2008 Wisconsin elections
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The Wisconsin spring nonpartisan general election was held April 1, 2008. Voters statewide cast ballots for Wisconsin Supreme Court and an amendment to the state Constitution.
The Wisconsin fall partisan primary will be held on September 9, 2008. Voters will select the parties' candidates for the subsequent fall general election.
The Wisconsin fall partisan general election will be held on November 4, 2008, the same date as the as Federal and Congressional elections. Offices to be elected include half of the state's Senate seats and all of the state's Assembly seats.[1]
Spring nonpartisan election
Judge Michael Gableman was elected with 51% of the vote, defeating incumbent Justice Louis Butler with 49% of the vote.[2] The heavy spending of outside interest groups in this race, including Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce,[3] has inspired some to call for reforms to Wisconsin election law and the selection of judges.[4]. The ascendency of Michael Gabelman to the bench tilts the Court in a more conservative direction.[5]
By a margin greater than 2-1, voters chose to amend the state's Constitution.[6]
"Partial veto. Shall section 10(1)(c) of article V of the constitution be amended to prohibit the governor, in exercising his or her partial veto authority, from create creating a new sentence by combining parts of two or more sentences of the entrolled bill?"
The amendment is intended to reduce the veto power of the Governor which has been historically used by governors of all parties to rework legislation.[7]
Fall partisan election
Voters in Wisconsin in this election cycle will cast ballots for many state legislators. Senators from even-numbered districts and all assemblymen will be up for election. Additionally, many Wisconsin counties will be electing District Attorneys at this time.
Senate contests
Senate Democrats will look to expand the majority they gained from the Republicans in the previous election cycle while Senate Republicans would like to regain control of the body.
| Wisconsin Senate Elections[8] | ||||||
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| District | Incumbent 2004 Vote[9] |
2008 Status | Democratic | Republican | Libertarian | Independent |
| SD-2 | Robert Cowles 89.13% |
Re-election | Robert Cowles | |||
| SD-4 | Lena Taylor 99.16% |
Re-election | Lena Taylor (cw) | |||
| SD-6 | Spencer Coggs 99.15% |
Re-election | Spencer Coggs |
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| SD-8 | Alberta Darling 56.94% |
Re-election | Sheldon Wasserman (cw) | Alberta Darling (cw) | ||
| SD-10 | Sheila Harsdorf 59.21% |
Re-election | Alison Page (cw) | Sheila Harsdorf (cw) | ||
| SD-12 | Roger Breske 53.47% |
Open | Jim Holperin (cw) | Tom Tiffany (cw) | ||
| SD-14 | Luther S. Olsen 99.35% |
Re-election | Luther S. Olsen | |||
| SD-16 | Mark Miller 60.04% |
Re-election | Mark Miller (cw) | |||
| SD-18 | Carol Roessler 98.60% |
Open[10] | Jessica King (cw) | Randy Hopper |
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| SD-20 | Glenn Grothman 99.15% |
Re-election | Glenn Grothman |
Clyde Winter (cw) | ||
| SD-22 | Robert Wirch 52.11% |
Re-election | Robert Wirch (cw) | Ben Bakke (cw) | ||
| SD-24 | Julie Lassa 67.57% |
Re-election | Julie Lassa | Tom Kimmet | ||
| SD-26 | Fred Risser 80.81% |
Re-election | Fred Risser | Dennis deNure (cw) | ||
| SD-28 | Mary Lazich 99.27% |
Re-election | Mary Lazich | |||
| SD-30 | Dave Hansen 54.55% |
Re-election | Dave Hansen (cw) | Chad M. Fradette (cw) | ||
| SD-32 | Dan Kapanke 52.56% |
Re-election | Tara Johnson (cw) | Dan Kapanke (cw) | ||
Candidates with a strike have not submitted adequate nomination documents to appear on the 2008 primary and general election ballots by the July 8th deadline. Candidates not submitting adequate nomination documents may still run write-in candidacies.
Assembly contests
Senate Republicans will look to defend their control of the house and reverse the gains Democrats made in the previous election cycle while Democrats will seek to take the majority for the first time in years.
