Peter Theron

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Peter Theron

Republican Party

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Last election

November 3, 2020

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Peter Theron (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Theron was a 2016 and 2014 Republican candidate for the same seat.

Elections

2020

See also: Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 2

Incumbent Mark Pocan defeated Peter Theron in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Pocan (D)	69.7	318,523
		Peter Theron (R)	30.3	138,306
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	376

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 457,205
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Bradley Burt (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 2

Incumbent Mark Pocan advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 2 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Pocan	99.6	120,353
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	488

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 120,841
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 2

Peter Theron advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 2 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter Theron	99.7	18,812
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	50

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,862
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jeffery Heller (R)

2016

See also: Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Mark Pocan (D) defeated Peter Theron (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Neither candidate faced a primary opponent in August.

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 2 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mark Pocan Incumbent	68.8%	273,537
	Republican	Peter Theron	31.2%	124,044
Total Votes				397,581
Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission

Campaign themes

2020

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2016

The following issues were listed on Theron's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Energy Agenda: The road to energy independence; Drill in America, pipeline in America, refine in America, research energy options in America, and export to the world. Government Policies Agenda: Two important government policies need to change in the next Congress: federal spending and excessive regulations. The federal government takes too much of America’s national earnings, retarding both the economy and job-creation. Excessive regulation of businesses, bureaucratic processes moving at a snail’s pace, and unnecessary regulations have slowed America’s business development, made it too expensive to expand, and have allowed other nations to catch up to us. Military Agenda: We must rebuild our military, defeat terrrorism, and foster democracy. As every child in the schoolyard knows, strength does not provoke bullies, weakness does. No one hassles the captain of the football team. Health Care Agenda: Obamacare is an awful law, marketed with untruths, ruining our health-care. It must be replaced. We need to repeal Obamacare and start over. Only complete repeal will stop this bleeding. Foreign Policy Agenda: America has lost the respect of much of the world. We left Iraq without America military forces in reserve to guarantee stability. We are doing the same thing in Afghanistan. We designated a “red line” concerning weapons of mass destruction, weaponized poison-gas, in Syria and failed to act after their use. Much of our military strength is at pre-World War I levels. We must say what we mean and mean what we say. When we threaten consequences, there must be consequences.	”
—Peter Theron's campaign website, http://www.theronforcongress.com/renewamerica.html

2014

See also: Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014

Theron ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Wisconsin's 2nd District. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary. Peter Theron lost the general election on November 4, 2014.

Election results

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 2 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mark Pocan Incumbent	68.4%	224,920
	Republican	Peter Theron	31.5%	103,619
	N/A	Scattering	0.1%	308
Total Votes				328,847
Source: Wisconsin Government Accountability Board

Campaign finance summary

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Peter Theron campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2020	U.S. House Wisconsin District 2	Lost general	$47,898	$46,122
Grand total			$47,898	$46,122
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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Footnotes

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Wisconsin's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Tammy Baldwin (D)

Ronald Johnson (R)

Representatives

District 1

Bryan Steil (R)

District 2

Mark Pocan (D)

District 3

Derrick Van Orden (R)

District 4

Gwen Moore (D)

District 5

Scott Fitzgerald (R)

District 6

Glenn Grothman (R)

District 7

Tom Tiffany (R)

District 8

Tony Wied (R)

Republican Party (7)

Democratic Party (3)