Obama/Holder group jumps into Wisconsin special elections

[RandySF]

GREEN BAY - Outside money is pouring into the special election for Wisconsin's 1st Senate District, a race that could have broader implications in Madison and beyond.

A handful of interest groups are collectively dropping hundreds of thousands of dollars to sway voters in the race between Democrat Caleb Frostman and Republican André Jacque as election day nears next week.

Jacque, of De Pere, represents the 2nd Assembly District in the state Legislature. Frostman, of Sturgeon Bay, is the former executive director of the Door County Economic Development Corporation.

The majority of the spending is being done on Frostman's behalf.

A political action committee for the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters is spending more than $150,000 on TV ads opposing Jacque and nearly $15,000 on radio ads in support of Frostman.

It's probably the most the PAC has spent in a state Senate election, according to league spokesman Ryan Billingham, who said the group's primary concern is water quality in Kewaunee County.

Some residents in the county must rely on bottled water because their wells have excessive nitrates, and a study last year found that 60 percent of sampled wells contained fecal microbes, both from cattle and humans.

"It's an emergency up there in Kewaunee County," Billingham said. "We can't have families drinking manure-contaminated water."

The National Democratic Redistricting Committee, led by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, also has set aside $175,000 to support Frostman and Democrat Ann Groves Lloyd, who is running against Republican Jon Plumer in a special election for the 42nd Assembly District. The group is spending the money on digital and TV ads as well as get-out-the-vote efforts.

In addition, the Greater Wisconsin Political Fund is buying $53,000 worth of ads on Frostman's behalf, and the group For Our Future is spending more than $27,000 on promotional efforts, according to the nonpartisan Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, which tracks election-related spending.


https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/2018/06/04/jacque-frostman-race-gets-deluge-outside-money-left-and-right-1st-senate-district/652643002/

[underthematrix]

1. I love it. Stealth Unity

[AJT]

2. I hope things work out but outside of the cities of Milwaukee

and Madison Wisconsin is VERY red. Remember, Walker has been elected 3 times and Ryan, Johnson and Prebus are from here.

[Cha]

3. Thank you to the Obama/Holder Group

for trying to help the Dems, Ann Groves and Lloyd and Caleb Frostman

[beachbum bob]

4. real life issues concerning water, protecting the environment can cost republican votes

[oasis]

5. "Yes we can"💪

[shraby]

6. That scum running against Frostman has the elimination of birth control pills

in his sights. He's a woman-hater of the first degree.