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==Recent News==
''Ripon Advance ''reports in August 2013 that Rep. Petri took a proactive approach to rescue the [[Highway Trust Fund]] from insolvency in the future. At a subcommittee hearing, Petri said 2008 marked the first time that the trust fund had insufficient financial resources to meet obligations. As a result, [[Congress]] authorized an $8 billion cash infusion from the General Fund of the Treasury into the Highway Trust Fund. By the end of 2014, $54 billion will have been transferred into the trust fund to maintain its solvency.<ref>[http://riponadvance.com/news/with-insolvency-down-the-road-petri-takes-action-now-to-shore-up-highway-trust-fund/ "Petri takes action to shore up Highway Trust Fund"], ''Ripon Advance'', August 5, 2013.</ref>
==Electoral history==
==Electoral history==
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Tom Petri
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 6th district
Assumed office
April 3, 1979
Preceded byBill Steiger
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 2nd district
In office
1973–1979
Preceded byMyron P. Lotto
Succeeded byDon Hanaway
Personal details
Born (1940-05-28) May 28, 1940 (age 84)
Marinette, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAnne Neal Petri
ResidenceFond du Lac, Wisconsin
Alma materHarvard University
Harvard Law School
OccupationAttorney

Thomas Evert Petri (born May 28, 1940) is the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, serving since 1979. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes most of the east-central part of the state.

Early life, education, and early career

Born in Marinette, Wisconsin, he graduated from Goodrich High School in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Petri then attended Harvard University, where he received his bachelors of arts and law degrees. He served as a volunteer with the Peace Corps.[1]

Early political career

Wisconsin Senate

Petri served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1973 to 1979.[2]

1974 U.S. Senate election

See also: United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1974

Petri ran for the U.S. Senate in 1974. He won the Republican primary with 85% of the vote.[3] In the general election, incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson defeated Petri 62%-36%. Petri only won five counties in the state.[4][5] In 1977-78, Petri made a run for governor for Wisconsin, but lost his party's convention nomination to Bob Kasten in 1978. Kasten lost the Republican primary to Lee Sherman Dreyfus, who won the general election over incumbent Marty Schreiber.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

In 1979, he won a special election to finish the term of the late U.S. Congressman William A. Steiger, who had died shortly after being re-elected in 1978. He won the seat in his own right in 1980 and has been reelected 16 times. He has only won re-election with less than 64% once, in 1992. That year, he defeated State Representative Peg Lautenschlager 53% to 47%. He won ten of the district's thirteen counties. He lost Manitowoc, Brown, and Outagamie counties.[6] He has run unopposed in 1990, 1994, 2002, and 2006. He faced no major-party opposition in 1986 and 1998.

Tenure

Petri is a member of The Republican Main Street Partnership and supports stem-cell research, although he generally opposes abortion. Although he also has called for a moratorium on the death penalty, he has voted against other restrictions on it.[7] Petri is also associated with the liberal Republican conference The Tuesday Group and received a $10,000 contribution from The Tuesday Group in 2008 [8] as well as a $5,000 contribution so far in the current cycle.[9]

Petri has been viewed as a political centrist as he frequently parts company with his party on major issues and has a steady track record of working with liberal Democrats to craft legislation.[10]

Petri's three largest contributors in the 2012 campaign cycle are labor unions,[9] and Petri has often voted with labor unions on closely contested issues. Petri has repeatedly voted for Project Labor Agreements,[11] and twice cast a deciding vote to allow the use of PLAs in government contracts.[12][13][14] Petri also voted to permit the use of taxpayer funds to comply with the Davis-Bacon Act,[15] voted to use federal funds for collective bargaining by the Transportation Security Administration,[16] and voted in favor of $233 million dollars in taxpayer funding for the National Labor Relations Board.[17]

In 1994, Petri introduced H.R. 4469, titled "The Multicare Act of 1994", which would have greatly expanded the government's role in healthcare. This bill would have established federally funded government-run health insurance programs, and would have authorized states to require an individual to purchase insurance from one of these government-run insurance plans. [18] Petri continued to push for the passage of Multicare until 2004. [19]

In 2005, Petri voted to fund the "bridge to nowhere,"[20] and voted to prevent the drilling for oil in ANWR.[21]

On November 2, 2005, Petri voted against the Online Freedom of Speech Act.[22]

On January 18, 2007 Petri voted in favor of HR 6, which made it more difficult to obtain a lease to drill for oil domestically. [23]

On August 1, 2011, Petri voted for the Budget Control Act of 2011 which raised the nation's debt limit and included the creation of the "super committee" that was empowered to produce legislation that would be immune from amendments or filibuster.[24]

In 2011, Petri sponsored an amendment to allow Michigan based Badger Ferry to dump more than 500 tons of coal ash a year into Lake Michigan,[25] after having received $14,751 in campaign donations from executives of Lake Michigan Carferry,[26][27] the owner of Badger Ferry.

In 2012, Petri inroduced H.R. 4148, titled "Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Parkway National Heritage Area Act of 2012", which would place 1,444 square miles of land in Wisconsin under the control of the federal government. [28]

Petri endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2008 GOP presidential primary.[29] Petri subsequently endorsed John McCain in the 2008 presidential election.

