{{short description|American politician and businessman}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jack Voight | image = | governor = [[Tommy Thompson]]<br>[[Scott McCallum]]<br>[[Jim Doyle]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|December 17, 1945}} | birth_place = [[New London, Wisconsin]] | office = 32nd [[State Treasurer of Wisconsin|Treasurer of Wisconsin]] | term_start = January 3, 1995 | term_end = January 3, 2007 | branch = {{Flag|United States Army}} | service_years = 1968–1970 | predecessor = [[Cathy Zeuske]] | successor = [[Dawn Marie Sass]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | education = [[University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]]) }}

'''Jack C. Voight''' (born December 17, 1945) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 32nd [[State Treasurer of Wisconsin]] from 1995 to 2007. He is a member of the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]].

==Early life and career== Born and raised in [[New London, Wisconsin]], Voight received his Bachelor of Science degree from the [[University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh]] in 1971.

== Career == After serving as a sergeant in the [[United States Army]] from 1968 to 1970, he moved to [[Appleton, Wisconsin]], where he established an insurance agency. Voight served on the [[Appleton, Wisconsin#Government|Appleton City Council]] from 1983 to 1993, holding the position of council president from 1992 to 1993.

When incumbent Treasurer [[Cathy Zeuske]] ran in the Republican primary for [[United States 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 [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Dawn Marie Sass]], a former [[parole officer]] and [[AFSCME]] union activist, then working as a clerk at the [[department store]] [[Boston Store (Wisconsin)|Boston Store]], in what was considered an [[Upset (competition)|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=529006 |title=JS Online: On 3rd try, it all adds up |accessdate=2006-09-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929133554/http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=529006 |archivedate=2007-09-29 }}</ref>

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, Wisconsin|Outagamie County]] [[county executive|Executive]] Toby Paltzer. On April 5, 2011, he was defeated by former [[Wisconsin State Assembly|Assemblyman]] and unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor [[Tom Nelson (Wisconsin politician)|Tom Nelson]], by roughly 52% - 48%. Voight blamed [[2011 Wisconsin protests|the political unrest stemming from]] [[Governor of Wisconsin|Governor]] [[Scott Walker (politician)|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."<ref>[http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20110406/APC0101/104060639/Story-photos-videos-Nelson-takes-Outagamie-County-Executive-seat?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE Bach, Peter. "Tom Nelson edges Jack Voight in Outagamie County Executive race: Nelson edges Voight in tight Outagamie executive race"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924080610/http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20110406/APC0101/104060639/Story-photos-videos-Nelson-takes-Outagamie-County-Executive-seat?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE |date=2015-09-24 }} ''[[Appleton Post-Crescent]]'' April 6, 2011</ref> In 2016, Voight was elected to serve as Outagamie [[County treasurer|County Treasurer]]. He resigned in 2017 due to health and medical concerns.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack Voight Resignation Letter|url=http://www.outagamie.org/home/showdocument?id=47064|website=Outagamie County, WI|accessdate=11 February 2018}}</ref>

== Electoral history == {{Election box begin | title=2006 State Treasurer of Wisconsin election<ref>{{cite web |url=http://elections.todaystmj4.com/G4004.htm |title=2006 Wisconsin Election Returns |publisher=TouchTMJ4.com ([[WTMJ-TV]]) |accessdate=2007-01-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128231702/http://elections.todaystmj4.com/G4004.htm |archivedate=2006-11-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Democratic Party (United States) |candidate = '''[[Dawn Sass]]''' |votes = 969,115 |percentage = 47.36 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Republican Party (United States) |candidate = Jack Voight (inc.) |votes = 960,467 |percentage = 46.94 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Green Party (United States) |candidate = Winston Sephus |votes = 59,541 |percentage = 2.91 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Libertarian Party (United States) |candidate = Tim Peterson |votes = 57,063 |percentage = 2.79 |change = }} {{Election box end}}

== References == <references />

{{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=[[Cathy Zeuske]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee for [[State Treasurer of Wisconsin]]|years=1994, 1998, 2002, 2006}} {{s-aft|after=[[Kurt W. Schuller]]}} {{succession box | before=Cathy Zeuske | title=State Treasurer of Wisconsin| years=1995–2007| after=Dawn Marie Sass}} {{s-end}}

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