The Green Papers: Wisconsin 2009 General Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.
 
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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

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.

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

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
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Republican Congressman Paul D. Ryan
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 2
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Democratic Congressman Tammy Baldwin
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3
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Democratic Congressman Ron Kind
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 4
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Democratic Congressman Gwendolynne "Gwen" Moore
First elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 5
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Republican Congressman F. James "Jim" Sensenbrenner, Jr.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 6
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Republican Congressman Thomas E. "Tom" Petri
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 7
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Democratic Congressman David R. Obey
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 8
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Democratic Congressman Steven Leslie "Steve" Kagen
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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
  Republican: 4 incumbents
Major Third Parties
  Green (affiliates)
Independents
  Nonpartisan: 1 incumbent, 2 candidates
 
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.

 


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  Close Contests Summary - Decision by 2% or less  
  Contests Where No Candidate Received a Majority  
 
2009 Primaries and Runoffs for Statewide offices/Congress
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  Change in Representation in U.S. House by REGION and Subregion between 2000 and 2002  
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  Political Party Floor Leaders in the Congress of the United States