Waukesha: CDs 1, 4 and 9

CD # 5 is wholly within Milwaukee County