GET ME REWRITE: Tim Michels, multimillionaire GOP candidate for Wisconsin governor attempts to buy himself an election

 

Headline:  Wisconsin State Journal, 9/28/2022

Republican business owner Tim Michels pumped another $5 million of his own money into his largely self-funded gubernatorial campaign in the roughly one-month span between late July and the end of August, new campaign finance reports show. 

Michels, the millionaire co-owner of Brownsville-based Michels Corp., also raised more than $400,000 in donations between July 26 and Aug. 31, according to reports filed with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Almost half those funds came from 10 individuals who donated $20,000, the maximum amount allowed under state law.

$200,000 in smaller campaign donation?  That's piddly-shit.

Original 8/14/2022 post, "With $12 million of his own money, Tim Michels buys himself a GOP primary victory", starts here.

Headline:  Wisconisn State Journal, 8/14/2022

Two keys to Michels’ victory were the endorsement from former President Donald Trump and Michels’ own wealth, which allowed him to make the most of that endorsement, said UW-La Crosse political science professor Anthony Chergosky. Michels spent about $12 million — the most a gubernatorial candidate has spent in state history — including millions on television and online ads.

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