Wisconsin Gun Owners 2012 Candidate Survey Results

Corey Graff

12 years ago

About These Ratings

These ratings do not imply endorsement of or opposition to candidates. Those candidates who earned “A” ratings may be downgraded over time if they become obstinate — or upgraded if there is improvement, though the path down is much faster than the path up. These ratings are not designed to be a “voter’s guide.” All candidates for the Wisconsin legislature and congress are surveyed in July following the registration deadline, giving every candidate, regardless of party, equal opportunity and time to respond. All candidates are informed in writing that a failure to respond results in an automatic failing grade (F). However, completing the candidate survey satisfactorily will not guarantee the candidate a favorable ranking. Voting record and attitude are also taken into account.

Top Performers and Notable Losers

Office	District	Party	First Name	Last Name	Rating	Survey
Congressional	1	L	Keith	Deschler	A	Yes
Congressional	2	R	Chad	Lee	A	Yes
Congressional	4	R	Dan	Sebring	A	Yes
State Assembly	3	R	Brandi	Lefeber	A	Yes
State Assembly	25	R	Paul	Tittl	A	Yes
State Assembly	28	R	Erik	Severson	A	Yes
State Assembly	38	L	Leroy	Watson	A	Yes
State Assembly	39	R	Tracy A.	Heron	A	Yes
State Assembly	45	R	Russell	Rucker	A	Yes
State Assembly	45	R	Beth	Schmidt	A	Yes
State Assembly	70	R	Dan	Wald	A	Yes
State Assembly	71	R	Patrick	Testin	A	Yes
State Assembly	85	L	Jim	Maas	A	Yes
State Assembly	90	R	David	Vanderleest	A	Yes
State Assembly	94	R	Kevin	Hintz	A	Yes
State Senate	14	R	David	Eiler	A	Yes
State Senate	24	R	Steve	Abrahamson	A	Yes
State Senate	24	R	Scott	Noble	A	Yes
US Senate		C	Riley	Hood	A	Yes
US Senate		L	Joseph	Kexel	A	Yes
US Senate		D	John	Mcclellan	A	Yes
State Assembly	39	R	Mark L.	Born	A-	Yes
State Assembly	49	R	Dave	Kuhle	A-	Yes
State Assembly	13	R	Thomas	Schellinger	B	Yes
State Assembly	30	R	Dean	Knudson	B	Yes
State Assembly	54	R	Paul J.	Esslinger	B	Yes
State Assembly	75	R	Roger L.	Rivard	B	Yes
State Assembly	94	R	Bruce	Evers	B	Yes
State Senate	18	R	Rick	Gudex	B	Yes
US Senate		I.D.E.A.	Nimrod	Allen III	B	Yes
State Assembly	53	R	Kurt	Schuller	B-	Yes
State Assembly	74	R	John	Sendra	B-	Yes
State Assembly	22	R	Don	Pridemore	C	Yes
State Assembly	37	R	Chris	Ruetten	C	Yes
State Assembly	72	R	Scott S.	Krug	C	Yes
State Assembly	99	R	Chris	Kapenga	C	Yes
State Senate	28	D	Jim	Ward	D	Yes
Congressional	1	R	Paul	Ryan	F	No
US Senate		R	Tommy	Thompson	F	No

The Complete List

Office	District	Party	First Name	Last Name	Rating	Survey
Congressional	1	L	Keith	Deschler	A	Yes
Congressional	1	R	Paul	Ryan	F	No
Congressional	1	D	Rob	Zerban	F	No
Congressional	2	D	Dennis	Hall	F	No
Congressional	2	R	Chad	Lee	A	Yes
Congressional	2	R	Lou	Mittelstaedt	F	No
Congressional	2	D	Mark	Pocan	F	No
