Eric Wimberger

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Eric Wimberger
Image of Eric Wimberger
Wisconsin State Senate District 2
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

0

Predecessor
Prior offices
Wisconsin State Senate District 30
Successor: Jamie Wall
Predecessor: Dave Hansen

Compensation

Base salary

$57,408/year

Per diem

$140/day for senators who reside outside of Dane County; $70/day for Dane County senators

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Law

Marquette University Law School

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Marine Corps

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Eric Wimberger (Republican Party) is a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing District 2. He assumed office on January 6, 2025. His current term ends on January 3, 2029.

Wimberger (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Wisconsin State Senate to represent District 2. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Eric Wimberger was born in DePere, Wisconsin, and lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Wimberger served in the U.S. Marine Corps and reached the rank of captain. He earned a degree in criminal justice from St. Cloud State University and a law degree from Marquette University.[1] Wimberger's career experience includes working as an attorney and owning a business.[1][2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Wimberger was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Wimberger was assigned to the following committees:

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Elections

2024

See also: Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Senate District 2

Incumbent Eric Wimberger defeated Kelly Peterson in the general election for Wisconsin State Senate District 2 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eric Wimberger
Eric Wimberger (R)
 
64.5
 
67,979
Kelly Peterson (D)
 
35.5
 
37,430
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
50

Total votes: 105,459
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 2

Kelly Peterson advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 2 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Kelly Peterson
 
100.0
 
11,096
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
2

Total votes: 11,098
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 2

Incumbent Eric Wimberger advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 2 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eric Wimberger
Eric Wimberger
 
99.7
 
21,204
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
65

Total votes: 21,269
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2020

See also: Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Senate District 30

Eric Wimberger defeated Jonathon Hansen in the general election for Wisconsin State Senate District 30 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eric Wimberger
Eric Wimberger (R)
 
54.7
 
47,948
Image of Jonathon Hansen
Jonathon Hansen (D) Candidate Connection
 
45.3
 
39,711
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
74

Total votes: 87,733
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 30

Jonathon Hansen defeated Sandra Ewald in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 30 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jonathon Hansen
Jonathon Hansen Candidate Connection
 
62.4
 
8,390
Sandra Ewald
 
37.6
 
5,055
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
7

Total votes: 13,452
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 30

Eric Wimberger advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Senate District 30 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eric Wimberger
Eric Wimberger
 
99.8
 
10,785
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
20

Total votes: 10,805
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign finance

2016

See also: Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Wisconsin State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.

Incumbent Dave Hansen defeated Eric Wimberger in the Wisconsin State Senate District 30 general election.[3][4]

Wisconsin State Senate, District 30 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dave Hansen Incumbent 51.30% 40,214
     Republican Eric Wimberger 48.70% 38,175
Total Votes 78,389
Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission


Incumbent Dave Hansen ran unopposed in the Wisconsin State Senate District 30 Democratic primary.[5][6]

Wisconsin State Senate, District 30 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dave Hansen Incumbent (unopposed)


Eric Wimberger ran unopposed in the Wisconsin State Senate District 30 Republican primary.[5][6]

Wisconsin State Senate, District 30 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Eric Wimberger  (unopposed)

This candidate ran in one of Ballotpedia's races to watch in 2016. Read more »

2014

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 12, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Incumbent Eric Genrich was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Eric Wimberger was unopposed in the Republican primary. Shae Sortwell ran as a Serving Liberty and the People Party candidate. Genrich, Wimberger and Sortwell faced off in the general election.[7][8] Incumbent Genrich defeated both challengers, and was re-elected for another term.[9]


Wisconsin State Assembly, District 90 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngEric Genrich Incumbent 55% 7,953
     Republican Eric Wimberger 36.9% 5,342
     Independent Shae Sortwell 8.1% 1,164
Total Votes 14,459

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Eric Wimberger did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2014

Wimberger's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[10]

Economic Development and Jobs

  • Excerpt: "Wisconsin culture is ambitious and hard working. Government should enable this culture, not suppress or replace it with a bureaucratic monopoly. Taxes and regulation compliance are some of the largest costs to new and small businesses. In order for people to realize their ambitions and improve themselves and the economy, such costs need to be as low as possible. If we want people to succeed, they need to be able to get the fruits of their labor."

Education

  • Excerpt: "I am in favor of vouchers to provide opportunities for those who feel like their present school system is failing them. While I have a high regard for public schools in Green Bay and their abilities to provide education, a voucher system puts such judgments about who should educate children where it should be- with the parents."

Infrastructure

  • Excerpt: "Presently, department leaders propose a future budget that is about $2 billion beyond what is currently budgeted. I believe that any budget baseline should be $0. In other words, what last year's budget is in comparison to any proposal for the future is irrelevant. We should look at what is needed each year and decide what to fund, whether that is an increase or decrease in funding from the year earlier. However, there is no need to raise any tax to maintain good infrastructure at this time, as natural growth in the economy and reduction in bureaucratic inefficiencies will account for needs."

2Nd Amendment Rights

  • Excerpt: "The right for citizens to own firearms is of the most important rights, since firearms are the only true way for a population at large to deter oppression from within. Foreign powers are also deterred from invading as they would be mired in an impossible rebellion if they managed to defeat our armed forces."

Campaign finance summary


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Eric Wimberger campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Wisconsin State Senate District 2Won general$214,690 $215,358
2020Wisconsin State Senate District 30Won general$802,190 N/A**
Grand total$1,016,879 $215,358
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2024


2023


2022


2021





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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Robert Cowles (R)
Wisconsin State Senate District 2
2025-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
Dave Hansen (D)
Wisconsin State Senate District 30
2021-2025
Succeeded by
Jamie Wall (D)


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