| Wisconsin Assembly Elections[11] | |||||||
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| District | Incumbent 2006 Vote[12][13] |
2008 Status | Democratic | Republican | Libertarian | Independent | |
| AD-1 | Garey Bies 53.56% |
Re-election | Chris Baeb (cw) Dick Skare (cw) |
Garey Bies | |||
| AD-2 | Frank Lasee 89.30% |
Re-election | Lee Brocher (cw) Kevin Garthwaite (cw) Ted Zigmunt (cw) |
Frank Lasee | |||
| AD-3 | Al Ott 59.30% |
Re-election | Justin Krueger | Al Ott | |||
| AD-4 | Phil Montgomery 55.96% |
Re-election | Sam Dunlop (cw) | Phil Montgomery | |||
| AD-5 | Tom Nelson 62.29% |
Re-election | Tom Nelson (cw) | Jim Steineke (cw) | |||
| AD-6 | Gary Tauchen 60.33% |
Re-election | John Powers | Gary Tauchen (cw) | |||
| AD-7 | Peggy Krusick 98.90% |
Re-election | Peggy Krusick | Corrine Wiesmueller (cw) | Brad Sponholz | ||
| AD-8 | Pedro Colón 98.76% |
Re-election | Pedro Colón (cw) José Guzman Laura Manriquez |
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| AD-9 | Josh Zepnick 98.48% |
Re-election | Josh Zepnick | ||||
| AD-10 | Annette "Polly" Williams 99.06% |
Re-election | Charisha Allen Annette "Polly" Williams |
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| AD-11 | Jason Fields 99.42% |
Re-election | Jason Fields |
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| AD-12 | Fred Kessler 98.76% |
Re-election | Fred Kessler | ||||
| AD-13 | David Cullen 64.34% |
Re-election | David Cullen | ||||
| AD-14 | Leah Vukmir 61.64% |
Re-election | Dave Hucke (cw) | Leah Vukmir (cw) | |||
| AD-15 | Tony Staskunas 97.31% |
Re-election | Josh Hoisington Tony Staskunas |
Davd Nickel | |||
| AD-16 | Leon Young 98.66% |
Re-election | Richard M Badger (cw) David D. King Andrew Parker (cw) Leon Young |
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| AD-17 | Barbara Toles 90.90% |
Re-election | Samantha Bady Barbara Toles |
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| AD-18 | Tamara Grigsby 98.68% |
Re-election | Tamara Grigsby | ||||
| AD-19 | Jon Richards 98.38% |
Re-election | Jon Richards | ||||
| AD-20 | Christine Sinicki 98.36% |
Re-election | Phillip Landowski (cw) Christine Sinicki Steven Sutherland |
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| AD-21 | Mark R. Honadel 98.02% |
Re-election | Glen Brower (cw) |
Mark R. Honadel (cw) | |||
| AD-22 | Sheldon Wasserman 98.70% |
Open | Andy Feldman (cw) Guy Johnson (cw) Dan Kohl (cw) Sandra Pasch (cw) |
Yash P. Wadhwa (cw) | |||
| AD-23 | Jim Ott 56.09% |
Re-election | Rene Settle-Robinson | Jim Ott | |||
| AD-24 | Suzanne Jeskewitz 99.23% |
Open | Charlene S. Brady Torrey Lauer (cw) |
Dan Knodl (cw) Jason LaSage (cw) Randall Melchert (cw) Michael Moscicke (cw) |
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| AD-25 | Bob Ziegelbauer 54.00% |
Re-election | Bob Ziegelbauer | ||||
| AD-26 | Terry Van Akkeren 72.17% |
Re-election | Terry Van Akkeren | Job Hou-Seye Alex Pieper |
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| AD-27 | Steve Kestell 99.62% |
Re-election | Bob Cox | Steve Kestell | |||
| AD-28 | Ann Hraychuck 50.74% |
Re-election | Ann Hraychuck (cw) | Kent Muschinske (cw) |
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| AD-29 | John Murtha 51.58% |
Re-election | Chris Buckel (cw) L. John Peters (cw) |
John Murtha | Craig Mohn | ||
| AD-30 | Kitty Rhoades 57.40% |
Re-election | Sarah Bruch (cw) | Bob Hughes Kitty Rhoades (cw) |
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| AD-31 | Steve Nass 63.99% |
Re-election | Frank Urban | Steve Nass | |||
| AD-32 | Thomas A. Lothian 53.63% |
Re-election | Doug A. Harrod | Thomas A. Lothian | John K. Finley | ||
| AD-33 | Scott A. Newcomer 71.63% |
Re-election | Scott A. Newcomer (cw) | ||||
| AD-34 | Dan Meyer 56.03% |
Re-election | Paul Tubbs (cw) | Dan Meyer | |||
| AD-35 | Donald Friske 98.98% |
Re-election | Jay Schmelling (cw) | Donald Friske | |||
| AD-36 | Jeffrey L. Mursau 54.13% |
Re-election | Stan Gruszynski (cw) |
Jeffrey L. Mursau | |||
| AD-37 | Andy Jorgensen 50.17% |
