Spencer Zimmerman

Spencer Zimmerman (Born September 28, 1979) is an American perennial candidate, United States Air Force veteran and truck driver. Zimmerman has ran for elected office as a Republican in Nebraska and Wisconsin. He ran unsuccessfully for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district in 2016, losing the primary to Paul Ryan.[1] He is currently running in the 13th state senate district special election as an independent.[2]

Spencer Zimmerman
Personal details
Born (1979-09-28) September 28, 1979
Neenah, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationMcFarland High School
Alma materEdgewood College
Community College of the Air Force
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Air Force
Years of service2000-2004
AwardsAchievement Medal

Zimmerman is a strong supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump and has twice run as the candidate of the self-created Trump Conservative Party.[2]

Early life

Zimmerman was born on September 28, 1979 in Neenah, Wisconsin. He attended McFarland High School and graduated in 1998. He was stationed at Offutt Air Force Base during the September 11 attacks and received the Joint Service Achievement Medal for meritorious service. During his time in the military, Zimmerman obtained a commercial driver's license to drive a semi for a mobile unit and graduated from the Community College of the Air Force with a degree in Information Systems Technology. After an honorable discharge Spencer obtained a B.S. in Business Administration from Edgewood College. He has worked as a tanker truck driver for an agricultural cooperative, as a Signature Line Service Technician at Chicago Executive Airport, and is employed as a chauffeur for Presidential Transportation Service. [3]

Super PAC Store

In 2012 Zimmerman starting a business called “The Super PAC Store” creating 12 Political Action Committees, and offered them for sale on both EBay and Craigslist. Six were sold on July 4, 2012 for $300, but the transaction was cancelled after it was revealed that the buyer was a foreign national from Turkey, making him ineligible to legally complete the sale. In 2017, the Super PAC Store began acquiring Twitter handles and offering them to candidates under IT consulting contracts, citing the 2009 acquisition by CNN of the Twitter handle @CNNbrk from web developer James Cox.[4]

Election history

2008
Wisconsin Assembly District 46 Republican Primary, 2008[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kathy Maves 405 56.41%
Republican Spencer Zimmerman 312 43.45%
Republican Scattering 1 0.14%
Total votes 718 100.00%
Majority 93 12.96%

2010
Wisconsin Assembly District 48 Republican Primary, 2010[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Spencer Zimmerman 2,958 99.60%
Republican Scattering 12 0.40%
Total votes 2,970 100.00%
Wisconsin Assembly District 48 General Election, 2010[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph T. Parisi 20,650 72.49%
Republican Spencer Zimmerman 6,929 24.33%
Progress-Freedom Grant J. Gilbertson 893 3.13%
Scattering N/A 13 0.05%
Total votes 28,485 100.00%
Majority 13,721 48.16%
Democratic hold

2011
Dane County Executive Special Primary, 2011[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Joseph T. Parisi 18,066 26.20%
Nonpartisan Eileen Bruskewitz 15,430 22.38%
Nonpartisan Scott McDonell 14,266 20.69%
Nonpartisan Joe Wineke 12,763 18.51%
Nonpartisan Zack Brandon 7,717 11.19%
Nonpartisan Spencer Zimmerman 619 0.89%
Write-In's N/A 77 0.11%
Total votes 68,938 100.00%

2012
United States Senate election in Nebraska, Republican Primary, 2012 [9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Deb Fischer 79,941 40.99%
Republican Jon Bruning 70,067 35.92%
Republican Don Stenberg 36,727 18.83%
Republican Pat Flynn 5,413 2.78%
Republican Spencer Zimmerman 1,601 0.82%
Republican Sharyn Elander 1,294 0.66%
Total votes 195,043 100.00%
Majority 9,874 5.07%

2015
Wisconsin State Assembly District 99 Republican Primary, 2015[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cindi Duchow 1,341 40.20%
Republican Dave Westlake 1,101 33.00%
Republican Scott Owens 737 22.09%
Republican Spencer Zimmerman 146 4.38%
Republican Scattering 11 0.33%
Total votes 3,336 100.00%
Majority 240 7.20%

