Jack Voight

Jack Voight
Jack Voight
32nd Treasurer of Wisconsin
	In office; January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007
Governor	Tommy Thompson; Scott McCallum; Jim Doyle
Preceded by	Cathy Zeuske
Succeeded by	Dawn Marie Sass

Jack C. Voight (born December 17, 1945) is a Wisconsin insurance agent and a former State Treasurer of Wisconsin. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Early life and career

Born and raised in New London, Wisconsin, Voight received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh in 1971.

After serving as an Army sergeant from 1968–70, he moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, where he established an insurance agency. Voight served on the Appleton City Council from 1983–1993, holding the position of council president from 1992 - 1993.

When incumbent Treasurer Cathy Zeuske ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in 1994, Voight ran as the Republican nominee to replace her. He was elected that year, and re-elected in 1998 and 2002.

Voight was defeated for re-election on November 7, 2006, by Democrat Dawn Marie Sass, a former parole officer and AFSCME union activist, then working as a clerk at the department store Boston Store, in what was considered an upset. Voight had defeated Sass in both 1998 and 2002, and Sass said she spent less than $4,000 on the race, most out of her own pocket.[1]

Voight held the position of president of the National Association of State Treasurers in 1997.

In May 2009, Voight announced his interest in seeking the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin in 2010, but instead, the following June, Voight announced he was going to run to replace retiring Outagamie County Executive Toby Paltzer. On April 5, 2011, he was defeated by former Assemblyman and unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor Tom Nelson, by roughly 52% - 48%. Voight blamed the political unrest stemming from Governor Scott Walker's policy drive to eliminate public workers' collective bargaining powers, saying "The labor movement has not only energized the Democratic Party base but a lot of the independents."[2] In 2016, Voight was elected to serve as Outagamie County Treasurer. He resigned in 2017 due to health and medical concerns.[3]

Electoral history

2006 State Treasurer of Wisconsin election[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Dawn Sass	969,115	47.36
Republican	Jack Voight (inc.)	960,467	46.94
Green	Winston Sephus	59,541	2.91
Libertarian	Tim Peterson	57,063	2.79

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References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2006-09-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Bach, Peter. "Tom Nelson edges Jack Voight in Outagamie County Executive race: Nelson edges Voight in tight Outagamie executive race" Appleton Post-Crescent April 6, 2011
"Jack Voight Resignation Letter". Outagamie County, WI. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
"2006 Wisconsin Election Returns". TouchTMJ4.com (WTMJ-TV). Archived from the original on 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2007-01-19.

Preceded by Cathy Zeuske	State Treasurer of Wisconsin 1995–2007	Succeeded by Dawn Marie Sass

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2006-09-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Bach, Peter. "Tom Nelson edges Jack Voight in Outagamie County Executive race: Nelson edges Voight in tight Outagamie executive race" Appleton Post-Crescent April 6, 2011

[3] "Jack Voight Resignation Letter". Outagamie County, WI. Retrieved 11 February 2018.

[4] "2006 Wisconsin Election Returns". TouchTMJ4.com (WTMJ-TV). Archived from the original on 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2007-01-19.