Michael Ellis

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Michael Ellis is a State Senator in the Wisconsin State Senate. Ellis represents the 19th State Senate District which consists of Appleton, Menasha, and Neenah. He is a native of Neenah. He has been a Senator since 1998. He was the Senate Minority Leader in 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1999. From 1970 to 1980, he was an Assemblyman in the Wisconsin State Assembly and from 1969 to 1975, he was an alderman on the Neenah City Council.

Issue positions

Sen. Ellis does not have a website where he lists his positions on the issues.

See: Sen. Ellis's issue positions on Project Vote Smart

Committee assignments

Sen. Ellis serves on these legislative committees:^[1]

• Ethics Reform and Government Operations
• Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions

Sponsored legislation

Recent legislation sponsored or co-sponsored by Sen. Ellis includes:^[2]

• A bill regarding campaign finance laws^[3]
• A bill prohibiting smoking in public buildings^[4]

Major donors

Some of the top donors to Sen. Ellis's 2008 campaign, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics:^[5]

Egelhoff for Assembly, Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters, School Administrators Alliance, Dr. Peter Hehli

External links

• Sen. Ellis's Wisconsin State Legislature website
• Project Vote Smart profile
• Campaign contributions: 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008

References

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