CQ Risk Rating: Safe Republican 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
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| F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R) | 239,498 | 74% |
| Mike Clawson (D) | 83,720 | 26% |
| write-ins | 237 | 0% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 |
|
| | Votes | Percentage | | Democratic |
| Mike Clawson | 6,949 | 100% |
| write-ins | 4 | 0% |
| | Republican |
| F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. | 20,295 | 100% |
| write-ins | 70 | 0% |
Source: Congressional Quarterly. To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com
Major Industry | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
WISCONSIN 9
:
Milwaukee suburbs; part of Waukesha County; Sheboygan
Wisconsin's most suburban and well-to-do district, the 9th attracts
middle managers moving out of Milwaukee County and those transferred into
the state. Rising property values have provided lifelong dairy farmers with
retirement nest eggs as they sell land to housing developers. Where dairy
once dominated, a suburban ring has formed along Ozaukee County, West Bend
and northern Waukesha County.
A growing manufacturing base, led by the expanding Quad Graphics Inc.
printing magnate, attracts blue-collar workers to the area. Further west in
Dodge and Jefferson counties, small towns and dairy farms dominate but are
being encroached upon by suburban sprawl.
Republicans hold a firm grip on the 9th, where Democratic presidential
candidates have failed to muster 40 percent of the vote since before 1980.
With the highest median income in the state and a religious fervor, the 9th
votes conservatively on pocketbook issues and prefers its lawmakers to
concur with the Christian Coalition. The strongest concentrations of
Democrats are in 4th District spill-over cities like Waukesha, Muskego and
New Berlin in the southeast.
Major Industry
Printing, manufacturing, agriculture
Population
543,602 (1990)
Cities
Sheboygan, 49,987; Brookfield, 37,729; Menomonee Falls, 30,395 (1996)
People
38% urban, 36% rural; 12% age 65+ (ranks eighth of nine in state; middle
third nationally); 69% married couples, 33% married couples with children;
21% college educated (ranks third of nine in state; middle third
nationally); 54% white collar (ranks fourth of nine in state; middle third
nationally), 32% blue collar (ranks third of nine in state; top third
nationally) (1990)
Race
98% white, 0% black, 1% Asian; 1% Hispanic origin (1990)
Median Household Income
$37,579 (ranks first of nine in state; top third nationally) (1990)
Unusual Features
Waubeka, the birthplace of Flag Day; Sheboygan considered the bratwurst
capital of the world.
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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