Wisconsin Lieutenant Gubernatorial Election, 2010

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The Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on November 2, 2010. The primary election date was September 14. The deadline for filing nomination papers was July 13 at 5:00 p.m.^[1]

Sharing a ticket with Scott Walker, the GOP's Rebecca Kleefisch won the general election. Lieutenant Governor-elect Kleefisch took office in January 2011.

The November Ballot – Who Made It? Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor
Nominee		Affiliation
Tom Nelson		Democrat
Rebecca Kleefisch		Republican
Terry Virgil		Libertarian
This lists candidates who won their state's primary or convention, or who were unopposed, and who were officially certified for the November ballot by their state's election authority.

November 2, 2010 general election results[edit]

Wisconsin Governor/Lt. Governor, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Scott Walker/Rebecca Kleefisch	52.2%	1,128,941
	Democratic	Tom Barrett/Tom Nelson	46.5%	1,004,303
	Independent	Jim Langer/No candidate	0.5%	10,608
	Libertarian	No candidate/Terry Virgil	0.3%	6,790
	Common Sense	James James/No candidate	0.4%	8,273
	Independent	Leslie Ervin Smetak/David Myron Smetak	0%	19
	Independent	Patricia Messici/No candidate	0%	22
	Independent	Hari Trivedi/No candidate	0%	18
	-	Scattering	0.1%	1,858
Total Votes				2,160,832
Election results via Wisconsin Government Accountability Board

Candidates[edit]

Democrat[edit]

• Member of the state Senate G. Spencer Coggs
• State Representative Thomas "Tom" Nelson
• Henry Sanders, Jr. is a lifelong political activist, serving as a Congressional staffer and a gubernatorial appointee in addition to founding two nonprofits dedicated to job creation in Wisconsin
• James L. Schneider, a businessman and motivational speaker focusing on community planning issues

Republican[edit]

• State Representative Brett Davis
• Journalist Rebecca Kleefisch
• Attorney Robert Gerald Lorge
• Dave Ross, the Mayor of Superior
• Nick Voegeli

Libertarian[edit]

• Terry Virgil

September 14, 2010 primary[edit]

Democratic[edit]

2010 Race for Lieutenant Governor - Democrat Primary[2][3]
Candidates		Percentage
Spencer Coggs (D)		21.63%
Todd Nelson (D)		51.82%
Harry Sanders (D)		9.21%
James Schneider (D)		17.34%
Total votes		145,421

Republican[edit]

2010 Race for Lieutenant Governor - Republican Primary[4][5]
Candidates		Percentage
Brett Davis (R)		26.35%
Rebecca Kleefisch (R)		45.54%
Robert Gerald Lorge (R)		9.32%
Dave Ross (R)		14.95%
Nick Voegeli (R)		3.85%
Total votes		384,894

See also[edit]

• Gubernatorial elections, 2010
• Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 2010

External links[edit]

• Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, Elections and Voting

Candidate pages[edit]

• Spencer Coggs for Lt. Governor of Wisconsin
• Tom Nelson for Wisconsin
• Henry Sanders for Lt. Governor
• Schneider for Lt. Governor
• Vote Brett Davis for Lt. Governor
• Rebecca Kleefisch for Lt. Governor
• Robert Lorge for Wisconsin
• Friends of Dave Ross

Footnotes[edit]

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