Dennis Fehr

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Dennis Fehr was a Peoples Party candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in the 2014 elections. Dennis Fehr lost the general election on November 4, 2014.

Elections

2014

See also: Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 2014

Fehr ran for election to the office of Governor of Wisconsin. Fehr sought the Peoples Party nomination in the primary on August 12. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.

In August 2014, Fehr briefly teamed up with former Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, Mary Jo Walters. Walters joined Fehr's Peoples Party ticket as a write-in candidate for lieutenant governor but left the ticket to start her own gubernatorial campaign soon after.

Results

General election

Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Scott Walker/Rebecca Kleefisch Incumbent	52.3%	1,259,706
	Democrat	Mary Burke/John Lehman	46.6%	1,122,913
	Libertarian	Robert Burke/Joseph Brost	0.8%	18,720
	Independent	Dennis Fehr	0.3%	7,530
	Nonpartisan	Scattering	0.1%	1,248
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0%	200
Total Votes				2,410,317
Election results via Wisconsin Government Accountability Board

Race background

November 2014 marked incumbent Governor Scott Walker's third election in four years. He first won in the 2010 elections, and he faced a high-profile recall election in 2012. Walker, a Republican, defeated the same Democratic opponent, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, by a similar margin in both elections. In 2014, Walker's main Democratic challenger was Mary Burke, a former business executive and current member of the school board in Madison.

2012 recall

See also: Scott Walker recall, Wisconsin (2012)

Democrats targeted Walker for recall due to his efforts to limit the collective bargaining rights of public employee unions through Wisconsin Assembly Bill 11, the "Scott Walker Budget Repair Bill", which the governor introduced in February 2011. The bill was met with protests. Walker was the only governor to have survived a recall and only the third governor to face a recall election in U.S. history.

Common Core

See also: Common Core State Standards Initiative

The issue of Common Core also surfaced in this race. Walker, a former supporter of the education standards, said that he sought to change how Common Core was implemented in Wisconsin. Burke publicly supported Common Core.

State of the race

Polling in October 2014 indicated a close race with few undecided voters. As of July 2014, The Cook Political Report rated this race as a toss-up.

Libertarian Robert Burke and Peoples Party candidate Dennis Fehr were identified as potential variables in this toss-up race, though their vote totals did not contribute to the outcome of the race. Burke, a former Republican, said that he could "mess things up for both sides." Fehr was the founder and sole candidate of the Peoples Party, not to be confused with the People's Party.

Primary races

Both Walker and Mary Burke faced primary challengers but won their respective parties' nominations. Walker's only opponent, Steve Evans, ran as a write-in candidate, while Burke was endorsed by the Wisconsin Democratic Party's Administrative Committee over her opponent, State Assemblyman Brett Hulsey.

Campaign finance summary

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Dennis Fehr campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2014	Governor of Wisconsin	Lost	$6,675	N/A**
Grand total			$6,675	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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See also

• Governor of Wisconsin
• Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 2014

External links

Suggest a link

• Candidate's Linkedin
• Dennis Fehr for Wisconsin Governor 2014 website