Wednesday, June 13, 2018

The chutzpah chronicles: Scott Walker bemoans the influx of out-of-state money and attacks in political campaigns




But when it comes to his own out-of-state donors (see table below), silence reigns.

International Business Times, 5/27/2017

His name is Uihlein, Richard Uihlein, and he's been at it for more than a year.
Sixteen months before Wisconsin Democrat Sen. Tammy Baldwin will have a Republican opponent in the 2018 Senate race, more than a million dollars worth of TV and radio ads attacking her have already run across the state. The ads were paid for by two out-of-state super PACs funded almost entirely by one man: conservative mega-donor Richard Uihlein, who seems to have made it a personal mission to defeat Baldwin in next year's election.

Top 10 Contributors to Republican Candidates 
and Legislative Campaign Committees 
 1/1/2008-12/31/2017
Source:   Wisconsin Democracy Campaign (above, highlights added, and below)


All of the top GOP contributors do not live in Wisconsin

Top 10 Contributors to Democratic Candidates 
and Legislative Campaign Committees 
 1/1/2008-12/31/2017



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