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2010 Wisconsin State Assembly Election
The 2010 Wisconsin State Assembly elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. All 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly were up for election. Before the election, 49 Assembly seats were held by Democrats, 45 seats were held by Republicans, 2 were held by independents, and 3 seats were vacant. The primary election was held on September 14, 2010. Republicans flipped 15 seats for a net gain of 14 seats, reclaiming the Assembly majority. They were set to enter the 100th Wisconsin Legislature with 60 of 99 State Assembly seats, but three members resigned before the start of the term. Elected members took office on January 3, 2011. Background The Democratic Party of Wisconsin, Democratic Party had won control of the Assembly from the Republican Party of Wisconsin, Republicans in the 2008 Wisconsin State Assembly election, 2008 elections, establishing a Government trifecta, governmental trifecta. The Republican Party heavily targeted control of the chamber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Wisconsin Gubernatorial Election
The 2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010, to elect the Governor of Wisconsin, governor and Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. The primary elections on September 14 determined which candidates advanced to the general election. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Governor of Wisconsin, governor Jim Doyle did not seek re-election in 2010, making for the first open gubernatorial election in Wisconsin since 1982 Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 1982. Republican nominee Scott Walker (politician), Scott Walker, the Milwaukee County Executive, defeated Democratic nominee Tom Barrett (Wisconsin politician), Tom Barrett, the mayor of Milwaukee. As of 2022, this was the last gubernatorial election in which a Republican gubernatorial candidate carried La Crosse County, Wisconsin, La Crosse and Columbia County, Wisconsin, Columbia counties, and the last in which a Democratic candidate carried Trempealeau Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Hubler
Mary Hubler (born July 31, 1952) is an American attorney and Democratic politician. She served 26 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Assembly is controlled by the Republican ... (1985–2011) representing Barron County and neighboring municipalities of northwest Wisconsin. She was the chair of the Committee on Ethics and Standards of Conduct and a member of the Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules, and the Special Committee on State Trails Policy. She was the Co-Chair for both the Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems and the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions. References External linksWisconsin Assembly - Representative Mary Hubler''official government website'' * * ''Follow the Money' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Dodgeville is a city in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. The population was 4,984 at the 2020 census, making it the county's most populous city. Dodgeville is part of the Madison metropolitan area. History In 1827, Henry Dodge, his family, and about 40 miners began what would become the city of Dodgeville. Dodge made a pact with the local Winnebago Indian leaders so he could build a cabin and smelter. The original community had three settlements: "Dodgeville", "Dirty Hollow" and "Minersville". A fourth settlement, Moon Spring, near the intersection of the present Highway 18 bypass and Bennett Road flourished until the cholera epidemic in the early 1850s. Dodgeville, which was named after Dodge, grew slowly during its early years. It was incorporated as a village in the 1840s. Later a small "war" was fought with Mineral Point over which community would become the seat of Iowa County after Lafayette County was created. At the time, Mineral Point wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Hilgenberg
Steve Hilgenberg (November 26, 1944 – March 27, 2011) was an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 51st Assembly District 2007–2011. He was a member of the Committees on Insurance, Rural Economic Development, and Small Business.'Wisconsin Blue Book 2009-2010,' Biographical Sketch of Steve Hilgenberg, pg. 53 Hilgenberg attended the University of Wisconsin and Madison Area Technical College. He served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1969 during the Vietnam War. He was the former owner and operator of a commercial printing business and a former member of the Dodgeville School Board. In 2010, Hilgenberg announced he would not seek re-election due to health concerns. He died of prostate cancer Prostate cancer is the neoplasm, uncontrolled growth of cells in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system below the bladder. Abnormal growth of the prostate tissue is usually detected through Screening (me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merrill, Wisconsin
Merrill is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located to the south of and adjacent to the Merrill (town), Wisconsin, Town of Merrill. The population was 9,347, according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Merrill is part of the United States Census Bureau's Merrill Micropolitan Statistical Area, MSA, which includes all of Lincoln County, Wisconsin, Lincoln County. Together with the Wausau, Wisconsin, Wausau United States metropolitan area, MSA, which includes all of Marathon County, Wisconsin, Marathon County, it forms the Wausau-Merrill Combined Statistical Area, CSA. History Merrill was first inhabited by the Chippewa Native Americans. The first European settlement there was a logging town named Jenny Bull Falls. By 1843, a trading post was constructed near the town; John Faely was the first settler. Within four years a dam, started by Andrew Warren, was constructed over the Wisconsin River. Warren then established the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Friske
