Election Profile: Wisconsin’s 4th Congressional District (2008)
Smart Politics is running a series of election profiles of all the Upper Midwestern U.S. Senate and U.S. House races leading up to the November 4th elections. The series will culminate with Smart Politics’ official projections. The twelfth profile in the series is Wisconsin’s 4th Congressional District race.
Candidates:
Democrat: Gwendolynne Moore (2-term incumbent)
Independent: Michael D. LaForest
District Geography:
Wisconsin’s 4th Congressional District comprises the bulk of Milwaukee County including the cities of Cudahay, Milwaukee, St. Francis, South Milwaukee, West Allis, and West Milwaukee.
History:
In 2004 Moore won her inaugural U.S. House race by 41.4 points to fill the seat vacated by 11-term Democratic congressman Gerald Kleczka. In 2006, Moore won by 42.9 points in this urban, Democratic stronghold. Milwaukee’s 4th District has voted for the Democratic Party in every U.S. House election since 1948, with an average margin of victory of approximately 50 points since 1960. Republicans have carried the district just two times since 1932 (1938 and 1946).
Republicans have failed to even field a candidate in more than one-third of the U.S. races in the 4th District since 1976 (6 of 17), including 2008. The only other name on the ballot this year is Independent candidate Michael D. LaForest.
Outlook:
Some congressional districts are so tilted red or blue that it is no wonder opposition parties face difficulties even in fielding a candidate – like the GOP in the 4th District. A Republican candidate has come within single-digits of beating a Democrat in the 4th District just one time since 1948 (Tom Reynolds, losing by 8.9 points during the Republican Revolution of 1994). The strongest showing by an independent or third party candidate during that span is 13.0 percent (by the Green Party in 2002; no Republicans were on the ballot in that contest).
I am writing to inform you that there is, in fact, a Republican running for Congress in Wisconsin’s 4th district this coming general election. Unfortunately he entered the race too late for him to get on the ballot officially. His name is Dan Sebring and he is a regular citizen who is sick and tired of Gwen Moore pretending to work for Milwaukee and is instead lining her own pockets with taxpayers money. His website can be found at dansebringforcongress.com
Although Dan is only a write in for this coming election, he plans to run again in 2010 as an official candidate against Gwen Moore. She has a more than shady past (going back long before her son was convicted of slashing tires on Republican funded “get out and vote” vans), and local constituents have been bribed with things like Whopper coupons to go out and vote for her.
Those of us who live and work in Milwaukee have had enough of her kind of “politics”.
My vote did not count the first time, the super delegated determined it. California, Washington, Oregons vote didn’t count because the win came before in electorial college, so why did they vote. I won’t vote again until there is a fair vote in this undemocratic country. Sandra fleischman.
I am writing to inform you all that myself a member of the independent american party is also running for congress in 2010 as well. I believe it is time to make a difference in our country and state. Change must come to make things better. Milwaukee and the several surrounding areas need a leader not a politician. It is time to make a change…”let’s make it better 2010″. Goodluck to all the runners…the best we can do is run then we have done all that we can.
http://www.usiap.org
Check out this new press release posted yesterday about Dan Sebring
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