Congressional	2	D	Kelda	Roys	F	No
Congressional	2	D	Matt	Silverman	F	No
Congressional	3	R	Ray	Boland	F	No
Congressional	3	D	Ron	Kind	F	No
Congressional	3	R	Edward	Martin Jr.	F	No
Congressional	4	D	Gwen	Moore	F	No
Congressional	4	I	Robert	Raymond	F	No
Congressional	4	R	Dan	Sebring	A	Yes
Congressional	5	D	Dave	Heaster	F	No
Congressional	5	R	F. James	Sensenbrenner Jr.	F	No
Congressional	6	D	Joe	Kallas	F	No
Congressional	6	R	Tom	Petri	F	No
Congressional	6	R	Lauren	Stephens	F	No
Congressional	7	R	Sean	Duffy	F	No
Congressional	7	D	Pat	Kreitlow	F	No
Congressional	7	Independently Voting Wisconsin Citizens	Dale	Lehner	F	No
Congressional	8	R	Reid	Ribble	F	No
Congressional	8	D	Jamie	Wall	F	No
State Assembly	1	R	Garey	Bies	F	No
State Assembly	1	D	Arnie	Johnsrud	F	No
State Assembly	1	D	Patrick	Veeser	F	No
State Assembly	2	D	Laurie	Burke	F	No
State Assembly	2	D	Jeanette	Greenwood	F	No
State Assembly	2	R	Andre	Jacque	F	No
State Assembly	2	D	Larry	Pruess	F	No
State Assembly	3	R	Brandi	Lefeber	A	Yes
State Assembly	3	D	Kole	Oswald	F	No
State Assembly	3	R	Al	Ott	F	No
State Assembly	3	I	Josh	Young	A	Yes
State Assembly	4	D	Michael	Malcheski	F	No
State Assembly	4	R	Chad	Weininger	F	No
State Assembly	5	D	Ryan	Ferguson	F	No
State Assembly	5	D	Jeff	Mccabe	F	No
State Assembly	5	R	Jim	Steineke	F	No
State Assembly	6	D	John	Powers	F	No
State Assembly	6	R	Gary	Tauchen	F	No
State Assembly	7	D	Cylest	Brooks	F	No
State Assembly	7	D	Peggy	Krusick	F	No
State Assembly	7	D	Daniel	Riemer	F	No
State Assembly	8	D	Laura	Manriquez	F	No
State Assembly	8	D	Jocasta	Zamarripa	F	No
State Assembly	9	D	Jose	Guzman	F	No
State Assembly	9	D	Josh	Zepnich	F	No
State Assembly	10	D	Harriet	Callier	F	No
State Assembly	10	D	Millie	Coby	F	No
State Assembly	10	D	Ieshuh	Grifffin	F	No
State Assembly	10	D	Sandy	Pasch	F	No
State Assembly	10	D	Kristopher	Rowe	F	No
State Assembly	11	D	Mandela	Barnes	F	No
State Assembly	11	D	Jason	Fields	F	No
State Assembly	12	D	Mario	Hall	F	No
State Assembly	12	D	Frederick	Kessler	F	No
State Assembly	13	R	Matt	Adamczyk	F	No
State Assembly	13	R	Rob	Hutton	F	No
State Assembly	13	D	John	Pokrandt	F	No
State Assembly	13	R	Nate	Ristow	F	No
State Assembly	13	R	Thomas	Schellinger	B	Yes
State Assembly	14	R	Dale	Kooyenga	F	No
State Assembly	14	D	Chris	Rockwood	F	No
State Assembly	15	D	Chuck	Garrigues	F	No
State Assembly	15	D	Cindy	Moore	F	No
State Assembly	15	R	Joe	Sanfelippo	F	No
State Assembly	16	D	Leon	Young	F	No
State Assembly	17	D	Sam	Coleman	F	No
State Assembly	17	D	Tracey	Dent	F	No
State Assembly	17	I	Anthony	Edwards	F	No
State Assembly	17	D	La Tonya	Johnson	F	No
State Assembly	17	D	Fred	Royal	F	No
State Assembly	18	D	Lisa	Brown	F	No
State Assembly	18	D	James	Dieter	F	No
State Assembly	18	D	Jarett	Fields	F	No
State Assembly	18	D	Michael	Glabere	F	No