2016
U.S. House of Representatives election for Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District, 2016[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Ryan 230,072 64.95
Democratic Ryan Solen 107,003 30.21
Trump Conservative Spencer Zimmerman 9,429 2.66
Libertarian Jason Lebeck 7,486 2.11
Scattering N/A 255 0.07
Total votes 354,245 100
Majority 123,069 34.74%
Republican hold

2017
Wisconsin State Assembly District 58 Republican Primary, 2017[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Gundrum 1,252 38.94%
Republican Tiffany Lee Koehler 984 30.61%
Republican Steve Stanek 942 29.30%
Republican Spencer Zimmerman 37 1.15%
Total votes 3,215 100.00%
Majority 268 8.33%

2018

In 2018, Zimmerman ran in the Republican primaries for State Assembly and Secretary of State but did not win either position. [13]

Wisconsin State Assembly District 42 Republican Primary, 2018[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jon Plumer 1,418 70.58%
Republican Darren W. Schroeder 333 16.58%
Republican Colleen Locke-Murphy 142 7.07%
Republican Spencer Zimmerman 116 5.77%
Total votes 2,009 100.00%
Majority 1,805 54.00%
Wisconsin Secretary of State Republican Primary, 2018[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jay Schroeder 254,424 71.27%
Republican Spencer Zimmerman 101,818 28.52%
Republican Scattering 742 0.21%
Total votes 356,984 100.00%
Majority 152,606 42.75%

2021

In 2021 Zimmerman ran in a special election for the 13th State Senate district when incumbent Republican Scott L. Fitzgerald resigned after winning a seat in the US House of Representatives.[2] Zimmerman stated he would be willing to run as a Republican if the party circulated nomination papers to get him on the ballot but at the same time Zimmerman made an attempt to get on the ballot as an independent.[16] Zimmerman ultimately chose to run as an independent with the Trump Conservative label.

Book

Zimmerman wrote a book called The Epoch Point, which is a religious historical conspiracy thriller.[17]

References
  1. "Spencer Zimmerman, Trump conservative candidate in Congressional District 1". Madison.com. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  2. Marley, Patrick (12 January 2021). "Elections officials narrowly approve state schools chief for ballot despite paperwork problem". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  3. "About Spencer". Vote4zimmerman.wordpress.com. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  4. "IT Consulting Firm Offering Twitter Handles To Multiple Gubernatorial Candidates". spinnewsnetwork.wordpress.com. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  5. "Wisconsin State Election Board : Results of Fall Primary Election - 09/09/2008" (PDF). Elections.wi.gov. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  6. "G.A.B. Canvass Reporting System : Fall 2010" (PDF). Elections.wi.gov. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  7. "G.A.B. Canvass Reporting System : Recount" (PDF). Elections.wi.gov. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  8. "2011 Spring Primary Results from Official Canvass". Elections.countyofdane.com. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  9. "OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA" (PDF). Sos.ne.gov. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  10. "Canvass Results for 2015 SPECIAL PRIMARY - ASSEMBLY 99 - 9/1/2015" (PDF). Elections.wi.gov. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  11. "Canvass Results for 2016 General Election - 11/8/2016 6:00:00 AM" (PDF). Elections.wi.gov. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  12. "Canvass Results for 2017 Special Primary Assembly District 58 - 12/19/2017 6:00:00 AM" (PDF). Elections.wi.gov. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  13. Zimmerman, Spencer. "Spencer Zimmerman: Wisconsin needs new Secretary of State". La Crosse Tribune. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  14. "Canvass Results" (PDF). Elections.wi.gov. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  15. "Canvass Results for 2018 Partisan Primary - 8/14/2018 5:00:00 AM" (PDF). Elections.wi.gov. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  16. "Home". Vote Spencer Zimmerman. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  17. Zimmerman, Spencer (1 May 2008). "The Epoch Point". Hillcrest Publishing Group. Retrieved 22 November 2018 – via Google Books.
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