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Alberta Darling

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Alberta Darling
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Wisconsin State Senate District 8
Incumbent
In office
1993 - Present
Term ends
January 2, 2017
Years in position 20
PartyRepublican
Compensation
Base salary$49,943/year
Per diem$88/day
Elections and appointments
Last electionNovember 6, 2012
First elected1992
Next electionNovember 8, 2016
Term limitsN/A
Prior offices
Assembly Member, Wisconsin State Assembly
1990 - 1993
Education
Bachelor'sUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison, 1966
Personal
Birthday04/28/1944
Place of birthHammond, IN
Websites
Office website
Campaign website
www.CandidateVerification.org

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Alberta Darling (b. April 28, 1944) is a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Senate. She has represented District 8 since 1992. Previously, Darling joined the Wisconsin State Assembly by winning a special election in 1990 (defeating now-U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic Richard W. Graber in the primary). She served the remainder of the term and a full two-year term in the Wisconsin State Assembly before being elected in 1992 to the state senate.

Darling received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1966. Before she was elected to political office, Darling was a teacher and marketing director.[1]

Darling was born in Hammond, Indiana. She survived a recall attempt in 2011.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Darling served on the following committees:

Wisconsin Committee Assignments, 2013
• Education
• Finance, Chair
• Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue, Vice Chair
• Employment Relations
• Joint Finance, Co-chair
• Joint Legislative Audit
• Joint Legislative Council

2011-2012

At the beginning of the 2011 legislative session, Darling served on the following committees:

2009-2010

At the beginning of the 2009 legislative session, Darling served on the following committees:

Issues

Sen. Darling's issue positions, according to her website[2][3]

  • Education is her main focus. She has advocated things such as a strong curriculum and good learning environments.
  • Promotes improved child care, especially for at-risk children.
  • Has passed legislation to provide greater protection against sexual predators and abusive clergy.
  • Supports lower taxes and government spending caps.
  • Supports exempting social security from the state income tax and tax breaks for senior citizens.
  • Supports environmental preservation
  • Supports hunting and fishing rights
  • Supports campaign finance reform
  • Supports more accessible and affordable health care with an emphasis on wellness and prevention
  • Supports job creation and small business development

Budget bill, 2011


Senators Darling and Taylor talking about the budget

The legislative process for creating and passing the budget the state budget included protestors and a lot of national attention. Late on June 16, 2011, the state Senate passed Gov. Scott Walker’s $66 billion budget on a party-line 19-14 vote after nine hours of debate.

The 2011 legislative session was sharply divided between Republican and Democratic lawmakers on nearly all of Walker’s proposed legislation. The earlier protests included two protesters who chained themselves to railings in the Senate chamber’s viewing gallery.

Once Gov. Walker signs the budget into law, it will take effect July 1.

One protester began shouting from the Senate chamber’s viewing gallery as Senate President Michael Ellis called for a vote. “I want my democracy back!” she screamed.

Republicans accused Democrats of being short-sighted and resisting measures that could bring jobs to Wisconsin, ultimately benefiting the state.

“You want to talk values? Let’s talk values,” said state Sen. Alberta Darling. “Frugality...having a job...that’s the mission we have.”

Democrats accused Republicans of ignoring the needs of children by slashing funding for education while introducing tax breaks for businesses, and of targeting low-income residents while refusing to raise taxes on the wealthy.

“It’s an abandonment of our responsibility as officials to make sure that each citizen has the same opportunities,” said state Sen. Robert Jauch.[4]

Recent legislation sponsored or co-sponsored by Sen. Darling includes:[5]

  • A bill to give the courts the power to determine if someone should not be allowed to possess a firearm[6]
  • A bill relating to an education tax credit for businesses[7]
  • A bill regarding income tax deductions for educational loans[8]
  • A tax exemption for older taxpayers[9]

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Alberta Darling endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election. [10]

Elections

2012

Darling won re-election in the 2012 election for Wisconsin State Senate, District 8.[11] Darling was unopposed in the Republican primary on August 14th and the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.[12]

Wisconsin State Senate, District 8, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark.jpgAlberta Darling Incumbent 95.6% 76,402
     Write-In Beth L. Lueck 0.6% 453
     - Scattering 3.9% 3,079
Total Votes 79,934

2011 recall

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2011 Wisconsin Senate Recalls
Senators Facing Recall
Robert Cowles • Alberta Darling • Sheila Harsdorf • Dave Hansen • Jim Holperin • Randy Hopper • Dan Kapanke • Luther Olsen • Robert Wirch
Other Recall Information
Recalls by Year • Recall Law in Wisconsin • Recall laws in other states • Recalls in Wisconsin • 2011 Scott Walker Budget Repair Bill • Protests over Budget Repair Bill • Wisconsin Government Accountability Board • Recall timeline • Election Results
See also: Recall of Wisconsin State Senators (2011) and Alberta Darling recall, Wisconsin State Senate (2011)

Darling defeated Sandy Pasch in a recall election held August 9, 2011.

