CQ Risk Rating: Safe Republican 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
|
| Mark Green (R) | 211,388 | 75% |
| Dean Reich (D) | 71,575 | 25% |
| write-ins | 331 | 0% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 |
|
| | Votes | Percentage | | Democratic |
| Dean Reich | 30,792 | 100% |
| write-ins | 103 | 0% |
| | Libertarian |
| write-in | 1 | 100% |
| | Republican |
| Mark Green | 63,726 | 100% |
| write-ins | 95 | 0% |
| | Wisconsin Greens |
| write-in | 1 | 100% |
Source: Congressional Quarterly. To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com
Major Industry | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
WISCONSIN 2
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Northeast - Green Bay; Appleton
The emotional heart of Wisconsin beats in the 8th at the southern end of
a bay - Green Bay. The Green Bay Packers football team has focused
international attention on the region and pulled in millions of dollars. But
it's the paper industry along Green Bay and Appleton - the Fox River Valley
- that solidifies the area as blue-collar.
The sparsely populated northwest holds the state's largest tracks of
forests, supplying the local paper industry. Nature-loving tourists and
vacation homeowners flock to the hundreds of lakes nearby in Vilas County.
But the wealthiest residents head for Wisconsin's northeast peninsula - Door
County, which is rich with apple orchards and second homes.
The 8th is a swing district and in 1998 saw a Republican congressman
elected after a one-term Democrat. Republicans dominate except in a densely
populated blue-collar pocket centered in Green Bay. In the north, the GOP
taps into a traditional small government attitude. To the south, with the
exception of the Appleton region, the Fox River Valley favors conservative
Democrats. Historically, Appleton has welcomed right-wing sympathizers and
is the home of the conservative John Birch Society and the late GOP Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy.
Major Industry
Casinos, paper products, health care
Population
543,526 (1990)
Cities
Green Bay, 102,076 (1996); Appleton (pt.), 59,422 (1990); De Pere, 19,116
(1996)
People
45% urban, 44% rural; 14% age 65+ (ranks fourth of nine in state; top third
nationally); 62% married couples, 30% married couples with children; 15%
college educated (ranks sixth of nine in state; bottom third nationally);
49% white collar (ranks fifth of nine in state; bottom third nationally),
32% blue collar (ranks third of nine in state; top third nationally) (1990)
Race
96% white, 0% black, 1% Asian; 1% Hispanic origin (1990)
Median Household Income
$28,169 (ranks fifth of nine in state; middle third nationally) (1990)
Unusual Features
Seven of 11 Indian reservations in Wisconsin; More than 50-year wait for
season tickets to the Packers.
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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