Re-election | Andy Jorgensen (cw) | Kent Donald Koebke Tom Luetzow Brian A. Peters (cw) |
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| AD-38 | Joel Kleefisch 66.51% |
Re-election | Richard Pas | Joel Kleefisch (cw) | |||
| AD-39 | Jeff Fitzgerald 62.46% |
Re-election | Aaron Onsrud (cw) | Jeff Fitzgerald | |||
| AD-40 | Kevin Petersen 52.63% |
Re-election | Kevin Kuehl | Kevin Petersen | |||
| AD-41 | Joan Ballweg 64.50% |
Re-election | Scott Milheiser | Joan Ballweg (cw) | |||
| AD-42 | J.A. Hines 53.50% |
Re-election | Fred Clark (cw) | J.A. Hines | |||
| AD-43 | Kim Hixson 50.02% |
Re-election | Kim Hixon (cw) | Debi Towns (cw) | |||
| AD-44 | Mike Sheridan 69.30% |
Re-election | Mike Sheridan (cw) | ||||
| AD-45 | Chuck Benedict 99.11% |
Re-election | Chuck Benedict | Mike Hahn (cw) | |||
| AD-46 | Gary Hebl 99.06% |
Re-election | Gary Hebl | Kathy Maves Spencer Zimmerman |
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| AD-47 | Eugene Hahn 50.29% |
Open | Paul Fisk (cw) Trish O'Neil (cw) |
Tim McCumber (cw) Steven Pate (cw) Keith Ripp Erich Ruth (cw) |
Dennis E. Hruby (cw) | ||
| AD-48 | Joseph Parisi 75.56% |
Re-election | Joseph Parisi | ||||
| AD-49 | Phil Garthwaite 51.20% |
Re-election | Phil Garthwaite (cw) | David Kuhle (cw) Dennis Lundell (cw) Travis T Tranel (cw) |
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| AD-50 | Sheryl Albers 56.94% |
Open | Tom Crofton (cw) Darryl Teske (cw) |
Todd R. Allbaugh Ed Brooks Craig L. Buswell Anthony Carver |
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| AD-51 | Steve Hilgenberg 53.26% |
Re-election | Steve Hilgenberg | Nathan R Russell (cw) | |||
| AD-52 | John Townsend 99.35% |
Re-election | Jerry Keifenheim | Scott Matthew John Townsend (cw) |
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| AD-53 | Carol Owens 98.24% |
Open | Jeff Mann (cw) | Jacob Burns Mike Christianson Mike Hatch Richard J. Spanbauer Cecil Streeter (cw) |
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| AD-54 | Gordon Hintz 62.12% |
Re-election | Gordon Hintz (cw) | Mark Reiff (cw) | |||
| AD-55 | Dean Kaufert 51.99% |
Re-election | Mark Westphal (cw) | Dean Kaufert | |||
| AD-56 | Roger Roth 59.04% |
Re-election | Susan Garcia Franz | Roger Roth | |||
| AD-57 | Steve Wieckert 53.17% |
Open | Penny Bernard Schaber (cw) | Jo Egelhoff (cw) Peter Stueck (cw) |
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| AD-58 | Pat Strachota 99.41% |
Re-election | Pat Strachota | Greg Dombro | |||
| AD-59 | Daniel LeMahieu 99.54% |
Re-election | Daniel LeMahieu Karl McCarty |
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| AD-60 | Mark Gottlieb 99.14% |
Re-election | Perry Duman (cw) | Mark Gottlieb (cw) | |||
| AD-61 | Robert Turner 99.06% |
Re-election | Robert Turner | George Meyers | |||
| AD-62 | Cory Mason 52.37% |
Re-election | Cory Mason (cw) | Keith R. Deschler | |||
| AD-63 | Robin J. Vos 58.16% |
Re-election | Linda Flashinski | Robin J. Vos (cw) | |||
| AD-64 | James Kreuser 98.67% |
Open | Peter W. Barca Jim Huff (cw) Michael Orth (cw) |
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| AD-65 | John Steinbrink 96.89% |
Re-election | John Steinbrink | Alexander J. Tiahnybok (cw) |
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| AD-66 | Samantha Kerkman 77.80% |
Re-election | Mike Orr (cw) Larry Zamba (cw) |
Samantha Kerkman | |||
| AD-67 | Jeffrey Wood 54.00% |
Re-election | Jeffrey Wood | ||||
| AD-68 | Terry Moulton 51.24% |
Re-election | Kristen Dexter (cw) |
Terry Moulton | |||
| AD-69 | Scott Suder 64.32% |
Re-election | Tim Swiggum (cw) | Scott Suder | |||
| AD-70 | Amy Sue Vruwink 66.52% |
Re-election | Amy Sue Vruwink (cw) | Dennis Seevers | |||
| AD-71 | Louis Molepske 70.12% |
Re-election | Louis Molepske (cw) | Daron L. Jensen | |||
| AD-72 | Marlin Schneider 63.27% |
Re-election | Thad Kubisiak (cw) Marlin Schneider |
Jeff Tyberg | |||
| AD-73 | Frank Boyle 98.36% |
Open | Vern Johnson (cw) Nick Milroy (cw) Mary Tripp (cw) |
Jeffery L. Monaghan (cw) | |||
| AD-74 | Gary Sherman 62.55% |
