NOTICE OF ELECTION
PARTISAN PRIMARY – AUGUST 14, 2012
AND
GENERAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 6, 2012
STATE OF WISCONSIN
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Election of Presidential Electors
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at an election to be held in the several towns, villages, wards,
and election districts of the State of Wisconsin, on November 6, 2012, ten electors for President and
Vice-President of the United States, one for each congressional district and two for the state at-large, are
to be elected. The names of presidential electors do not appear on the ballot, but each vote cast for a
presidential candidate is a vote for the electors of the candidate. Independent candidates for president or
vice-president may circulate nomination papers beginning July 1, 2012, and must file nomination papers
with the Government Accountability Board no later than 5:00 p.m. on August 7, 2012. The Government
Accountability Board is located at 212 E. Washington Avenue, 3rd Floor, Madison, Wisconsin.
Partisan Primary and General Election
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that in the several towns, villages, wards, and election districts of
the State of Wisconsin, at a primary to be held on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, and at an election to be
held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, the following officers are to be nominated and elected:
Congressional Officers
ONE UNITED STATES SENATOR, for the term of 6 years, to succeed the present incumbent
listed, whose terms of office will expire on January 3, 2013:
Herbert H. Kohl
TWO REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS, each for the term of 2 years, to succeed the
present incumbents listed, whose terms of office will expire on January 3, 2013:
3rd Congressional District
7th Congressional District
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Ron Kind
Sean Duffy
Legislative and State Offices
TWO STATE SENATORS, from the even-numbered Senatorial Districts of the State, each for
the term of four years, to succeed the present incumbents listed, whose terms of office will expire on
January 7, 2013:
District 24
District 32
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Julie M. Lassa
Jennifer Shilling
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THREE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE ASSEMBLY, each for the term of two years, to
succeed the present incumbents listed, whose terms of office will expire on January 7, 2013:
District 50
Ed Brooks
District 70
Amy Sue Vruwink
District 96
Lee A. Nerison
Congressional and legislative district boundaries are described in Chapters 3 and 4 of the
Wisconsin Statutes. A copy of the boundary descriptions can be obtained from the Government
Accountability Board or the Legislative Reference Bureau at 1 East Main Street, Suite 200, Madison,
Wisconsin.
ONE DISTRICT ATTORNEY, each for the term of four years, to succeed the present incumbent
listed, whose terms of office will expire on January 7, 2013:
Monroe County
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Dan Cary
County Officers
COUNTY OFFICERS, for each county of the State for the term of four years, to succeed the
present incumbent in the office of County Clerk, Treasurer and Register of Deeds whose terms of
office will expire on January 6, 2013:
County Clerk
Treasurer
Register of Deeds
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Shelley R. Bohl
Annette M. Erickson
John D. Burke
Circulation of Nomination Papers
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the first day for circulating nomination papers is April 15,
2012, and the deadline for filing nomination papers is no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 1, 2012.
All federal and state office candidates, including district attorney candidates, file with the Government
Accountability Board. All county partisan office candidates file with their respective county clerks.
DONE in the City of Sparta, this 29th day of March, 2012.
Shelley R. Bohl, Monroe County Clerk
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