Petri was honored by U.S. English, Inc. in May 2008 for his votes and co-sponsorships of official English legislation in the 110th Congress.[30] Petri had previously sponsored legislation declaring English as an official language in 1999.[7]

In 2005, Petri introduced the Direct Loan Reward Act,[31] and in 2006 introduced the Student Aid Reward (STAR) Act.[32]

Committee assignments

Caucus Membership
  • Congressional Arts Caucus

Recent News

Ripon Advance reports in August 2013 that Rep. Petri took a proactive approach to rescue the Highway Trust Fund from insolvency in the future. At a subcommittee hearing, Petri said 2008 marked the first time that the trust fund had insufficient financial resources to meet obligations. As a result, Congress authorized an $8 billion cash infusion from the General Fund of the Treasury into the Highway Trust Fund. By the end of 2014, $54 billion will have been transferred into the trust fund to maintain its solvency.[33]

Electoral history

Wisconsin's 6th congressional district: Results 1980–2012[34][35][36][37]
Year Republican Votes % Democratic Votes % Third Party Party Votes % Third Party Party Votes %
1979 Tom Petri 71,715 50% Gary R. Goyke 70,492 50%
1980 Tom Petri 129,574 57% Gary R. Goyke 98,628 43%
1982 Tom Petri 111,348 65% Gordon Loeher 59,922 35%
1984 Tom Petri 170,271 76% David Iaquinta 54,266 24%
1986 Tom Petri 124,328 97% No candidate John Daggett Independent 4,268 3%
1988 Tom Petri 165,923 74% Joseph Garrett 57,552 26%
1990 Tom Petri 111,036 100% No candidate
1992 Tom Petri 143,875 53% Peggy Lautenschlager 128,232 47%
1994 Tom Petri 119,384 99% No candidate Scattering 603 1%
1996 Tom Petri 169,213 73% Floyd Brenholt 55,377 24% James Dean Libertarian 4,494 2% Timothy Farness U.S. Taxpayers 2,532 1%
1998 Tom Petri 144,144 93% No candidate Timothy Farness U.S. Taxpayers 11,267 7%
2000 Tom Petri 179,205 65% Dan Flaherty 96,125 35%
2002 Tom Petri 169,834 99% No candidate Scattering 1,327 1%
2004 Tom Petri 238,620 67% Jef Hall 107,209 30% Carol Rittenhouse Green 10,018 3%
2006 Tom Petri 201,367 99% No candidate Scattering 2,190 1%
2008 Tom Petri 221,875 64% Roger Kittelson 126,090 36%
2010 Tom Petri 183,271 71% Joe Kallas 75,926 29%
2012 Tom Petri 223,460 62% Joe Kallas 135,921 38%

References

  1. ^ Thomas Petri, Wisconsin Historical Society
  2. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1979-1980, Biographical Sketch of Thomas Petri, pg. 15
  3. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=336237
  4. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6359
  5. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1975,' pg. 779, 815
  6. ^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28468
  7. ^ a b "Tom Petri on the Issues". OnTheIssues.org. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  8. ^ Tuesday Group PAC Expenditures OpenSecrets.org. Accessed January 20, 2012
  9. ^ a b Top 20 Contributors - Representative Tom Petri 2011 - 2012 OpenSecrets.org. Accessed January 17, 2012
  10. ^ Nichols, John (2006-12-19). "Congressman Tom Petri ought to consider making a party switch from Republican to Democrat". Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  11. ^ FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 396 House Clerk. June 3, 2011. Accessed January 14, 2012
  12. ^ FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 126 House Clerk. February 19, 2011. Accessed January 14, 2012
  13. ^ FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 413 House Clerk. June 13, 2011. Accessed January 14, 2012
  14. ^ Red State: Dozens of Republicans Vote for Handouts to Big Labor June 14, 2011. Accessed January 14, 2012
  15. ^ FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 395 House Clerk. June 2, 2011. Accessed January 17, 2012
  16. ^ FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 403 House Clerk. June 2, 2011. Accessed January 17, 2012
  17. ^ FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 75 House Clerk. February 17, 2011. Accessed January 17, 2012
  18. ^ H.R. 4469 (103rd): Multicare Act of 1994 GovTrack.us. Accessed June 24, 2012
  19. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20040607185534/http://www.petripeople.org/issues.htm
  20. ^ FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 65 House Clerk. March 10, 2005. Accessed January 14, 2012
  21. ^ FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 122 House Clerk. April 20, 2005. Accessed January 14, 2012
  22. ^ FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 559 House Clerk. November 2, 2005. Accessed January 14, 2012
  23. ^ FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 40 House Clerk. January 18, 2007. Accessed June 27, 2012
  24. ^ FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 690 House Clerk. August 1, 2011. Accessed April 5, 2012
  25. ^ Groups oppose Badger ferry's effort for pollution exemption Bergquest, Lee. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel November 8, 2011. Accessed January 20, 2012
  26. ^ Individuals Who Gave To: PETRI, THOMAS - Whose Last Name Begins With 'A-E' FEC.gov. Accessed January 20, 2012
  27. ^ Individuals Who Gave To: PETRI, THOMAS - Whose Last Name Begins With 'K-O' FEC.gov. Accessed January 20, 2012
  28. ^ H.R. 4148: Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Parkway National Heritage Area Act of 2012 GovTrack.us. Accessed June 24, 2012
  29. ^ "U.S. Representative Tom Petri Endorses Governor Mitt Romney" (Press release). Mitt Romney Campaign. 2007-08-27. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  30. ^ "Rep. Tom Petri recognized for dedication to English language". Fond Du Lac Reporter. 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-07-05. [dead link]
  31. ^ Mathews, Charlie (2005-02-07). "Tom Petri Touted his Direct Loan Reward Act". Herald Times. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  32. ^ "Petri receives education honor". 2007-03-13.
  33. ^ "Petri takes action to shore up Highway Trust Fund", Ripon Advance, August 5, 2013.
  34. ^ "Office of the House Clerk – Electoral Statistics". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  35. ^ "Election Results". Federal Election Commission.
  36. ^ "Wisconsin U.S. House elections 1848-2008" (PDF). University of Minnesota.
  37. ^ "2012 PRESIDENTIAL AND GENERAL ELECTION" (PDF). Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. Retrieved July 2, 2013.

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