Wednesday, December 7, 2016

UPDATE. 14th Wisconsin Senate District GOP incumbent Luther Olsen defeats Democratic challenger Brian Smith



Margin of victory (percentage points)
AD1.    20.2
AD2.    38.8
AD3.    21.2
AD4.    19.4
AD5.    29.2
AD6.    40.4
AD7.    17.9
AD14.  14.6
AD21.  18.8
AD25.  30.0
AD26.  19.0
AD27.  24.8
AD28.  27.8
AD29.  22.2
AD30.  17.9
AD31.  28.2
AD32.  25.2
AD33.  25.2
AD34.  26.0
AD35.  32.2
AD37.  23.8
AD38.  25.6
AD39.  34.8
AD40.  29.0
AD41.  41.2
AD42.  17.4
AD43.  10,2
AD47.  38.0
AD49.  13.8
AD50.  15.8
AD51.    2.6
AD52.  27.6
AD54.  40.0
AD55.  23.0
AD56.  29.0
AD60.  50.2
AD61.  33.4
AD63.  28.2
AD66.  62.6
AD67.  28.6
AD68.  16.4
AD70.  24.6
AD72.  13.0
AD75.  23.8
AD76.  66.0
AD78.  58.4
AD79.  27.8
AD81.  21.0
AD85.    6.8
AD86.  22.6
AD87.  38.4
AD88.  22.2
AD89.  38.6
AD91.  19.4
AD92.    4.0
AD94.    5.2
AD96.  22.2
SD2.     30.0 
SD4.     26.2
SD12.   25.8
SD14.   14.0

Other election updates:
1st Assembly District.  (11/27/2016)
2nd Assembly District.  (11/27/2016)
3rd Assembly District.  (11/27/2016)
4th Assembly District.  (11/27/2016)
5th Assembly District.  (11/27/2016)
6th Assembly District.  (11/27/2016)
7th Assembly District.  (11/28/2016)
21st Assembly District.  (11/28/2016)
25th Assembly District.  (11/28/2016)
26th Assembly District.  (11/28/2016)
27th Assembly District.  (11/28/2016)
28th Assembly District.  (11/29/2016)
29th Assembly Distrrict.  (11/29/2016)
30th Assembly District.  (11/29/2016)
31st Assembly District.  (11/29/2016)
32nd Assembly District.  (11/29/2016)
33rd Assembly District.  (11/29/2016)
34th Assembly District.  (11/30/2016)
35th Assembly District.  (11/30/2016)
37th Assembly District.  (11/30/2016)
38th Assembly District.  (11/30/2016)
39th Assembly District.  (11/30/2016)
40th Assembly District.  (11/30/2016)
42nd Assembly District.  (12/1/2016)
43rd Assembly District.  (12/1/2016)
47th Assembly District.  (12/1/2016)
49th Assembly District.  (12/1/2016)
50th Assembly District.  (12/1/2016)
51st Assembly Distirct.  (12/1/2016)
52nd Assembly District.  (12/2/2016)
54th Assembly District.  (12/2/2016)
55th Assembly District.  (12/2/2016)
56th Assembly District.  (12/2/2016)
60th Assembly District.  (12/2/2016)
61st Assembly District.  (12/2/2016)
63rd Assembly District.  (12/2/2016)
66th Assembly District.  (12/3/2016)
67th Assembly District.  (12/3/2016)
68th Assembly District.  (12/3/2016)
70th Assembly District.  (12/3/2016)
72nd Assembly District.  (12/3/2016)
75th Assembly District.  (12/3/2016)
76th Assembly District.  (12/4/2016)
78th Assembly District.  (12/4/2016)
79th Assembly District.  (12/4/2016)
81st Assembly District.  (12/4/2016)
85th Assembly District.  (12/5/2016)
86th Assembly District.  (12/5/2016)
87th Assembly District.  (12/5/2016)
88th Assembly District.  (12/5/2016)
89th Assembly District.  (12/5/2016)
91st Assembly District.  (12/6/2016)
92nd Assembly District.  (12/6/2016)
94th Assembly District.  (12/6/2016)
96th Assembly District.  (12/6/2016)
2nd Senate District.  (12/7/2016)
10th Senate District.  (12/7/2016)
12th Senate District.  (12/7/2016)


10/1/2016 update, "Democratic challenger Brian Smith vs. 3-term GOP incumbent Luther Olsen in 14th Wisconsin Senate District", starts here.



Campaign websites:

Related articles:
Senator skips veterans home tour to judge baking contest, by Daniel Bice.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9/29/2016)
Forced to choose between visiting a troubled veterans home or to judge a baking contest, state Sen. Luther Olsen went with his gut.
Smith seeks state Senate seat.  Waupaca's mayor running as Democrat.  (Waupaca County Post, 5/11/2016) 
“I’d like to see a change in attitude at the state level,” Smith told the Waupaca County Post. “I think we need a better working relationship between state government and local governments, between the state and government employees.” 
Smith described the state’s current attitude toward public employees as harmful to morale and ineffective as a tool for providing additional funds for municipal operations.


