Prior to being elected lieutenant governor in 2002, Lawton won the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor in 1998 and ran alongside the party's nominee for governor, attorney Ed Garvey.
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There, she signed a student exchange agreement between the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Tsinghua University in Beijing.
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The panel outlined a public policy plan for full-public financing of political campaigns that would “pass constitutional muster.” The panel was also known as the “Heffernan Commission” referring to the retired Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice, Neil Heffernan, who chaired the panel.
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On January 6, 2014 Lawton was named the President and CEO of Americans for Campaign Reform, an advocacy organization based in Washington D.C. chaired by former Senators Bill Bradley (D-NJ), Bob Kerrey (D-NE), and Alan Simpson (R-WY).
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