| The Green Papers: Wisconsin 2009 General Election |
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Wisconsin
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress Spring Primary: Tuesday 17 February 2009 Spring Election: Tuesday 7 April 2009 |
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| 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 |
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| Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Russell D. "Russ" Feingold • First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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) | |||||
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Republican | Congressman Paul D. Ryan • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Tammy Baldwin • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Ron Kind • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Gwendolynne "Gwen" Moore • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman F. James "Jim" Sensenbrenner, Jr. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Thomas E. "Tom" Petri • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman David R. Obey • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Steven Leslie "Steve" Kagen • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Treasurer Dawn Marie Sass • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2005, 2009 | |||||
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Nonpartisan | Public Instruction Superintendent Tony Evers • Re-elected Tuesday 7 April 2009 • First elected: 2009 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 April 2009 |
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Nonpartisan | 437,598 | 57.08% | Public Instruction Superintendent Tony Evers • Received 35% in the 17 February primary |
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Nonpartisan | 329,034 | 42.92% | Rose Fernandez • Received 31% in the 17 February primary |
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| 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. |