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Jeffrey Plale
Jeffrey Plale (b. May 31, 1968) was a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Senate. He represented District 7 from 2003 to 2010. Prior to that, he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1996 to 2003 and as a South Milwaukee alderman from 1993 to 1996.
Plale passed away after an extended illness on July 2, 2022.[1]
Biography
Plale's professional experience included shareholder operations specialist for Strong Capital Management and former investment agent.
Plale earned a B.A. and M.A. in communications/public relations from Marquette University.[2]
Committee assignments
Sen. Plale served on these legislative committees for the 2009-2010 session:[3]
- Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail Committee, Wisconsin Senate, Chair
- Agriculture and Higher Education Committee, Wisconsin Senate
- Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection Committee, Wisconsin Senate
- Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources Committee, Wisconsin Senate
- Special Committee on Differences in Laws Applicable to Cities and Villages
- Select Committee on Clean energy, Co-Chair
Elections
2010
- See also: Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2010
Plale ran for re-election to District 7. He was defeated by his opponent Chris Larson in the September 14, 2010,primary election. [4]
Across the country in 2010, state senate elections were held in 43 states. 1,167 state senate seats were at stake. In all 1,167 state senate districts with an election in 2010, only 19 challengers (12 Democrats and 7 Republicans) defeated an incumbent state senator. Larson was one of the 12 Democratic challengers who defeated an incumbent Democratic state senator.
| Wisconsin Senate, District 7 Democratic Primary (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
 Chris Larson (D)
|
7,962 | 60.61% | ||
| Jeff Plale (D) (incumbent) | 5,148 | 39.19 % | ||
2006
On November 7, 2006, Jeffrey Plale won re-election to the Wisconsin State Senate, District 7.[5]
Jeffrey Plale raised $92,889 for his campaign, while Dimity Grabowski raised $57,450. and Claude Vanderveen raised $5,570.[6]
| Wisconsin State Senate, District 7 (2006) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Jeffrey Plale (D)
|
41,502 | |||
| Dimity Grabowski (R) | 21,104 | |||
| Claude Vanderveen (G) | 3,564 | |||
Sponsored legislation
Recent legislation sponsored by Sen. Plale includes:[7][8]
- A bill prohibiting the slaughter of horses for human consumption[9]
- A bill encouraging government purchases from Wisconsin businesses[10]
Campaign finance summary
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Noteworthy events
Employee contracts
Gov. Jim Doyle's administration negotiated the public employee contracts and it hit a snag in the state legislature in mid-December 2010.
The Wisconsin Senate was deadlocked 16-16 on the series of public employee contracts the chamber considered. Democratic state Sens. Russ Decker and Plale joined Republican state senators in opposition.
"It wasn't a party-line vote," Decker said.
Decker was a member of the Bricklayers International Union. He voted for the slate of union contracts in a joint legislative committee. He was stripped of his majority leader title in a closed-door meeting, following the first deadlocked vote.
When the Senate returned to vote by the same count on each of the remaining contracts, state Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, took the role of majority leader.
"I'm extremely surprised," said state Rep. Peter Barca, D-Kenosha. "Never in a million years would you that the majority leader, who's been telling people for two weeks that they (the Senate) had the votes and they were moving forward, would be the one to actually kill (the series of contracts)," Barca said.[11]
External links
Personal
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Plale and his wife, Elizabeth, had two children; Joey and Jack.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Jeff Plale, a former Democratic state legislator who went on to serve in a Republican administration, dies at age 54," updated July 6, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Project Vote Smart - Senator Plale
- ↑ Plale committee assignments
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Official 2010 Primary election results," accessed April 25, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Official 2006 General election results," accessed April 25, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money 2006
- ↑ Legislation authored by Sen. Plale
- ↑ Sen. Plale on State Surge
- ↑ Bill 142
- ↑ Assembly Bill 1
- ↑ "Legislature Stalls on Doyle-backed Contracts," Watchdog.org, December 15, 2010
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by ' |
Wisconsin State Senate District 7 2003–2010 |
Succeeded by Chris Larson (D) |
