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Following last week’s primary, we have updated our election
coverage to include the primary results and continuing information
about the general election candidates who will learn their fate on
November 7.
The primaries in the Attorney General’s race - both
parties - were the highest profile elections at the state level. AG Peg
Lautenschlager was the only incumbent to lose of the 15 in the state
facing primary challenges. That race was also particularly interesting
because the victor, Kathleen Falk, received almost 53 percent of the vote
but lost her home county of Dane, where she is the current County
Executive, by a 60 to 40 percent margin.
In the Republican primary J.B. Van Hollen was
victorious by a statewide 60 to 40 percent vote. Van Hollen, a former U.S.
Attorney, and Falk are expected to have a very spirited campaign with
clear issue differences between the candidates, unlike the two primary
races where there was less focus on philosophical and policy differences
and more focus on personalities and extraneous issues.
The first gubernatorial debate between challenger
Congressman Mark Green and incumbent Gov. Jim Doyle took place last Friday
in Waukesha and focused primarily on tax issues. The second debate will be
held on October 20th in La Crosse and will address issues such
as education and health care. These debates, produced by “We the People,”
provide opportunity to view and listen to the candidates and hear their
respective proposals for addressing high priority state issues - rather
than relying on media reports or various “spin doctors.”
See Hamilton Consulting Update for profiles of governor and AG
candidates.
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Legislative Committees Have Scheduled Hearings
for the
Upcoming Weeks
Wisconsin Elections
Two Legislative Candidates Seek Recount; Two Others
Concede
Elections Board Action Remains in the
Headlines |
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Legislative Committees Have Scheduled Hearings
for the
Upcoming Weeks
For details, go to the Legislature’s
Schedule of Committee Activities.
For more information on the upcoming
schedules, scopes, and membership, go to the Legislature's
website listing the 2006 Study Committees.
Sept. 27, 2006:
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Joint Committee for Review of Administrative
Rules
The committee will hold a public hearing on Emergency
Rule NR 328, concerning chore erosion control on rivers and
streams and creating general permits. An Executive Session will be
held on the Emergency Rule Extension and may be held on NR
27.03(3)(c) 3.
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Airport Authorities (Legislative Council)
The
meeting will include a discussion of airport ownership and
governance structures, and testimony by invited speakers.
Oct. 3, 2006:
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Select Committee on Road to the Future
The
committee will continue its discussion of phase two of its study
relating to exploring ways transportation systems can be built and
maintained more efficiently.
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Great Lakes Water Resources Compact (Legislative
Council)
The committee will hear a presentation on Great
Lakes hydrology; as well as staff reports and briefings on:
approvals for Great Lakes basin water withdrawals; diversions
required under current law and under the compact [Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact]; state flexibility
in implementing the compact; and, issues and concerns on the
compact in other Great Lakes State Legislatures.
Oct. 5, 2006
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Review of State School Aid Formula (Legislative
Council)
The committee will hear invited testimony from
representatives of a cross-section of Wisconsin school districts
regarding problems currently facing school districts related to
the school aid formula.
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State Trails Policy (Legislative Council)
There
will be presentations by invited speakers, public testimony, and
discussion of committee assignment; Interested persons are invited
to make specific recommendations relating to state trail use
policies.
For
more information on legislation of interest to CTCW members, go to
the CTCW
Tracking Report.
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Wisconsin Elections
Please see the Hamilton Consulting Updates for primary results and other election information.
Two Legislative Candidates Seek Recount; Two Others
Concede
Democrat Dan Jardine, who lost by eight votes to
Meagan Yost in bid to face GOP Rep.Gene Hahn, and Democrat Judy
Reas, who lost by 43 votes to Dewey Floberg in race to face GOP
Representative Mary Williams, have begun the recount process in the
47th and 87th Districts,
respectively.
Meanwhile, former Senator and Republican Assembly primary
candidate Gary Drzewiecki, who lost to John Nygren by 36 votes
in the 89th District, and Republican Dave Suminski who
lost by 23 votes to Shirl LaBarre in the race to face Democrat Rep.
Gary Sherman in the 74th District, conceded their races
and are not seeking recounts.
Elections Board Action Remains in the
Headlines
Dane County Judge Richard Niess said Thursday that
he plans to rule Monday (September 25) on the effort by Republican
Mark Green's campaign to fight an Elections Board order to divest
his campaign of $468,000 in federal political action committee
money. Niess said that he was trying to expedite the case because he
doesn't expect to have the final word in the matter.
The Green campaign is seeking a temporary injunction (and
ultimate overturn of the Board’s action) on the basis that the
campaign complied with the explicit directives of the Elections
Board and followed a practice that had been in place for 29 years, a
view that was also expressed by the Board’s own attorney before the
Board’s controversial vote.
Also yesterday, Sept. 21,
2006, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s lead front
page story reports that a lawyer for Governor Doyle’s campaign
repeatedly lobbied three Democratic members of the State Elections
Board before they voted to order Green’s campaign to divest the
above referenced federal political action committee money. The paper
uncovered e-mails from the lawyer that discussed a PR victory and
promised media cover by the Doyle campaign and the Democratic Party.
Also see Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial
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| In the News |
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Wisconsin politics as usual
(opinion): Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel, Sept. 22, 2006.
Doyle
lawyer urged sanction: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept. 21,
2006.
House
passes voter ID bill: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept. 21,
2006.
Doyle
attacks ethics issue with ad saying he fought corruption: Green
Bay Press-Gazette, Sept. 21, 2006.
Green,
Doyle agree to 3rd gubernatorial debate: Janesville Gazette,
Sept. 21, 2006.
Jobless
rate hits 5-year low: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept. 21,
2006.
Kimberly-Clark
cutting 350 more Neenah jobs: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept.
21, 2006.
Metro
area jobless rate drops to 4.1 percent: Green Bay Press-Gazette,
Sept. 21, 2006.
Gubernatorial,
8th Congressional candidates back regulating issue-ad groups: Green Bay Press-Gazette, Sept. 20, 2006.
Influence
of money, public trust top issues (opinion): Green Bay
Press-Gazette, Sept. 20, 2006.
Gard,
Kagen called on to look at overseas issues, local jobs: Green
Bay Press-Gazette, Sept. 18, 2006.
Economy
called OK if people still spend: Wisconsin State Journal, Sept.
18, 2006.
Targeted
training: Wisconsin State Journal, Sept. 18, 2006.
Entrepreneurial
Boot Camp boosts business owner: Wisconsin Rapids Tribune, Sept.
18, 2006.
Make the
most of M2 (opinion): Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept. 17,
2006.
Area
trails in jobs for state government: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
Sept. 17, 2006.
Assembly
candidates try to set themselves apart: Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel, Sept. 17, 2006. growth at forum.
Doyle,
Green square off in first governor's debate: Beloit Daily News,
Sept. 16, 2006.
Candidates'
budget talk stirs debate: Madison Capital Times, Sept. 16,
2006.
Candidates
for governor might deepen shortfall: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
Sept. 15, 2006.
Candidates
pitch state strategy: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept. 16,
2006.
Doyle
shifts road priority: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept. 15,
2006.
For more Wisconsin News,
go to Hamilton
Consulting News Clips. |
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Sept. 23
Sept. 25
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Rep. Scott Gunderson (R-Waterford), Waterford
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Sen. Alan Lasee (R-DePere), Madison
Sept. 28
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Sen. Ted Kanavas (R-Brookfield), Waukesha
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Rep. Mark Gottlieb (R-Port Washington),
Madison
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