Re-election | Alan E. Ralph Gary Sherman (cw) |
Shirl LaBarre | |||
| AD-75 | Mary Hubler 61.61% |
Re-election | Mary Hubler | ||||
| AD-76 | Terese Berceau 99.04% |
Re-election | Terese Berceau | ||||
| AD-77 | Spencer Black 99.13% |
Re-election | Spencer Black | ||||
| AD-78 | Mark Pocan 98.84% |
Re-election | Mark Pocan | ||||
| AD-79 | Sondy Pope-Roberts 99.13% |
Re-election | Sondy Pope-Roberts (cw) | Carl Skalitzky | |||
| AD-80 | Brett Davis 50.53% |
Re-election | John Waelti (cw) Kristin Ann Wisnefske (cw) |
Brett Davis (cw) | |||
| AD-81 | David M. Travis 99.41% |
Open | Eric Englund (cw) Peng Her (cw) Tim Kiefer (cw) John W. Laubmeier Kelda Helen Roys (cw) Justin Sargent (cw) |
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| AD-82 | Jeff Stone 98.47% |
Re-election | Jeff Stone | ||||
| AD-83 | Scott L. Gunderson 68.57% |
Re-election | Aaron Robertson | Scott L. Gunderson | |||
| AD-84 | Mark Gundrum 98.97% |
Re-election | Mark Gundrum | ||||
| AD-85 | Donna Seidel 64.55% |
Re-election | Donna Seidel | Jess F. Kufahl (cw) | |||
| AD-86 | Jerry Petrowski 64.21% |
Re-election | Nate Myszka (cw) | Jerry Petrowski | |||
| AD-87 | Mary Williams 50.53% |
Re-election | J. Suzanne Murphy Judy Reas (cw) |
Mary Williams | |||
| AD-88 | James Soletski 50.15% |
Re-election | James Soletski (cw) | Tony Theisen | |||
| AD-89 | John Nygren 54.10% |
Re-election | Randy Koehn (cw) | John Nygren | |||
| AD-90 | Karl Van Roy 55.46% |
Re-election | Lou Ann Weix (cw) | Karl Van Roy | |||
| AD-91 | Barbara Gronemus 69.50% |
Open | Margaret Baecker Steve Boe Remy Cici Chris Danou (cw) James Kraft |
Dave Anderson (cw) Dave Hegenbarth (cw) |
Paul. A. Besseler | ||
| AD-92 | Terry M. Musser 54.05% |
Open | Curtis Miller (cw) Mark Radcliffe (cw) |
Dan Hellman | |||
| AD-93 | Jeff Smith 50.62% |
Re-election | Jeff Smith | Darcy Fields John Schiess |
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| AD-94 | Michael D. Huebsch 57.92% |
Re-election | Cheryl Hancock (cw) | Michael D. Huebsch | |||
| AD-95 | Jennifer Shilling 98.44% |
Re-election | Jennifer Shilling | ||||
| AD-96 | Lee A. Nerison 50.82% |
Re-election | Dale Klemme (cw) | Lee Nerison | |||
| AD-97 | Bill Kramer 55.83% |
Re-election | Ruth Page Jones (cw) Steve Schmuki (cw) |
Bill Kramer (cw) | |||
| AD-98 | Rich Zipperer 70.98% |
Re-election | Victor Weers | Rich Zipperer (cw) | |||
| AD-99 | Don Pridemore 99.52% |
Re-election | Don Pridemore (cw) | ||||
Candidates with a strike have not submitted adequate nomination documents to appear on the 2008 primary and general election ballots by the July 8th deadline. Candidates not submitting adequate nomination documents may still run write-in candidacies.
External links
- Wisconsin Government Accountability Board Registered Candidates
- Project Vote Smart - Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Senate districts map
- Wisconsin Assembly districts map
- Search Wisconsin candidate Statements of Economic Interest
References
- ^ Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, Sections 4 and 5.
- ^ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Gableman victorious
- ^ Wausau Daily Herald - Report shows special interests dominate Wis. Supreme Court race]
- ^ CBS 3 WISC - Some Call For Changes In Supreme Court Races
- ^ The Capital Times - Gableman's victory shifts court to right
- ^ Wisconsin State Journal - Good riddance to monster veto
- ^ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Voters drive stake into 'Frankenstein veto'
- ^ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board - Candidate Registration
- ^ Wisconsin State Elections Board - Results of Fall 2004 General Election
- ^ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Boyle won't seek re-election
- ^ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board - Candidate Registration
- ^ Wisconsin State Elections Board - Results of Fall 2006 General Election
- ^ Wisconsin State Elections Board - Results of Fall 2006 Recounts
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