The Democratic Party of Wisconsin began a recall campaign targeting Darling and 7 of her Republican colleagues in the Wisconsin State Senate in March 2011.[13],[14] About 30,000 signatures to recall Darling were filed on April 21, 2011.[15] On May 31 the GAB upheld some of the challenges to the petition, but ultimately gave the go ahead for a recall election.[16]

Opponents

Democratic Assemblywoman Sandy Pasch ran against Darling. The GAB officially certified the recall election on June 3, setting the primary on July 12, and the recall election August 9.[17]

The recall would have been held on July 12, but Gladys Huber, a longtime Republican supporter, ran as a protest candidate, necessitating a Democratic primary between herself and Pasch.

Nicholas Brehm had filed to run as a "placeholder" Democrat, but did not take the final step to be on the ballot. Following the news that all six "fake" Democrats had turned in their final paperwork to get on the ballot to the GAB, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin announced that it would not be running their placeholder candidates in the recalls as they were no longer necessary. Party Chair Mike Tate explained, "The goal of the placeholder candidacies was to create an insurance policy against further Republican attempts to exploit the recall election schedule through dirty tricks and cynical plots."[18]

July 12 Democratic primary[19]
Candidates Votes Percent
Sandy Pasch Approveda 21,657 64.13%
Gladys Huber 11,865 35.14%
Scattering 246 0.73%
  • Nicholas Brehm Note: Brehm filed nomination papers with sufficient signatures but did not file final papers to be on the ballot.

Darling narrowly defeated Pasch in the August 9 recall.

August 9 Recall - District 8[20]
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark.jpg Alberta Darling (R) 39,449 53.62%
Sandy Pasch (D) 34,071 46.31%
Scattering 56 .08%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Alberta Darling won re-election to the Wisconsin State Senate, District 8.[21]

Alberta Darling raised $534,408 for her campaign, while Sheldon Wasserman raised $543,953.[22]

Wisconsin State Senate, District 8 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark.jpg Alberta Darling (R) 50,125
Sheldon Wasserman 49,118

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

According to records available as of May 17, 2011, Darling raised $70,355 during 2010, a year she was not up for election. Listed below are the top five contributors.[23]

Donor Amount
Dean Health System $1,500
Michael Kubly $1,000
John Deere & Co $1,000
Wisconsin Health & Hospital Association $1,000
Joan Stein $1,000

2008

Some of the top contributors to Sen. Darling's 2008 campaign, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics:[24]

Joel Quadracci, Margaret Uihlein, William Oberndorf, 5th Congressional District Republican Party, Patricia Ericson, and others

In 2008, Darling collected $534,408 in donations.

Listed below are the top four contributors to her campaign. [25]

Donor Amount
Randall Knox $1,000
William Oberndorf $1,000
Kathy White $1,000
JJ Ziegler $1,000

Financial, insurance, and real estate interests were her largest donor group and most of her contributions came from individuals.

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References

  1. ↑ Project Vote Smart - Senator Darling
  2. ↑ Sen. Darling, Biography
  3. ↑ Sen. Darling on the issues
  4. ↑ "Senate OKs budget above din of protesters, "Wisconsin Reporter", June 16th, 2011
  5. ↑ Legislation by Sen. Darling
  6. ↑ Bill 44
  7. ↑ Bill 52
  8. ↑ Bill 166
  9. ↑ Bill 64
  10. ↑ Mitt Romney for President, "Mitt Romney Announces Wisconsin Endorsements," March 26, 2012
  11. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board "2012 Candidate List
  12. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board "2012 Candidate List
  13. ↑ "Recall the Republican 8" website
  14. ↑ AOL News, "Wisconsin Election Recall Reality Check", February 23, 2011
  15. ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Recall beat gets hot; anti-Darling group files signatures," April 21, 2011
  16. ↑ Times-Union, "GAB green-lights recall efforts against Darling," May 31, 2011
  17. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Recall of Senator Alberta Darling Certificate of Sufficiency and Order," June 3, 2011
  18. ↑ WisPolitics, "WisDems: Dems to end placeholder candidacies in recall elections," June 17, 2011
  19. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "July 12 Primary Election Results District 8," Accessed August 11, 2011
  20. ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "District 8 Recall Election Results," accessed August 19, 2011
  21. ↑ Wisconsin State Election Results
  22. ↑ Follow the Money 2008
  23. ↑ 2010 contributors to Alberta Darling
  24. ↑ Alberta Darling 2008 campaign contributions
  25. ↑ 2008 contributors to Alberta Darling
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