The Green Papers: Wisconsin 2009 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Spring Primary: Tuesday 17 February 2009
Spring Election: Tuesday 7 April 2009
Electoral Votes:10(1.86% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:8(1.84% of 435)
2000 Census:5,371,210 (1.90% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):3,930,000
Voter Registration:Wisconsin has election day registration at the polls.
Capital:Madison
Tuesday 17 February 2009 polling hours 7:00a CST (1300 UTC) to 8:00p CST (0200 UTC).
Tuesday 7 April 2009 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 8:00p CDT (0100 UTC).
 

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Wisconsin State and Local Government

           
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1 Democratic Senator Herbert H. "Herb" Kohl
• First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000, 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Class 3 Democratic Senator  Russell D. "Russ" Feingold
• First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Senator  Russell D. "Russ" Feingold
• FEC S8WI00026: $2,102,408
  Candidate Republican     Terrence R. Wall
• FEC S0WI00171: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     David Bond "Dave" Westlake, IV
• FEC S0WI00163: $27,516
  Candidate Constitution     Robert Allen "Rob" Taylor
• FEC S0WI00155: Financial report not available
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: None, All Governors
  Democratic Governor Jim Doyle
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Chair - Circa 15 August 2009: Announced he will not seek re-election.
  Candidate Democratic     Jared Gary Christiansen
    Democratic     Governor Jim Doyle - apparently not a candidate
    Democratic     Lieutenant Governor  Barbara C. Lawton - apparently not a candidate
• 26 October 2009: "For very personal reasons, I will not pursue the Democratic nomination for governor in 2010."
  Candidate Republican     William Michael "Bill" Ingram
  Candidate Republican     former Congressman  Mark W. Neumann
  Candidate Republican     John Schiess
  Candidate Republican     Mark Todd
  Candidate Republican     Milwaukee County Executive  Scott Walker
  Candidate Independent     Michael Blinkwitz
  Candidate Independent     James Dean Langer
  Candidate Independent     Terry Virgil
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on a ticket with- but nominated separately from- the Governor;
  Democratic Lieutenant Governor  Barbara C. Lawton
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - Running for Governor in 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Alderman T. Anthony "Tony" Zielinski
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Brett Davis
  Candidate Republican     Superior Mayor  Dave Ross
111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Republican (3 Undetermined);
5 Democratic (5 Undetermined)
CD 1
{map}		 Republican Congressman  Paul D. Ryan
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Paulette Garin
• FEC H8WI01081: $2,318
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Paul D. Ryan
• FEC H8WI01024: $855,249
CD 2
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  Tammy Baldwin
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Tammy Baldwin
• FEC H8WI00018: $329,214
  Candidate Democratic     David de Felice
  Candidate Democratic     Daniel Peter Theron
• FEC H8WI02121: $4,895
  Candidate Republican     Chad Lee
• FEC H0WI02060: $6,650
  Candidate Libertarian     Tim Nerenz
CD 3
{map}		 Democratic Congressman Ron Kind
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Ron Kind
• FEC H6WI03099: $470,486
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Dan Kapanke
• FEC H0WI03068: $116,539
  Candidate Constitution     Michael Krsiean
CD 4
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  Gwendolynne "Gwen" Moore
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Gwendolynne "Gwen" Moore
• FEC H4WI04183: $180,389
  Candidate Republican     Daniel Paul "Dan" Sebring
• FEC H0WI04090: $8,484
  Candidate Independent     Samantha Lee Carter
• FEC H0WI04082: Financial report not available
CD 5
{map}		 Republican Congressman  F. James "Jim" Sensenbrenner, Jr.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Todd P. Kolosso
• FEC H0WI05105: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  F. James "Jim" Sensenbrenner, Jr.
• FEC H8WI09050: $110,155
CD 6
{map}		 Republican Congressman  Thomas E. "Tom" Petri
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Thomas E. "Tom" Petri
• FEC H0WI06061: $285,082
CD 7
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  David R. Obey
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  David R. Obey
• FEC H6WI07033: $599,368
  Candidate Republican     Sean P. Duffy
• FEC H0WI07051: $139,756
  Candidate Republican     Daniel E. "Dan" Mielke
• FEC H8WI07062: $366,863
  Candidate Independent     Kenneth Leroy "Ken" Driessen
• "People for Direct Participatory Democracy"
CD 8
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  Steven Leslie "Steve" Kagen
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Steven Leslie "Steve" Kagen
• FEC H6WI08122: $643,234
  Candidate Republican     Reid Ribble
• FEC H0WI08075: $130,690
  Candidate Republican     Door County Supervisor  Marc William Savard
• FEC H0WI08067: $13,855
  Candidate Republican     Marc Trager
  Candidate Republican     Brown County Supervisor  Andrew Joseph "Andy" Williams
• FEC H0WI08083: Financial report not available
  Candidate Independent     former Niagara Mayor Joe Stern
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Democratic Secretary of State Douglas "Doug" La Follette
• First elected: 1974; elected: 1982; re-elected 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Attorney General  J.B. Van Hollen
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Scott Hassett
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Democratic Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass
  Candidate Republican     Jason Punzel
Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2005, 2009
Seat up for election Nonpartisan Public Instruction Superintendent  Tony Evers
• Re-elected Tuesday 7 April 2009
• First elected: 2009
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 April 2009
  Elected Nonpartisan 437,598 57.08% Public Instruction Superintendent  Tony Evers
• Received 35% in the 17 February primary
  Candidate Nonpartisan 329,034 42.92% Rose Fernandez
• Received 31% in the 17 February primary
    Nonpartisan     Lowell E. Holtz - lost primary
    Nonpartisan     Van A. Mobley - lost primary
    Nonpartisan; (Green)     Todd Alan Price - lost primary
Total 766,632 100.00%  
 