Other 2016 updates/reports:
6 years later, Andre Jacque comfortably ensconced in Wisconsin State Assembly.  (7/11/2016)
Three State Assembly representatives from Milwaukee running for re-election unopposed in 2016.  (7/12/2016)
State Assembly races: 3 suburban Milwaukee Republicans running unopposed.  (7/19/2016)
Wisconsin State Assembly incumbents Mursau, Ballweg, Schraa running unopposed this fall.  (7/25/2016)
Rock County Wisconsin Assembly incumbents Kolste, Spreitzer running unopposed in fall election.  (7/26/2016)
Zamarripa beats Manriquez for 4th time in 8th Wisconsin Assembly District Dem primary.  (8/10/2016)
Incumbent Zepnick survives challenge in 9th Wisconsin Assembly District Dem primary.  (8/10/2016)
Self-proclaimed "I'm not perfect" candidate wins 11th Wisconsin Assembly District Dem primary.  (8/10/2016)
With primary win, Leon Young will serve 13th term in 16th Wisconsin Assembly District.  (8/10/2016)
David Crowley wins open-seat 17th District Wisconsin Assembly Dem primary.  (8/10/2016)
Sinicki easily survives challenge in 20th Wisconsin Assembly District Dem primary.  (8/10/2016)
Sondy Pope easily dispatches faux Democrat in 80th Wisconsin Assembly District primary.  (8/17/2016)
With no Dem in fall election, Chuck Wichgers wins 83rd Wisconsin Assembly seat in GOP primary.  (8/17/2016)
Lena Taylor easily withstands Mandela Barnes challenge in 4th Wisconsin Senate District.  (8/21/2016)
It's Mark Harris vs. Dan Feyen in 18th Wisconsin Senate District November election.  (8/21/2016)
Both Jen Shilling and Dan Kapanke win big in 32nd Wisconsin Senate District primaries,  (8/21/2016)

Original 8/9/2012 post, "Who's Running for State Office in Wisconsin 2012:  14th Senate District", starts here.

The 14th Senate District

Public libraries in the 14th.
Kilbourn Public Library, Wisconsin Dells/Lake Delton

Academic library
Lane Library, Ripon College

The Republican Incumbent

Biography: Born Berlin, February 26, 1951; married. Graduate Berlin H.S. 1969; B.S. UW-Madison 1973; Wis. Rural Leadership Program Group IV 1990-92.

Partner in farm supply dealerships.

Member: Green Lake Co. Republican Party; Waushara Co. Republican Party; Education Commission of the States (bd. of dir.); Midwest Regional Educational Laboratory (bd. of dir.); Manitowoc Mutual Insurance Co. (bd. of dir.).

Former member: Waushara Co. Fair Bd. (dir.); Family Health/La Clinica director (1995-99); Berlin Area School Board 1976-97 (pres. 1986-95).

Elected to Assembly 1994-2002; elected to Senate 2004; reelected 2008.

Ran unopposed in 2008.

Won 2012 recall election.

The Republican Challenger:  David Eiler

About:    Being on the Markesan School Board has inspired me to help find ways to fund our schools to keep them the best we can offer our students. Our leaders of tomorrow are our students of today. We must give them the best education we can to prepare them for the struggles they will face tomorrow.

I’m offering myself up to you. Madison needs people with common sense business practices to hold down the spending of our hard earned tax dollars. I will go to Madison to fight for your children’s educational system, to fight for small business owners, to fight for the elderly, to fight for the working class people, to fight to hold down taxes and state spending. I’m willing to fight for these things, are you?

Meet the 14th Senate District candidates.  (Beaver Dam Daily Citizen, 8/3/2012)\

More specifically, the Republican primary candidates, as Worthington is not included in the interviews.

Eiler sets an interesting table in response to the first question:  What sets you apart from your opponent?

Answer: I feel it is the fact that I am a born-again Christian. I have been married to only one woman, and I take my vows very seriously.

The Democratic Challenger:  Margarete Worthington

About:   [bold added]  Margarete Worthington lives in the rural Marquette County with her husband Richard and their 3 dogs. 

Margarete served on her town’s planning commission and is presently is in the Member Advisory Group for her area’s rural electric cooperative. Margarete comes from a military family as her father, uncle, brothers and husband all served in the US military. Margarete’s father was a WWII Veteran and one of her uncles was a WWI veteran. Margarete respects and appreciates those who serve our country and she wants to continue her family’s tradition of public service by representing her district in the Wisconsin State Senate. 

Margarete learned the importance of education from her father who had to quit school in 7th grade to start working. Margarete worked her way through college because her parents couldn’t afford the tuition and she earned a Bachelors degree. 

Margarete has a long work history in business. She has been the Assistant Manager of a family owned art store where she supervised 50 employees and she managed the lab safety program at a large university. Margarete worked in the financial industry and for almost 12 years she worked in the IT Department of a large construction company were she coordinated multi-miillion dollar budgets, negotiated telecom service contracts, leased and purchased all computer equipment.

Wisconsin Eye.  Campaign 2012 State Senate

Related posts:
Assembly District 1.
Assembly District 2.
Assembly District 3.
Assembly District 4.
Assembly District 5.
Assembly District 6.
Assembly District 7.
Assembly District 8.
Assembly District 9.
Assembly District 10.
Assembly District 11.
Assembly District 12.
Assembly District 13.
Assembly District 14.
Assembly District 15.
Assembly District 16.
Assembly District 17.
Assembly District 18.
Assembly District 19.
Assembly District 20.
Assembly District 21.
Assembly District 22.
Assembly District 23.
Assembly District 24.
Assembly District 25.
Assembly District 26.
Assembly District 27.
Assembly District 28.
Assembly District 29.
Assembly District 30.
Assembly District 31.
Assembly District 32.
Assembly District 33.
Assembly District 34.
Assembly District 37.
Assembly District 39.
Assembly District 44.
Assembly District 45.
Assembly District 47.
Assembly District 49.
Assembly District 51.
Assembly District 53.
Assembly District 55.
Assembly District 56.
Assembly District 62.
Assembly District 65.
Assembly District 69.
Assembly District 70.
Assembly District 71.
Assembly District 78.
Assembly District 79.
Assembly District 80.
Assembly District 85.
Assembly District 86.
Assembly District 90.
Assembly District 94.
Senate District 6.
Senate District 12

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