Rick Gudex

Rick Gudex
Wisconsin State Senate, District 18
Incumbent
In office
January 7, 2013 – present
Term ends
January 2, 2017
Years in position	0
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	$49,943/year
Per diem	$88/day
Elections and appointments
First elected	November 6, 2012
Next election	November 8, 2016
Term limits	N/A
Websites
Personal website
Campaign website

Richard Gudex is a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing District 18 since 2013.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

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

Issues

Campaign themes

2012

On his campaign website, Gudex outlined the following three issues:

• Building a “Jobs-First” Business Climate: "over the last 10-15 years, the private sector has been under attack. Job-killing tax hikes and an increasingly hostile environment for job creators have made the effects of the national recession even worse in our state."
• Control Taxes, Control Spending: "don’t spend what you don’t have, work to keep the tax burden low, and don’t push deficits into the future for someone else to deal with. I will work to end wasteful spending by our state government, and if budgetary challenges arise, I won’t “take the easy way out.”
• Family Values: "I believe in parental accountability and that it is the duty of parents, not the government, to raise children so that they can achieve their full potential. As a society, we should be there to support that effort. We must reverse the slow erosion of the Wisconsin family unit, and ensure that educational opportunities of many different shapes and sizes are available to parents who strive each day to do what’s best for the next generation."

Elections

2012

See also: Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2012

Gudex won election in the 2012 election for Wisconsin State Senate, District 18. Gudex ran unopposed in the August 14th primary and defeated incumbent Jessica King (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.

Unofficial results showed Gudex leading King by under 600 votes. King initially refused to concede the election, but finally did on November 13.

Wisconsin State Senate, District 18, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jessica King Incumbent	49.6%	42,479
	Republican	Rick Gudex	50.3%	43,079
	-	Scattering	0.1%	90
Total Votes				85,648

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

Recent news

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Rick Gudex News Feed

• Local legislators back state Foodshare bill - Fond du Lac Reporter
• "Issue Ad" Charade by American Federation for Children Uncovered in Wisconsin - PR Watch
• Voucher school lobby accused of expense violations - UW Badger Herald
• Gudex fields criticism of school voucher program support - Fond du Lac Reporter
• Editorial: Thumbs Up and Down (video) - Appleton Post Crescent
• State Debate: WEDC, online sales tax, highway construction delays get ... - 77Square.com
• GOP pushes for voucher school expansion - UW Badger Herald
• New Charges Brought Against Fond du Lac Man - Kfiz
• Bars move forward to sue underage patrons - UW Badger Herald
• Pedestrian Hit By Oshkosh Police Car - Kfiz

External links

Suggest a link

• Official campaign website
• Facebook campaign page

References

Political offices
Preceded by Jessica King (D)	Wisconsin State Senate District 18 2013–present	Succeeded by NA