State Assembly	18	D	Evan	Goyke	F	No
State Assembly	18	D	Ty	Jackson	F	No
State Assembly	18	L	Melba	Morris-Page	F	No
State Assembly	18	D	Andrew	Parker	F	No
State Assembly	18	D	Lashawndra	Vernon	F	No
State Assembly	19	I	Kenneth	Morgan	F	No
State Assembly	19	D	Jon	Richards	F	No
State Assembly	20	R	Kristan	Harris	F	No
State Assembly	20	R	Molly	Mcgartland	F	No
State Assembly	20	D	Christine	Sinicki	F	No
State Assembly	21	R	Mark	Honadel	F	No
State Assembly	21	D	William	Kurtz	F	No
State Assembly	21	Forward WI	Mike	Schmidt	F	No
State Assembly	22	D	Chad	Bucholtz	F	No
State Assembly	22	R	Nick	Oliver	F	No
State Assembly	22	R	Don	Pridemore	C	Yes
State Assembly	23	R	Jim	Ott	F	No
State Assembly	23	D	Cris	Rogers	F	No
State Assembly	24	D	Shan	Haqqi	F	No
State Assembly	24	R	Dan	Knodl	F	No
State Assembly	25	D	Jim	Brey	F	No
State Assembly	25	D	Luke A.	Bushman	F	No
State Assembly	25	D	Ron	Gruett	F	No
State Assembly	25	R	Mike	Howe	F	No
State Assembly	25	R	Barry	Nelson	F	No
State Assembly	25	R	Jason J.	Sladky	F	No
State Assembly	25	D	Bernie	Starzewski	F	No
State Assembly	25	R	Paul	Tittl	A	Yes
State Assembly	26	R	Michael D.	Endsley	F	No
State Assembly	26	D	Asher	Heimermann	F	No
State Assembly	26	D	Mike	Helmke	F	No
State Assembly	26	R	Devin	Lemahieu	F	No
State Assembly	27	D	Steven H.	Bauer	F	No
State Assembly	27	R	Steven	Kestell	F	No
State Assembly	28	D	Adam T.	Bever	F	No
State Assembly	28	R	Erik	Severson	A	Yes
State Assembly	29	R	John	Murtha	F	No
State Assembly	29	D	Jim	Swanson	F	No
State Assembly	30	D	Jared G.	Christiansen	F	No
State Assembly	30	R	Dean	Knudson	B	Yes
State Assembly	30	D	Diane	Obeen	F	No
State Assembly	31	R	Amy	Loudenbeck	F	No
State Assembly	31	D	Ryan J.	Schroeder	F	No
State Assembly	32	R	Tyler	August	F	No
State Assembly	32	D	Kim M.	Peterson	F	No
State Assembly	33	R	Steve	Nass	F	No
State Assembly	33	D	Scott A.	Woods	F	No
State Assembly	34	D	Roberta	Retrum	F	No
State Assembly	34	R	Rob	Swearingen	F	No
State Assembly	34	D	Merlin	Van Buren	F	No
State Assembly	34	R	Alex	Young	F	No
State Assembly	35	R	Mary	Czaja	F	No
State Assembly	35	D	Kevin	Koth	F	No
State Assembly	36	D	Dorothy	Kegley	F	Yes
State Assembly	36	R	Jeffrey L.	Mursau	F	No
State Assembly	37	D	Mary I.	Arnold	F	No
State Assembly	37	R	James B.	Braughler	F	No
State Assembly	37	D	Laura	Cotting	F	No
State Assembly	37	R	John	Jagler	F	No
State Assembly	37	R	Steve	Kauffeld	F	No
State Assembly	37	R	James W.	Romlein	F	No
State Assembly	37	R	Chris	Ruetten	C	Yes
State Assembly	38	L	Leroy	Watson	A	Yes
State Assembly	38	R	Joel	Kleefisch	F	No
State Assembly	38	D	Scott	Michalak	F	No
State Assembly	39	R	Mark L.	Born	A-	Yes
State Assembly	39	D	Jim	Grigg	F	No
State Assembly	39	R	Tracy A.	Heron	A	Yes
State Assembly	39	R	Don	Lechner	F	No
State Assembly	40	D	Kevin M.	Kuehl	F	No
State Assembly	40	R	Kevin D.	Petersen	F	No
