Bill Thompkins
Bill Thompkins was a 2014 Restoring Power and Responsibility Party candidate for District 21 of the Wisconsin State Senate.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
Thompkins' campaign website highlighted the following issues:[2]
Leadership/Government
- Excerpt: "Everything rise and falls with leadership setting the tone for beginnings, maintaining a forward momentum and carrying it out each objective to completion."
Collaboration
- Excerpt: "Restoration of an individual or a community cannot be done alone; “It takes a Village”. This village includes government, the entrepreneurial community, educational and faith based communities."
Education
- Excerpt: "Education is more than our schools; it is the foundation that stimulates the growth and hope of our communities. 'The purpose of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character is the goal of true education' -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."
Commitment
- Excerpt: "The People as well as the Organizations within that respective community must accept and be in agreement with the overall goals and vision. It is my firm belief that the vision must be made simple so that the goal is not only achieved but understood."
Environmental Sustainability
- Excerpt: "Our land must be preserved and enriched for future generations, it is a sacred duty."
Elections
2014
- See also: Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for 17 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate 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. Randy Bryce ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Van Wanggaard defeated Jonathan Steitz in the Republican primary. Bill Thompkins ran as a write-in candidate for the Restoring Power and Responsibility Party in the general election. Wanggaard defeated Bryce and Thompkins in the general election.[3][4][1][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Van Wanggaard |
61.5% | 44,967 | |
| Democratic | Randy Bryce | 38.4% | 28,106 | |
| Restoring Power and Responsibility | Bill Thompkins | 0% | 34 | |
| Total Votes | 73,107 | |||
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for "Bill + Thompkins + Wisconsin + Senate"
- All stories may not be relevant to this legislator due to the nature of the search engine.
See also
- Wisconsin State Legislature
- Wisconsin state legislative districts
- Wisconsin State Senate
- Wisconsin State Senate elections, 2014
External links
- Official campaign website
- Bill Thompkins on Facebook
- Profile from Wisconsin Vote
- Candidate Video on YouTube
- Wisconsin State Legislature
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates Registered by Office," June 11, 2014
- ↑ Bill Thompkins for Senate, "Vision for the 21St District," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, "Wisconsin 2014 fall primary election results," accessed August 12, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "2014 Partisan Primary Candidates," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Canvass Results for 2014 General Election," December 1, 2014
