How Much Money Spent On Wisconsin Special Election

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Candidates and outside special interest groups have spent more than $ane.2 1000000 in two legislative special elections the voters will decide June 12.

In northeastern Wisconsin's 1st Senate District, spending by the final ballot candidates and vii special interest groups has topped $700,000 with the groups outspending the candidates by more than than 2-to-one.

The candidates, Democrat Caleb Frostman, of Sturgeon Bay, and GOP Rep. Andre Jacque, of De Pere, spent well-nigh $197,800 combined through late May. Meanwhile, outside electioneering groups take more than $510,000, including about $343,700 to back up Frostman and an estimated $170,000 to back up Jacque. Iii groups have spent more than $100,000 on the race, including:

Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters political action group which is spending about $172,880 on staff, idiot box and radio ads, and other campaign material to support Frostman;

Wisconsin Alliance for Reform, which is a phony issue ad group that secretly raises and spends money on elections to back up conservative and Republican candidates, has spent an estimated $160,000 to produce and air goggle box stations to support Jacque;

Greater Wisconsin Political Independent Expenditure Fund, has spent virtually $108,500 on television ads to support Frostman.

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In southern Wisconsin'due south 42nd Assembly District, spending past the final ballot candidates and five special interest groups has topped $500,000 with the candidates outspending the groups by more than than three-to-one.

The candidates on Tuesday'southward ballot, Democrat Ann Groves Lloyd and Republican Jon Plumer, both of Lodi, spent well-nigh $397,400 combined through late May. Meanwhile, outside special interest groups take spent more than $110,000, including almost $eighty,000 to back up Plumer and about $31,700 to back Lloyd. The top spending groups in the race are:

Jobs Beginning Coalition, which is a phony result ad group that secretly raises and spends money on elections to support bourgeois and Republican candidates, has spent an estimated $lxx,000 to produce and air radio ads to support Plumer;

For Our Futurity, which was formed in 2016 by billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer and national labor groups to support Democrats for country and federal offices, is spending virtually $16,685 to support Lloyd;

National Democratic Redistricting Committee, which was created in 2016 by former Democratic U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, is spending $15,000 on online advertizing to support Lloyd.

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In addition to the candidates and groups, four legislative campaign committees have contributed to the candidates' campaigns or spent on the candidates behalf with television set ads, digital advertising, and other electioneering activities. A large portion of the committees' spending was in-kind campaign contributions to the candidates that is reflected in the candidates' spending totals.

Source: https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2018/06/08/campaign-cash-spending-tops-1-2-million-on-two-special-elections/

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