State Assembly	41	R	Joan	Ballweg	F	No
State Assembly	41	D	Melissa	Sorenson	F	No
State Assembly	42	D	Paula	Cooper	F	No
State Assembly	42	R	Keith	Ripp	F	No
State Assembly	43	D	Andy	Jorgensen	F	No
State Assembly	43	R	Evan B.	Wynn	F	No
State Assembly	44	R	Joe	Knilans	F	No
State Assembly	44	D	Debra	Kolste	F	No
State Assembly	44	D	Sam	Liebert	F	No
State Assembly	44	D	Kevin M.	Murray	F	No
State Assembly	44	D	Yuri	Rashkin	F	No
State Assembly	45	D	Sheila L.	De Forest	F	No
State Assembly	45	D	Janis	Ringhand	F	No
State Assembly	45	R	Russell	Rucker	A	Yes
State Assembly	45	R	Beth	Schmidt	A	Yes
State Assembly	46	D	Gary	Hebl	F	No
State Assembly	46	R	Trish	Schaefer	F	No
State Assembly	47	R	Sandy	Bakk	F	No
State Assembly	47	D	Robert D.	Graupner	F	No
State Assembly	47	D	Amanda	Hall	F	No
State Assembly	47	D	Robb	Kahl	F	No
State Assembly	47	D	Patrick W.	Miles	F	No
State Assembly	48	D	Dan	Bohrod	F	No
State Assembly	48	D	Santiago	Rosas	F	No
State Assembly	48	D	Melissa A.	Sargent	F	No
State Assembly	49	D	Carol	Beals	F	No
State Assembly	49	R	Dave	Kuhle	A-	Yes
State Assembly	49	R	Travis	Tranel	F	No
State Assembly	50	R	Edward	Brooks	F	No
State Assembly	50	D	Sarah Ann	Shanahan	F	No
State Assembly	51	D	Patrick	Bomhack	F	No
State Assembly	51	R	Howard	Marklein	F	No
State Assembly	51	D	Maureen	May-Grimm	F	No
State Assembly	52	D	Paul G.	Czisny	F	No
State Assembly	52	R	Jeremy J.	Thiesfeldt	F	No
State Assembly	53	D	Ryan	Flejter	F	No
State Assembly	53	R	Frank	Franssetto	F	No
State Assembly	53	D	Koby	Schellenger	F	No
State Assembly	53	R	Michael	Schraa	F	No
State Assembly	53	R	Kurt	Schuller	B-	Yes
State Assembly	53	D	Joanne	Staudacher	F	No
State Assembly	54	R	Paul J.	Esslinger	B	Yes
State Assembly	54	D	Gordon	Hintz	F	No
State Assembly	55	D	Jim	Crail	F	No
State Assembly	55	R	Dean R.	Kaufert	F	No
State Assembly	55	R	Jay	Schroeder	F	No
State Assembly	56	D	Diana	Lawrence	F	No
State Assembly	56	R	Dave	Murphy	F	No
State Assembly	56	R	Jim	Pleuss	F	No
State Assembly	56	D	Richard B.	Schoenbohm	F	No
State Assembly	57	D	Penny Bernard	Schaber	F	No
State Assembly	58	R	Pat	Strachota	F	No
State Assembly	59	R	Daniel R.	Lemahieu	F	No
State Assembly	60	D	Perry	Duman	F	No
State Assembly	60	R	Duey	Stroebel	F	No
State Assembly	61	R	Samantha	Kerkman	F	No
State Assembly	61	D	John P.	Steinbrink	F	No
State Assembly	62	D	Randy	Bryce	F	No
State Assembly	62	R	Kevin	Cantwell	F	No
State Assembly	62	D	Melissa	Lemke	F	No
State Assembly	62	R	Tom	Weatherston	F	No
State Assembly	63	D	Kelley	Albrecht	F	No
State Assembly	63	R	Robin J.	Vos	F	No
State Assembly	64	D	Peter W.	Barca	F	No
State Assembly	65	D	Dayvin A.	Hallmon	F	No
State Assembly	65	D	Brian R.	Harwood	F	No
State Assembly	65	D	Albert	Namath	F	No
State Assembly	65	D	Tod	Ohnstad	F	No
State Assembly	66	D	Cory	Mason	F	No
State Assembly	67	D	Debra	Bieging	F	No
