John Gard ran for both 8th congressional district elections, loosing both times to Mr. Steven L. Kagen. In 2006, it was 51% to 49%. Steven Kagen had 141, 598 whilst John Gard ran short with only 134,990. Steven Kagen then took the place of former Rep. Mark Green. In 2008, Steven Kagen ran again along with John Gard, beating Gard again with a numerous votes. Steven Kagen ran in the lead with 193,261 whilst John Gard only had 164,561 votes. Gard was the Republican nominee but was defeated by Steven both times. Wisconsin’s eighth congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is located in northeastern Wisconsin which is currently led by Steven Kagen, the democrat that beat Gard in both elections in 2006 and 2007. The same election took place in 2004, with Republican George W. Bush (former president of the United States) when the republican won by 55% of the votes. Then in 2008, Democrat Barack Obama- current president of the United States- took 53.6% of the votes. In 2006, the election took place with Gard- republican- beating Terri McCormick who was the State Rep.
Being apart of the Wisconsin State Assembly had its ups and downs for John Gard. It had a limited number of members to between around fifty- four and a hundred members. Currently, beginning this year- 2010- the Democratic Party controlled the assembly by a margin of 52-46-1. The assembly is situated in the west wing of the lovely Wisconsin State capital building which is in Madison. Wisconsin. The party included a large variety of republican and democratic views throughout its run, however the majority is controlled demcratically.
the Assembly officers are as followed for the years of 2009 to 2010:
Speaker Pro Tempore: Tony Staskunas
Minority Leader: Jeff Fitzgerald
Speaker: Michael J. Sheridan
Majority Leader: Tom Nelson
Assistant Majority Leader: Donna Seidel
Sergeant at Arms: William Nagy
Assistant Minority Leader: Mark Gottlieb
Majority Caucus Chair: Peter Barca
Minority Caucus Chair: Scott Suder
Chief Clerk: Patrick Fuller