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Elections for the Wisconsin State Senate consisted of a primary election on September 9, 2008, and a general election on November 4, 2008 .
Qualifications Section 6 of Article 4 of the Wisconsin Constitution states, "No person shall be eligible to the legislature who shall not have resided one year within the state, and be a qualified elector in the district which he may be chosen to represent."
Campaign contributions During the 2008 election, the total contributions to Senate candidates amounted to $4,912,818. The top 10 contributors were:[1]
2008 Donors, Wisconsin State Senate
Donor
Amount
Friends Of Sheldon Wasserman
$200,000
Wasserman, Sheldon A
$50,000
Strategy Group
$38,281
State Senate Democratic Cmte
$38,175
Johnson, Tara
$23,662
Time Warner
$23,413
Hopper, Randy
$22,000
Page, Alison H
$13,810
Wisconsin Credit Union League
$12,100
AT&T
$11,568
List of candidates District 2 September 9 Democratic primary candidates: September 9 Republican primary candidates: Robert L. Cowles: 5,351 a November 4 General election candidates:
District 4 September 9 Democratic primary candidates: Lena C. Taylor: 4,089 a September 9 Republican primary candidates: November 4 General election candidates:
District 6 September 9 Democratic primary candidates: Spencer Coggs: 4,730 a September 9 Republican primary candidates: November 4 General election candidates:
District 8 September 9 Democratic primary candidates: Sheldon A. Wasserman: 8,711 a September 9 Republican primary candidates: Alberta Darling: 12,493 a November 4 General election candidates:
District 10 September 9 Democratic primary candidates: Alison H. Page: 4,789 a September 9 Republican primary candidates: Sheila Harsdorf: 4,190 a November 4 General election candidates:
District 12 September 9 Democratic primary candidates: Jim Holperin: 6,683 a September 9 Republican primary candidates: Tom Tiffany: 3,974 a November 4 General election candidates:
District 14 September 9 Democratic primary candidates: September 9 Republican primary candidates: Luther S. Olsen: 5,707 a November 4 General election candidates:
District 16 September 9 Democratic primary candidates: Mark Miller: 4,306 a September 9 Republican primary candidates: November 4 General election candidates:
District 18 September 9 Democratic primary candidates: Jessica King: 1,838 a September 9 Republican primary candidates: Randy Hopper: 5,783 a November 4 General election candidates:
District 20 September 9 Democratic primary candidates: September 9 Republican primary candidates: Glenn Grothman: 13,650 a September 9 Independent primary candidates: Clyde Winter: 92 a November 4 General election candidates:
District 22 September 9 Democratic primary candidates: Robert W. Wirch: 7,608 a September 9 Republican primary candidates: Benjamin Lee Bakke: 1,698 a November 4 General election candidates:
District 24 September 9 Democratic primary candidates: Julie M. Lassa: 4,827 a September 9 Republican primary candidates: Tom Kimmet: 1,555 a November 4 General election candidates:
District 26 September 9 Democratic primary candidates: Fred A. Risser: 3,185 a September 9 Republican primary candidates: November 4 General election candidates:
District 28 September 9 Democratic primary candidates: September 9 Republican primary candidates: Mary Lazich: 5,879 a November 4 General election candidates:
District 30 September 9 Democratic primary candidates: Dave Hansen: 2,945 a September 9 Republican primary candidates: Chad Fradette: 3,022 a November 4 General election candidates:
District 32 September 9 Democratic primary candidates: Tara Johnson: 1,976 a September 9 Republican primary candidates: Dan Kapanke: 1,872 a November 4 General election candidates:
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