State Assembly	67	R	Thomas	Larson	F	No
State Assembly	68	R	Kathleen M.	Bernier	F	No
State Assembly	68	D	Judy	Smriga	F	No
State Assembly	69	D	Paul	Knoff	F	No
State Assembly	69	R	Scott	Suder	F	No
State Assembly	70	R	Nancy L.	Vandermeer	F	No
State Assembly	70	D	Amy S.	Vruwink	F	No
State Assembly	70	R	Dan	Wald	A	Yes
State Assembly	71	D	Andrew L.	Beveridge	F	No
State Assembly	71	D	Laura	Hauser-Menting	F	No
State Assembly	71	D	Corey D.	Ladick	F	No
State Assembly	71	D	Tom	Mallison	F	No
State Assembly	71	D	Jeri	McGinley	F	No
State Assembly	71	D	Hans	Schmid	F	No
State Assembly	71	D	Katrina	Shankland	F	No
State Assembly	71	D	Robert L.	Steinke	F	No
State Assembly	71	D	Dana L.	Strohm	F	No
State Assembly	71	R	Patrick	Testin	A	Yes
State Assembly	71	D	David J.	Verhage	F	No
State Assembly	72	R	Scott S.	Krug	C	Yes
State Assembly	72	D	Justin D.	Pluess	F	No
State Assembly	73	D	Nick	Milroy	F	No
State Assembly	74	D	Janet	Bewley	F	No
State Assembly	74	R	John	Sendra	B-	Yes
State Assembly	75	D	John M.	Hardin	F	No
State Assembly	75	R	Roger L.	Rivard	B	Yes
State Assembly	75	D	Stephen	Smith	F	No
State Assembly	76	D	Melissa J.	Malott	F	No
State Assembly	76	D	Chris	Taylor	F	No
State Assembly	77	D	Terese	Berceau	F	No
State Assembly	78	D	Christopher V.	Fisher	F	No
State Assembly	78	D	Brett	Hulsey	F	No
State Assembly	78	D	Jason D.	Vangalis	F	No
State Assembly	79	D	Dianne	Hesselbein	F	No
State Assembly	79	D	Ellen	Lindgren	F	No
State Assembly	80	R	Tom	Lamberson	F	No
State Assembly	80	D	Sondy	Pope-Roberts	F	No
State Assembly	80	D	Charles	Uphoff	F	No
State Assembly	80	D	Joseph S.	Wineke	F	No
State Assembly	81	D	Fred	Clark	F	No
State Assembly	81	R	Scott	Frostman	F	No
State Assembly	82	R	Jeff	Stone	F	No
State Assembly	82	D	Kathleen	Wied-Vincent	F	No
State Assembly	83	D	James	Brownlow	F	No
State Assembly	83	R	Dave	Craig	F	No
State Assembly	83	R	Peter L.	Gundrum	F	No
State Assembly	84	R	Mike	Kuglitsch	F	No
State Assembly	84	D	Jesse J.	Roelke	F	No
State Assembly	85	L	Jim	Maas	A	Yes
State Assembly	85	D	Jeff	Johnson	F	No
State Assembly	85	R	Patrick	Snyder	F	No
State Assembly	85	D	Mandy	Wright	F	No
State Assembly	86	D	Dennis	Halkoski	F	No
State Assembly	86	R	John	Spiros	F	No
State Assembly	86	R	Wayne C.	Thorson	F	No
State Assembly	87	D	Elizabeth	Riley	F	No
State Assembly	87	R	Mary	Williams	F	No
State Assembly	88	D	Ward	Bacon	F	No
State Assembly	88	R	John	Klenke	F	No
State Assembly	89	R	John	Nygren	F	No
State Assembly	89	D	Joe	Reinhard	F	No
State Assembly	90	R	Joel	Diny	F	No
State Assembly	90	D	Eric	Genrich	F	No
State Assembly	90	R	David	Vanderleest	A	Yes
State Assembly	91	D	Brandon	Buchanan	F	No
State Assembly	91	R	Bill	Ingram	F	No
State Assembly	91	D	Dana L.	Wachs	F	No
State Assembly	92	D	Chris	Danou	F	No
State Assembly	93	R	Warren	Petryk	F	No
State Assembly	93	D	Jeff	Smith	F	No