Donald Friske (born November 9, 1961) is an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2001 to 2011. Early life and education Born in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, Friske graduated from the Tomahawk High School and served in the United States Army from 1979 to 1985. Career Friske served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from January 3, 2001, through January 2, 2011. In March 2010, Friske announced his retirement from the State Assembly, and was succeeded by Tom Tiffany. Friske now operates Carquest AutoParts franchises in Merrill and Tomahawk, Wisconsin. He had previously worked as a deputy sheriff. Friske also served as Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. Personal life He lives in Merrill, Wisconsin Merrill is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located to the south of and adjacent to the Merrill (town), Wisconsin, Town of Merrill. The populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the List of municipalities in Wisconsin by population, second-most populous city in the state, with a population of 269,840 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Madison metropolitan area had 680,796 residents. Centrally located on an isthmus between Lakes Lake Mendota, Mendota and Lake Monona, Monona, the vicinity also encompass Lakes Lake Wingra, Wingra, Lake Kegonsa, Kegonsa and Lake Waubesa, Waubesa. Madison was founded in 1836 and is named after American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and President James Madison. It is the county seat of Dane County. As the state capital, Madison is home to government chambers including the Wisconsin State Capitol building. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. Major companies in the area include American Family Insurance, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Black
Spencer Black (born May 25, 1950) is an American educator and retired politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Madison in the Wisconsin State Assembly for 26 years, and was Minority Leader for most of the 2001-2002 session. Early life and education Born in New York City in 1951, Black graduated from New York's Stuyvesant High School and received his bachelor's degree in economics and history from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He moved to Wisconsin to attend the University of Wisconsin–Madison for graduate studies, receiving his first master's degree in urban and regional planning in 1980, and receiving his Master of Public Policy and Public Administration in 1981. He worked as a high school teacher and coach, as Curator of Education of the Wisconsin Historical Society and as a conservationist for the Sierra Club. Wisconsin Assembly He was first elected to the Assembly in 1984 and was subsequently re-elected twelve times. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beloit, Wisconsin
Beloit ( ) is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 36,657 people. Beloit is a principal city of the Janesville, Wisconsin, Janesville–Beloit metropolitan statistical area (Rock County) and is included in the Madison metropolitan area, Madison–Janesville–Beloit combined statistical area. History Twelve men in Colebrook, New Hampshire created the "New England Emigrating Company" in October 1836, and sent Horace White to find a suitable region of Wisconsin in which to settle. The level fields and the water power of Turtle Creek and "unlimited gravel" in the area around what is now Beloit fixed the site of the village and farms. White purchased the land. At the same time as the Colebrook settlers, six families from Bedford, New Hampshire, arrived and settled in the region. They said the Rock River Valley had a "New England look" that made them feel at home. The village was platted in 1838 and was planned with wid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Benedict
Charles P. "Chuck" Benedict (born 13 August 1946) was a Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 45th Assembly District from 2004 to 2010. In April 2010, Benedict announced he would not seek reelection. Education In 1968, Benedict received his AB from Dartmouth College and in 1970 he received his MA from Princeton University. Nine years later he received his MD in 1979 from the University of Connecticut. Benedict also attended Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 .... Professional experience Benedict was also a high school math and science teacher and a neurologist. Political experience From 2004-2010 Benedict was an assembly member for Wisconsin State Assembly. References External linksWisconsin Assembly - Repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisconsin Republican Party
The Republican Party of Wisconsin is a conservative and populist political party in Wisconsin and is the Wisconsin affiliate of the United States Republican Party (GOP). The state party chair is Brian Schimming. The state party is divided into 72 county parties for each of the state's counties, as well as organizations for the state's eight congressional districts. It currently controls the majority of Wisconsin's U.S. House seats, one of its U.S. Senate seats, and has majorites in both houses of the state legislature. History After the introduction in Congress of the Kansas–Nebraska bill in January 1854, many meetings were held in protest across the country. The meeting held in Ripon, Wisconsin on March 20, 1854, is commonly cited as the birth of the Republican Party in the United States due to it being the first publicized anti-slavery meeting to propose a new party with its name being ''Republican.'' Origins of the Republican Party in Wisconsin Before the meeting i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
