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WISCONSIN BLuE BOOK 1985-1986


   Political action committees currently may not contribute more than $14,000
per campaign to a
gubernatorial candidate, $1,000 per campaign to a state senatorial candidate
and $500 per cam-
paign to an Assembly candidate.
   Public Campaign Financing. Under Chapter 107, Laws of 1977, a campaign
fund was created
in the state treasury consisting of general tax revenues from each person
filing a state income tax
return who specifies that $1 shall be set aside for this fund. The fund is
available to candidates
for statewide executive and judicial offices, as well as legislative offices,
for use after the primary,
provided that they obtain a specified number of votes in the primary and
they raise a specified
initial amount of private contributions from individuals in amounts of $100
or less. A partici-
pant must agree to accept spending limits and limits placed on personal contributions
to his own
campaigns in order to receive moneys from the fund, unless his opponent qualifies
for a grant but
declines to accept it (thereby releasing himself from adherence to the limits).
The fund is appor-
tioned by office in accordance with a specified formula. Moneys accepted
count towards the
maximum limit of 45 percent of a candidate's spending limit which may be
accepted from special
interest committees, thereby substantially limiting this source of contributions
for those who
participate. The act also made spending limits (which apply only to candidates
who accept
moneys from the fund) subject to an automatic cost of living adjustment.
This, in turn, affects
certain contribution limitations which are figured as percentages of the
disbursement levels.
Moneys from the fund may be used only for advertising in communications media,
printing,
office supplies and postage; other campaign expenses must be privately financed.

                                 Prohibited Election Practices
  Chapter 12 of the statutes lists prohibited election practices, such as
practices involving brib-
ery, fraud, election threats, and illegal actions of election officials.







                          VOTE FOR CIRCUIT JUDGES
                               February 21, 1984 Primary

                 Circuit Court            Vote                 Circuit Court
           Vote
    Chippewa County, Branch 1                     Dodge County, Branch 1
    Roderick A. Cameron ................. 2,383     Andrew P. Bissonnette
................ 1,808
      W. Thomas Devine ...................  97      Howard H. Boyle, Jr ..................
2,023
      Charles G. Norseng ................... 1,184  Stephen J. Hannan...................883
                                                    Daniel W. Klossner ...................
2,812
                                                    Maryann S. Schacht ..................
1,938


                               February 19, 1985 Primary

                 Circuit Court            Vote                 Circuit Court
    Adams County                                    David G. Geenen .....................
900
      Raymond E. Gieringer ................ 1,118   Kathleen Galles Lhost
................. 2,305
      Donald L. Hollman  ...................  421   Gerald D. Lorge  ......................
 1,848
      Paul Steven Screnock................1,144   Racine County, Branch 6
      Mark D. Thibodeau ................... 309     William R. Binetti ....................
4,058
    Dane County, Branch 14                          William Bock ........................
2,558
      Michael J. Briggs  .....................  2,778  Wayne J. Marik  ......................
 4,619
      George Northrup ..................... 8,212   Edward J. Plagemann .................
1,582
      Sarah B. O'Brien  .....................  4,779 Gerald  P. Ptacek  .....................
 3,716
      Gretchen Vetzner ...................4,134   Walworth County, Branch
3
    La Crosse County, Branch 4                      Michael Brennan...................1,032
      Marvin H. Davis ......................1,554   Patrick J. Kinnerk..................1,333
      Patricia M. Heim ..................... 2,428  John R. Race .......................
2,632
      Maureen L. Kinney ................... 2,500 Waukesha County, Branch
10
      John J. Perlich  .......................  3,199  Marianne  Becker 
.....................  4,789
      John Wabaunsee ..................... 533      James V. Collins  ......................
 1,999
    Outagamie County, Branch 5                      Charles I. Phillips ....................
2,670
      Michael W. Gage .....................  3,004  Thomas K. Voss ......................
 2,518
    Source: Official records of the Elections Board. Scattering vote omitted.