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Tom Larson
| Tom Larson | ||
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| Wisconsin State Assembly District 67 | ||
| Incumbent | ||
| In office | ||
| 2011 - Present | ||
| Term ends | ||
| January 5, 2015 | ||
| Years in position | 2 | |
| Party | Republican | |
| Compensation | ||
| Base salary | $49,943/year | |
| Per diem | $88/day | |
| Elections and appointments | ||
| Last election | November 6, 2012 | |
| First elected | 2010 | |
| Next election | November 4, 2014 | |
| Term limits | N/A | |
| Personal | ||
| Birthday | 02/11/1948 | |
| Place of birth | Eau Claire, WI | |
| Websites | ||
| Office website | ||
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Before assuming office, Larson owned and operated Bear Valley Electric - a company he founded approximately 20 years ago. He is a master electrician, and attended Chippewa Valley Technical College after graduating from Colfax High School.[1]
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Larson served on the following committees:
| Wisconsin Committee Assignments, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • Energy and Utilities | ||||
| • Family Law, Chair | ||||
| • Jobs, Economy and Mining | ||||
| • Judiciary | ||||
| • Small Business Development | ||||
| • Transportation | ||||
2011-2012
During the 2011-2012 legislative session, Larson served on these committees:
| Wisconsin Committee Assignments, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • Energy and Utilities | ||||
| • Judiciary and Ethics, Vice Chair | ||||
| • Rural Economic Development | ||||
Elections
2012
- See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2012
Larson won re-election in the 2012 election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 67. Larson ran unopposed in the Republican primary on August 14 and defeated Deb Bieging (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[2]
| Wisconsin State Assembly, District 67, General Election, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Tom Larson Incumbent |
53.2% | 15,194 | |
| Democratic | Deb Bieging | 46.7% | 13,325 | |
| Republican | Jayme Ryan Schulner | 0% | 1 | |
| - | Scattering | 0.1% | 18 | |
| Total Votes | 28,538 | |||
2010
- See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2010
Larson defeated Democrat C. W. King and Independent Thomas Lange in the November 2 general election. Larson defeated Republicans Tamara Deutsch, Dean Gullickson, James Lewis, Don Moga, and Marv Prestrud in the primary election. [3]
| Wisconsin State Assembly, District 67 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Tom Larson (R)
|
12,547 | |||
| C. W. King (D) | 6,518 | |||
| Thomas Lange (I) | 969 | |||
| Wisconsin State Assembly, District 67 Republican Primary (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Tom Larson (R)
|
1,631 | 30.08% | ||
| Don Moga (R) | 1,171 | 21.6% | ||
| Dean S. Bullickson (R) | 880 | 16.23% | ||
| Marv Prestrud (R) | 832 | 15.34% | ||
| James C. Lewis (R) | 548 | 10.11% | ||
| Tamara Marie Deutsch (R) | 359 | 6.62% | ||
Campaign themes
Larson, in this video cites jobs, taxes and economy as the most important issues.[4]
Campaign donors
In Wisconsin, there is a $500 campaign contribution limit for donations to partisan Assembly candidates.[5]
2012
Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.
2010
In 2010, when Larson first won election to the State Assembly, he collected $107,051 in donations.[6]
His largest contributors in 2010 were:
| Donor | Amount |
|---|---|
| Thomas Larson | $18,115 |
| Wisconsin Realtors Association | $1,000 |
| Associated Builders & Contractors of Wisconsin | $500 |
| Wisconsin Health & Hospital Association | $500 |
| Tavern League of Wisconsin | $500 |
| Verizon | $500 |
| Alliant Energy | $500 |
| 13 individual donors | $500 each |
Personal
Larson is married and has three children.
Recent news
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Tom Larson News Feed
- Saturday State News Briefs: Memorial Day weekend travel predicted down from ... - Pierce County Herald
- Onity Energy Management Solutions Save Energy/Reduce Cost for Wisconsin ... - Hospitality Net (press release)
- Venture capital bill stalls; dispute surfaces on whether biotech firms should ... - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Budget panel votes to clamp down on retirees - The Sheboygan Press
- Legislators back broad Scott Walker authority to sell state property - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- ANC of Wisconsin Commemorates 98th Anniversary of Genocide - Armenian Weekly
- Plenty of Horne - urbanmilwaukee
- Wisconsin budget gets $500M boost - WEAU
- Capitol Update : Bush Library dedication was inspiring - Agri-View
- Masai Ujiri Named 2013 NBA Executive Of The Year - Huffington Post
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External links
- Tom Larson on the Wisconsin State Assembly website
- Biography on Project Vote Smart
- Campaign website
- Campaign contributions: 2010
- Larson on Facebook
References
- ↑ Campaign website
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates on Ballot by Election - 2012 Partisan Primary 8/14/2012," retrieved June 12, 2012
- ↑ Official GAB primary results
- ↑ Madison.com, Tom Larson
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board "Contribution Limits"
- ↑ Follow the Money.org, Tom Larson candidate summary, Retrieved June 22, 2011
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