Wisconsin

• Register to vote in Wisconsin.
• Learn more about voting in Wisconsin.
• Explore the AFL-CIO congressional voting record for Wisconsin.
• Go to the Wisconsin AFL-CIO website.
• Wisconsin Senate Race.
• Wisconsin Gubernatorial Race.
• Wisconsin, House District 8.
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  	Wisconsin Senate Race		Wisconsin, District 8
  	Wisconsin Gubernatorial Race

Key Voting Dates in Wisconsin

		Primary Voter Registration Deadline (Mail):		Aug 3
		Primary Voter Registration Deadline (In Person):		Sep 11
		Primary Election:		Sep 12
		General Voter Registration Deadline (Mail):		Oct 25
		General Voter Registration Deadline (In Person):		Nov 6
		General Election:		Nov 7

* NOTE: Wisconsin is a same-day voter registration state. Voter may register at the polls.

2006 Candidates

Senate Race

Incumbent:	Senator Herb Kohl (D)
	Herb Kohl has a lifetime AFL-CIO congressional voting record of voting right on working family issues 80 percent of the time.
	Go to Herb Kohl’s campaign website.
Challenger(s):	Robert Gerald Lorge (R)
	Learn more about the Wisconsin Senate race.
	OpenSecrets: Campaign Finance Profile.

Gubernatorial Race

Incumbent:	Jim Doyle (D)
	Go to Jim Doyle’s campaign website.
Challenger(s):	Mark Green (R)
Learn more about the Wisconsin gubernatorial race.

House Races

WI-1	Incumbent:	Paul Ryan  (R)
		Paul Ryan has a lifetime AFL-CIO congressional voting record of voting wrong on working family issues 87 percent of the time.
	Challenger(s):	Jeff Thomas (D)
WI-2	Incumbent:	Tammy Baldwin (D)
		Tammy Baldwin has a lifetime AFL-CIO congressional voting record of voting right on working family issues 99 percent of the time.
		Go to Tammy Baldwin’s campaign website.
	Challenger(s):	Dave Magnum (R)
WI-3	Incumbent:	Ronald Kind (D)
		Ronald Kind has a lifetime AFL-CIO congressional voting record of voting right on working family issues 84 percent of the time.
		Go to Ronald Kind’s campaign website.
	Challenger(s):	Paul R. Nelson (R)
WI-4	Incumbent:	Gwendolynne Moore (D)
		Gwendolynne Moore has a lifetime AFL-CIO congressional voting record of voting right on working family issues 93 percent of the time.
		Go to Gwendolynne Moore’s campaign website.
	Challenger(s):	Perfecto Rivera (R)
WI-5	Incumbent:	F. James Sensenbrenner (R)
		F. James Sensenbrenner has a lifetime AFL-CIO congressional voting record of voting wrong on working family issues 80 percent of the time.
	Challenger(s):	Bryan Kennedy  (D)
		Go to Bryan Kennedy’s campaign website.
WI-6	Incumbent:	Thomas Petri (R)
		Thomas Petri has a lifetime AFL-CIO congressional voting record of voting wrong on working family issues 89 percent of the time.
WI-7	Incumbent:	David Obey   (D)
		David Obey has a lifetime AFL-CIO congressional voting record of voting right on working family issues 91 percent of the time.
		Go to David Obey’s campaign website.
	Challenger(s):	Nick Reid (R)
WI-8	Open race
	Candidate(s):	John Gard (R)
		Steve Kagen (D)
		Go to Steve Kagen’s campaign website.
		Learn more about the WI-8 House race.
		OpenSecrets: Campaign Finance Profile.

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