State Assembly	94	D	Steve	Doyle	F	No
State Assembly	94	R	Ray	Ebert	F	No
State Assembly	94	R	Bruce	Evers	B	Yes
State Assembly	94	R	Steven	Freng	F	No
State Assembly	94	R	Kevin	Hintz	A	Yes
State Assembly	95	D	Jill	Billings	F	No
State Assembly	96	D	Tom J.	Johnson	F	No
State Assembly	96	R	Lee A.	Nerison	F	No
State Assembly	97	R	Bill	Kramer	F	No
State Assembly	97	D	Marga	Krumins	F	No
State Assembly	98	R	Paul F.	Farrow	F	No
State Assembly	98	D	Eric	Prudent	F	Yes
State Assembly	99	D	Thomas D.	Hibbard	F	No
State Assembly	99	R	Chris	Kapenga	C	Yes
State Senate	2	R	Robert	Cowles	F	No
State Senate	2	D	Richard	Langan	F	No
State Senate	4	I	David	King	F	No
State Senate	4	D	Lena	Taylor	F	No
State Senate	6	D	Michael	Bonds	F	No
State Senate	6	D	Elizabeth	Coggs	F	No
State Senate	6	D	Nikiya	Harris	F	No
State Senate	6	D	Michael	Mayo	F	No
State Senate	6	R	Virginia	Pratt	F	No
State Senate	6	D	Allyn Monroe	Swan	F	No
State Senate	6	D	Delta	Triplett	F	No
State Senate	8	R	Alberta	Darling	F	No
State Senate	10	D	Scott	Erlenborn	F	No
State Senate	10	R	Sheila	Harsdorf	F	No
State Senate	10	D	Daniel	Olson	F	No
State Senate	12	L	Paul	Ehlers	F	No
State Senate	12	D	Susan	Sommer	F	No
State Senate	12	D	Lisa	Theo	F	No
State Senate	12	R	Tom	Tiffany	F	No
State Senate	14	R	David	Eiler	A	Yes
State Senate	14	R	Luther	Olsen	F	No
State Senate	14	D	Margarete	Worthington	F	No
State Senate	16	D	Mark	Miller	F	No
State Senate	18	D	John	Curry	F	No
State Senate	18	R	Rick	Gudex	B	Yes
State Senate	18	D	Jessica	King	F	No
State Senate	20	R	Glenn	Grothman	F	No
State Senate	20	D	Tanya	Lohr	F	No
State Senate	22	R	Pam	Stevens	F	No
State Senate	22	D	Robert	Wirch	F	No
State Senate	24	R	Steve	Abrahamson	A	Yes
State Senate	24	D	Julie	Lassa	F	No
State Senate	24	R	Scott	Noble	A	Yes
State Senate	26	D	Fred	Risser	F	No
State Senate	28	R	Mary	Lazich	F	No
State Senate	28	D	Jim	Ward	D	Yes
State Senate	30	D	Dave	Hansen	F	No
State Senate	30	R	John	Macco	F	No
State Senate	30	R	Mary	Scray	F	No
State Senate	30	R	Ray	Suennen	F	No
State Senate	32	R	Bill	Feehan	F	No
State Senate	32	R	Tim	Hesse	F	No
State Senate	32	D	Miguel	Morga	F	No
State Senate	32	D	Jennifer	Shilling	F	No
US Senator		I.D.E.A.	Nimrod	Allen III	B	Yes
US Senator		D	Tammy	Baldwin	F	No
US Senator		I	Michael	Blinkwitz	F	No
US Senator		R	Jeff	Fitzgerald	F	No
US Senator		C	Riley	Hood	A	Yes
US Senator		R	Eric	Hovde	F	No
US Senator		L	Joseph	Kexel	A	Yes
US Senator		Independence	Michael	La Forest	F	No
US Senator		D	William	Lano	F	No
US Senator		R	George	Lucia	F	No
US Senator		D	John	Mcclellan	A	Yes
US Senator		I	Joseph	Moriarty	F	No
US Senator		R	Mark	Neumann	F	No
US Senator		D	Gregory	Paules	F	No
US Senator		I	James	Samuelson	F	No
US Senator		R	John	Schiess	F	No
US Senator		R	Kip	Smith	F	No
US Senator		D	Vittorio	Spadaro	F	Yes
US Senator		R	Tommy	Thompson	F	No