Kerry Trask
Kerry Trask (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Wisconsin State Assembly to represent District 25. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Trask was a Democratic candidate for District 25 of the Wisconsin State Assembly. The primary election was on September 14, 2010, and the general election was on November 2, 2010.[1]
Biography
Trask is a history professor at the University of Wisconsin - Manitowoc, and History Department Chair of the 13 UW colleges. He holds a Ph.D in history from the University of Minnesota.
Elections
2020
See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 25
Incumbent Paul Tittl defeated Kerry Trask in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 25 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Paul Tittl (R) | 64.6 | 19,593 |
| Kerry Trask (D) | 35.3 | 10,703 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 30,314 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 25
Kerry Trask advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 25 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kerry Trask | 99.8 | 2,903 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 2,909 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 25
Incumbent Paul Tittl advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 25 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paul Tittl | 99.7 | 3,085 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 3,095 | |||
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Campaign finance
2010
- See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2010
Trask ran in the 2010 election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 25. Trask was defeated by Independent candidate Robert Ziegelbauer in the general election on November 2, 2010. Trask was unopposed in the Democratic primary election on September 14, 2010.[2][3]
| Wisconsin State Assembly, District 25 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
 Robert Ziegelbauer (I)
|
9,702 | |||
| Kerry Trask (D) | 6,459 | |||
| Andrew Wisniewski (R) | 3,325 | |||
| Wisconsin State Assembly, District 25 Democratic primary (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Kerry A. Trask (D)
|
1,529 | 99.8% | ||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kerry Trask did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Noteworthy events
Trask was endorsed by the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME). His Republican opponent, Andrew Wisniewski drew criticism from the local GOP for running as a Republican.[4] His nomination papers were delivered by Jason Sidener, a political action representative for AFSCME. The union traditionally nominated Democrats. AFSCME did not endorse the incumbent, Independent Robert Ziegelbauer. Sidener defended the nomination of Wisniewski as a Republican candidate by saying "It is in our interest to see that Bob (Ziegelbauer) is defeated and having opponents from both parties helps that." [5]
The Republicans challenged the validity of all signatures on the nomination papers; however, election regulators on the Government Accountability Board put Wisniewski's name back on the ballot "after 11 nomination signatures originally misplaced were found, which put him over the 200 needed to qualify."[4]
Issues
2010
Trask's website outlined three values important to his campaign:
- Fairness
- Freedom
- Responsibility[6]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Biography on Project Vote Smart
- Trask on LinkedIn
- Trask on Facebook
- Trask on Twitter
- List of candidates certified for the November 2, 2010 general election in Wisconsin
Footnotes
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, List of Candidates for Wisconsin State Assembly in the November 2, 2010 election
- ↑ JSOnline, "Fall 2010 general election results," November 2, 2010
- ↑ Government Accountability Board, Primary Election Results
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Green Bay pressgazette.com, "Wisconsin Assembly candidate Andrew Wisniewski put back on ballot," July 25, 2010
- ↑ RedState, "AFSCME Goes Ugly in Wisconsin: Picks a GOP Trojan Horse," July 17, 2010
- ↑ Campaign website
