Dane County Board
Elections 2000

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Cost per Vote
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Dane County Board Candidates sorted by Outcome:
Dist Name Spent*  Votes Cost/vote  Outcome Race Status
25
Eileen Bruskewitz
$ 12,566.25 
1426
$ 8.81 
Won Open Open
1
Wayne Bigelow
$ 9,511.16 
1137
$ 8.37 
Won Opposed Challenger
15
Andy Olsen
$ 8,996.53 
1008
$ 8.93 
Won Open Open
22
Dennis O'Loughlin
$ 7,051.24 
1789
$ 3.94 
Won Opposed Incumbent
20
Robert Fyrst
$ 6,806.63 
1294
$ 5.26 
Won Open Open
10
Karen Cornwell
$ 6,583.51 
1464
$ 4.50 
Won Opposed Incumbent
24
Bill Graf
$ 6,552.21 
1376
$ 4.76 
Won Open Open
28
Vern Wendt
$ 6,388.76 
1386
$ 4.61 
Won Opposed Incumbent
11
Alfred Matano
$ 6,318.48 
1175
$ 5.38 
Won Open Open
21
David Wiganowsky
$ 6,221.37 
1167
$ 5.33 
Won Opposed Incumbent
17
Richard Kiley
$ 6,128.79 
858
$ 7.14 
Won Opposed Incumbent
16
David Gawenda
$ 5,886.18 
1149
$ 5.12 
Won Opposed Incumbent
23
Jim Campbell
$ 5,428.58 
390
$ 13.92 
Won Open Open
8
Echnaton Vedder
$ 5,181.51 
569
$ 9.11 
Won Opposed Incumbent
35
Don Heiliger
$ 4,492.49 
893
$ 5.03 
Won Opposed Incumbent
5
Tom Powell
$ 4,460.88 
412
$ 10.83 
Won Opposed Incumbent
30
Bill Hitzemann
$ 4,365.38 
1313
$ 3.32 
Won Opposed Incumbent
7
David J. Blaska
$ 3,682.47 
1319
$ 2.79 
Won Opposed Incumbent
14
Gail Rutkowski $ 1,809.17** 
609
$ 2.97**  Won Opposed Incumbent
31
Lyman Anderson
$ 1,764.50 
2422
$ 0.73 
Won Unopposed Incumbent
13
Regina Rhyne
$ 1,749.80 
794
$ 2.20 
Won Opposed Incumbent
9
Ruth Ann Schoer
$ 1,743.49 
1339
$ 1.30 
Won Opposed Incumbent
19
Brett Hulsey
$ 1,680.92 
1607
$ 1.05 
Won Unopposed Incumbent
3
Darold Lowe
$ 1,394.67 
955
$ 1.46 
Won Unopposed Incumbent
18
Jim Mohrbacher
$ 1,018.69 
1014
$ 1.00 
Won Opposed Incumbent
34
Kevin Kesterson
$ 648.50 
923
$ 0.70 
Won Unopposed Incumbent
36
Helen J. Johnson
$ 637.89 
1374
$ 0.46 
Won Unopposed Incumbent
37
Bob Salov
$ 603.11 
1520
$ 0.40 
Won Unopposed Incumbent
32
Philip H. Salkin
$ 561.58 
1712
$ 0.33 
Won Unopposed Incumbent
39
David Hanneman
$ 336.73 
802
$ 0.42 
Won Unopposed Incumbent
29
Dave J. Ripp
$ 336.56 
1324
$ 0.25 
Won Unopposed Incumbent
33
Thomas Clauder
$ 328.18 
1083
$ 0.30 
Won Unopposed Incumbent
12
Larry Olson
$ 275.00 
899
$ 0.31 
Won Unopposed Incumbent
6
John Hendrick
$ 101.66 
1441
$ 0.07 
Won Unopposed Incumbent
26
Mark Opitz
$ 69.56 
919
$ 0.08 
Won Unopposed Incumbent
2
Judith M. Wilcox
$ - 
838
$ - 
Won Unopposed Incumbent
4
Scott McDonell
$ - 
466
$ - 
Won Unopposed Incumbent
27
Carlton B. Hamre
$ - 
1472
$ - 
Won Opposed Incumbent
38
J. Michael Blaska
$ - 
1024
$ - 
Won Unopposed Incumbent
22
Maureen Hoverson

$ 9,535.08

1427

$ 6.68

Lost Opposed Challenger
25
Sherrie Gruder
$ 9,293.24 
1360
$ 6.83 
Lost Open Open
11
Dave Boyd
$ 8,889.88 
1162
$ 7.65 
Lost Open Open
10
Chuck Erickson
$ 8,463.39 
914
$ 9.26 
Lost Opposed Challenger
8
Michelle Staude

$ 8,081.57

295

$ 27.40

Lost Opposed Challenger
17
Brett Davis
$ 7,835.30 
754
$ 10.39 
Lost Opposed Challenger
1
Scott Kowalski
$ 7,727.18 
1070
$ 7.22 
Lost Opposed Challenger
16
Kyle Schwarm
$ 7,138.28 
776
$ 9.20 
Lost Opposed Challenger
15
Dave Schneider
$ 7,102.86 
867
$ 8.19 
Lost Open Open
24
Randy J. Littel
$ 7,093.09 
1064
$ 6.67 
Lost Open Open
28
Kathy Pielsticker
$ 6,922.34 
976
$ 7.09 
Lost Opposed Challenger
14
Mary L. Sara
$ 6,197.46 
532
$ 11.65 
Lost Opposed Challenger
13
Duane Steinhauer
$ 5,051.88 
719
$ 7.03 
Lost Opposed Challenger
23
Tom Winchell
$ 3,935.84 
369
$ 10.67 
Lost Open Open
30
Pete Strube
$ 3,534.40 
1064
$ 3.32 
Lost Opposed Challenger
20
Forrest Aguirre
$ 3,227.06 
928
$ 3.48 
Lost Open Open
27
James E. Daubert
$ 2,828.82 
1217
$ 2.32 
Lost Opposed Challenger
7
Vern Andren
$ 2,385.50 
807
$ 2.96 
Lost Opposed Challenger
5
Semmi Pasha

$ 1,816.50 

181

$ 10.04 

Lost Opposed Challenger
21
Dennis Coyier
$ 1,070.58 
620
$ 1.73 
Lost Opposed Challenger
35
Allan Long
$ 991.52 
667
$ 1.49 
Lost Opposed Challenger
9
Moe A. Rahman
$ 925.00 
534
$ 1.73 
Lost Opposed Challenger
Total
$ 251,729.24
Ave
$ 4.82 
  • Reports were due at the County Clerk's office or postmarked by July 20th. The County Clerk has alerted the district attorney to the candidates who have not filed by now.

  • Not all figures have been audited by the County Clerk's office, so there may be small adjustments as the reports are checked more carefully.
  • * "Spent" only includes how much each candidate spent on his or her own race. Race candidates last spring engaged in a system of funneling money from unchallenged candidates to those in tight races. Such transfers are not included in the total for the candidate who made the transfer to the other candidate. (For example Lyman Anderson, who was unopposed funnelled $4,300 to the campaigns of other conservative candidates, while spending $1,764.50 on his own race, only the $1,764.50 is noted here.) Stay tuned for a special report updating the Legal Laundering many candidates practiced this Spring.
  • **  Rutkowski had not, as of August 31, filed her final report. Figures are through March 20, roughly two weeks before the end of the campaign.

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