# Jack Voight > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jack_Voight > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jack_Voight.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Voight > Source revision: 1350887118 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American politician and businessman 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 Personal details Born (1945-12-17) December 17, 1945 (age 80) New London, Wisconsin Party Republican Education University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh (BS) Military service Branch/service United States Army Years of service 1968–1970 **Jack C. Voight** (born December 17, 1945) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 32nd [State Treasurer of Wisconsin](/source/State_Treasurer_of_Wisconsin) from 1995 to 2007. He is a member of the [Republican Party](/source/United_States_Republican_Party). ## Early life and career Born and raised in [New London, Wisconsin](/source/New_London%2C_Wisconsin), Voight received his Bachelor of Science degree from the [University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Oshkosh) in 1971. ## Career After serving as a sergeant in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) from 1968 to 1970, he moved to [Appleton, Wisconsin](/source/Appleton%2C_Wisconsin), where he established an insurance agency. Voight served on the [Appleton City Council](/source/Appleton%2C_Wisconsin#Government) from 1983 to 1993, holding the position of council president from 1992 to 1993. When incumbent Treasurer [Cathy Zeuske](/source/Cathy_Zeuske) ran in the Republican primary for [United States Senate](/source/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 [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) [Dawn Marie Sass](/source/Dawn_Marie_Sass), a former [parole officer](/source/Parole_officer) and [AFSCME](/source/AFSCME) union activist, then working as a clerk at the [department store](/source/Department_store) [Boston Store](/source/Boston_Store_(Wisconsin)), in what was considered an [upset](/source/Upset_(competition)). 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](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Wisconsin) in 2010, but instead, the following June, Voight announced he was going to run to replace retiring [Outagamie County](/source/Outagamie_County%2C_Wisconsin) [Executive](/source/County_executive) Toby Paltzer. On April 5, 2011, he was defeated by former [Assemblyman](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) and unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor [Tom Nelson](/source/Tom_Nelson_(Wisconsin_politician)), by roughly 52% - 48%. Voight blamed [the political unrest stemming from](/source/2011_Wisconsin_protests) [Governor](/source/Governor_of_Wisconsin) [Scott Walker](/source/Scott_Walker_(politician))'s policy drive to eliminate public workers' [collective bargaining](/source/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](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=County_treasurer&action=edit&redlink=1). He resigned in 2017 due to health and medical concerns.[3] ## Electoral history 2006 State Treasurer of Wisconsin election[4] Party 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 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["JS Online: On 3rd try, it all adds up"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070929133554/http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=529006). Archived from [the original](http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=529006) on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2006-09-09. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Bach, Peter. "Tom Nelson edges Jack Voight in Outagamie County Executive race: Nelson edges Voight in tight Outagamie executive race"](http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20110406/APC0101/104060639/Story-photos-videos-Nelson-takes-Outagamie-County-Executive-seat?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE) [Archived](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) 2015-09-24 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) *[Appleton Post-Crescent](/source/Appleton_Post-Crescent)* April 6, 2011 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Jack Voight Resignation Letter"](http://www.outagamie.org/home/showdocument?id=47064). *Outagamie County, WI*. Retrieved 11 February 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["2006 Wisconsin Election Returns"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061128231702/http://elections.todaystmj4.com/G4004.htm). TouchTMJ4.com ([WTMJ-TV](/source/WTMJ-TV)). Archived from [the original](http://elections.todaystmj4.com/G4004.htm) on 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2007-01-19. Party political offices Preceded by Cathy Zeuske Republican nominee for State Treasurer of Wisconsin 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 Succeeded by Kurt W. Schuller Preceded by Cathy Zeuske State Treasurer of Wisconsin 1995–2007 Succeeded by Dawn Marie Sass --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jack Voight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Voight) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Voight?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.