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The 1995 Wisconsin Spring Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 4, 1995.
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The 1995 Wisconsin Spring Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 4, 1995.
A special election was held on May 2, 1995, to fill the 24th State Senate seat vacated by the resignation of David Helbach. Register of Deeds of Portage County Kevin Shibilski defeated Republican candidate Donna Rozar in the special election. The election resulted in Democrats retaining the seat.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Kevin Shibilski | 15,923 | 57.00% | ||
| Republican | Donna M. Rozar | 12,011 | 43.00% | ||
| Plurality | 3,912 | 14.00% | |||
| Total votes | 27,934 | 100.0% | -44.87% | ||
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A special election was held on September 12, 1995, to fill the 14th State Senate seat vacated by the resignation of Joseph Leean. [2] former State Representative Robert Welch defeated Democratic candidate Martin D. Farrell in the special election. The election resulted in Republicans retaining the seat.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Robert Welch | 9,428 | 57.06% | ||
| Democratic | Martin F. Farrell | 5,928 | 35.88% | ||
| Constitution | John Stumpf | 1,167 | 7.06% | ||
| Plurality | 3,500 | 10.44% | |||
| Total votes | 33,511 | 100.0% | |||
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A special election was held on December 12, 1995, to fill the 7th State Senate seat vacated by the death of John Plewa. [4] State Representative Richard Grobschmidt defeated Republican candidate Tom Thompson in the special election. The election resulted in Democrats retaining the seat.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Richard Grobschmidt | 6,163 | 80.54% | ||
| Republican | Tom Thompson | 1,253 | 16.37% | ||
| Libertarian | James Wahl | 236 | 3.08% | ||
| Plurality | 4,910 | 64.17% | |||
| Total votes | 7,652 | 100.0% | |||
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There were three amendments to the Constitution of Wisconsin on the ballot for the Spring general election. None of the amendments were ratified by voters.
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Wisconsin sports lottery. Shall section 24(6)(a) of article IV of the constitution be amended to permit the state to operate lottery games that have their proceeds dedicated to athletic facilities? | |||||||||||||
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For Question 1, a "yes" vote would have allowed the state to operate lottery games that had their proceeds go towards dedicated athletic facilities.
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References to masculine gender removed. Shall articles I, IV, V, VI, VII, XI, and XIII of the constitution be amended to remove unnecessary masculine gender pronouns? | |||||||||||||
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For Question 2, a "yes" vote would have removed unnecessary masculine pronouns used across the Wisconsin constitution.
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Eligibility of Judges for Nonjudicial Office. Shall section 10(1) of article VII of the constitution be amended to permit a judge to assume a nonjudicial office of public trust after vacating the judicial office during that term of office? | |||||||||||||
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For Question 3, a "yes" vote would have allowed justices to assume other political offices "of public trust" after vacating their judicial office earlier than the expiration of their term.
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