Public Instruction Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster who was first elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2005 filed a Notification of Non-Candidacy for 2009 on 23 December 2008.

The two highest vote getters in the 17 February Spring Primary will proceed to the 7 April 2009 Spring Election. According to the Wisconsin Constitution, the State Superintendent takes office the first Monday in July.

The two higest vote getters in the 17 February Primary, Tony Evers (35%) and Rose Fernandez (31%) advanced to the 7 April Spring Election. Tony Evers won the Spring Election with 57% of the vote.

State Superintendent-elect Tony Evers took office Monday 6 July.

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.
Major Parties
 • Democratic (affiliates): 11 incumbents, 14 candidates
 • Republican: 4 incumbents, 22 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates): 2 candidates
 • Green (affiliates)
 • Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
 • Right to Life
 • Socialist Party USA
 • Unity
Independents
 • Independent: 6 candidates
 • Nonpartisan: 1 incumbent, 2 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 • Not readily classifiable
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.
Notes
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/2wiscon.html
Election Authority
 • Wisconsin State Elections Board
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Wisconsin State Legislature
 • Wisconsin State Senate
Democratic
 • The Democratic Party of Wisconsin
 • Wisconsin State Senate Democratic Committee
Republican
 • Republican Party of Wisconsin
Third Party
 • Constitution Party of Wisconsin
 • Libertarian Party of Wisconsin
 • Progressive Dane
 • Socialist Party of Wisconsin
 • The Unity Party of Wisconsin
 • Wisconsin Green Party
 • Wisconsin Right to Life
Media & others
 • DC's Political Report - Wisconsin
 • Fond du Lac Reporter
 • Greater Milwaukee Today
 • Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee
 • LaCrosse Tribune
 • Leader-Telegram - Eau Claire
 • Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
 • Oshkosh Northwestern
 • Politics1.com - Wisconsin
 • Sheboygan-Press
 • Stevens Point Journal
 • The Capital Times, Wisconsin State Journal - Madison
 • The Chippewa Herald
 • The Janesville Gazette
 • The Journal Times - Racine
 • The Kenosha News
 • The Wheeler Report - Madison
 • Watertown Daily Times
 • Wausau Daily Herald
 • WISC TV - IBS - Madison
 • Wisconsin Radio Network - Madison
 • Wisconsin Vote - University of Wisconsin
 • Wisinfo
 • WisPolitics.com
 • WKOW TV - ABC - Madison
 

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