The Green Papers: Wisconsin 2002 Midterm Election
 
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Primary: Tuesday 10 September 2002
Midterm Election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
Governor:1(Term Limit: None; 4-year term)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:9(2.07% of 435)
2002 Representatives:8(1.84% of 435)
1990 Census:4,891,769 (1.97% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census:5,371,210 (1.90% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 
Voter Registration:Voters register at the polls on election day.
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98):3,877,000
Capital:Madison
Tuesday 10 September 2002 polls close 8:00p CDT (0100 UTC)
Tuesday 5 November 2002 polls close 8:00p CST (0200 UTC)
 

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Wisconsin State and Local Government

preview re: General Election in WISCONSIN-
Tuesday 5 November 2002

Polls close: 8 PM Central Standard Time
(0200 UTC, Wed 6 Nov)

  • WISCONSIN is electing its Governor in 2002; incumbent Republican Scott McCallum is a candidate for re-election as Governor in the General Election.
  • WISCONSIN is NOT electing either of its U.S. Senators in 2002.
  • WISCONSIN is electing 8 Members of Congress (U.S. House of Representatives) in 2002; the State lost one (1) House seat as a result of the 2000 Census.
  • There are no House seats which will have incumbents running against one another in the General Election.

    • Members of Congress currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, 107th Congress not seeking re-election in the 5 November 2002 General Election from the State of WISCONSIN:

    Incumbent Party District
    [per 1990
    Apportionment ]    		 Reason for not
    seeking re-election
    Tom Barrett Democrat CD # 5 lost Primary for Governor

    Open Seats [those in which an incumbent is not running for re-election] in the U.S. House from WISCONSIN in the 5 November 2002 General Election [NOTE—Districts are those per 2000 Apportionment ]:

    None.

    Uncontested Major Races [for Governor, U.S. Senate or U.S. House] in the 5 November 2002 General Election in WISCONSIN:

    U.S. House

    • CD 6: incumbent Republican Congressman Thomas Petri is running unopposed.
 
Governor  Term Limit: None; 4-year term, Governors
Chair up for election Republican Governor Scott McCallum
• Entered office: 2001. Lieutenant Governor Scott McCallum assumed the Governor's Chair upon the resignation of Governor Tommy G. Thompson. (Governor Thompson became Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Bush Administration.)
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
• The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 - Primary
  Elected Democrat Jim Doyle
  Candidate Green James C. "Jim" Young
• Wisconsin Green Party
  Candidate Independent Ty A. Bollerud
  Candidate Independent Mike Mangan
• Guerrilla Attack on State Spending
  Candidate Independent Aneb Jah Rasta Sensas-Utcha Nefer
• The Rasta Movement
  Candidate Libertarian Ed Thompson
• Lt. Governor: Marty Reynolds (Democrat, State Legislature)
  Candidate Reform Alan D. Eisenberg
• Listed as Independent by Elections Board
  Candidate Republican Governor Scott McCallum
Senate  6-year term, 107th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1 Democrat Senator Herbert H. Kohl
• First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Class 3 Democrat Senator Russ Feingold
• First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
107th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2001-2002)
1992-2000 Congressional Districts for the election of the 107th Congress
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Republicans (4 Renominated);
5 Democrats (4 Renominated, 1 Open)
CD 1 Republican Congressman Paul D. Ryan
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 - Primary
 Congressman Ryan is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 1
CD 2 Democrat Congressman Tammy Baldwin
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 - Primary
 Congressman Baldwin is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 2
CD 3 Democrat Congressman Ron Kind
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 - Primary
 Congressman Kind is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 3
CD 4 Democrat Congressman Jerry Kleczka
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 - Primary
 Congressman Kleczka is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 4
CD 5 Democrat Congressman Thomas M. "Tom" Barrett
• Open Seat - Lost Primary for Governor. 10 September 2002
CD 6 Republican Congressman Thomas E. Petri
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 - Primary
 Congressman Petri is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 6
CD 7 Democrat Congressman David R. Obey
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 - Primary
 Congressman Obey is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 7
CD 8 Republican Congressman Mark Green
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 - Primary
 Congressman Green is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 8
CD 9 Republican Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 10 September 2002 - Primary
 Congressman Sensebrenner is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 5
108th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2003-2004)
CD 1
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Jeffrey C. Thomas
  Candidate Libertarian George Meyers
  Elected Republican Congressman Paul D. Ryan
CD 2
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Tammy Baldwin
  Candidate Republican Ron Greer
CD 3
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Ron Kind
  Candidate Libertarian Jeff Zastrow
  Candidate Republican Bill Arndt
CD 4
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Jerry Kleczka
• Incumbent CD 4
  Candidate Green Brian Merrill Vasquez Verdin
• Wisconsin Green
CD 5
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Independent Robert Raymond
  Elected Republican Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
• Incumbent old CD 9
CD 6
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Uncontested Race **
  Elected Republican Congressman Thomas E. Petri
• Incumbent old CD 6
CD 7
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman David R. Obey
  Candidate Republican Joseph Rothbauer
CD 8
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Andrew M. Becker
  Candidate Green Dick Kaiser
  Elected Republican Congressman Mark Green
 

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