Wisconsin 2007 Off Year Election

The Green Papers: Wisconsin 2007 Off Year Election

This page is for offices up for election in 2007. Find 2008 elections here.

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Wisconsin
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

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

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Wisconsin State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110^th 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 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

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

110^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110^th 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 4 November 2008

CD 2 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Tammy Baldwin • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 3 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Ron Kind • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 4 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Gwendolynne "Gwen" Moore • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 5 {map}		Republican	Congressman F. James "Jim" Sensenbrenner, Jr. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 6 {map}		Republican	Congressman Thomas E. "Tom" Petri • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 7 {map}		Democratic	Congressman David R. Obey • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 8 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Steven Leslie "Steve" Kagen • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

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

		Nonpartisan	Public Instruction Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster • First elected: 2001; re-elected 2005 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 April 2009
	The two highest vote getters in the Spring Primary will proceed to a Tuesday 7 April 2009 Spring Election.

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
Independents
	• Nonpartisan: 1 incumbent
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 an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.