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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWISCONSIN GOP JUST NOMINATED ALEC'S "IRON LADY" TO TAKE ON TAMMY BALDWIN
By Mary Bottari | August 15th, 2018 at 11:45 AM (CDT)
The Kochs have exercised a lot of influence in Wisconsin, working with Governor Scott Walker to crush wages, bust unions, gut school spending, and promote vouchers. But the Kochs may have had their biggest victory of all handed to them last night by another billionaire couple.
Koch loyalist and Wisconsin State Senator Leah Vukmir won the Wisconsin GOP primary for U.S. Senate by a whopping 50-42 percent, beating veteran, Send in a Marine, Kevin Nicholson who vastly outspent her. Vukmir will be taking on the Kochs top target, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, in the fall.
According OpenSecrets.org, outside groups and the three candidates spent an astonishing $36.9 million so far in the states most expensive primary in history.
Much of this money was spent by billionaires Liz and Richard Uihlein, owners of the ULINE packaging firm based in Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin, in support of their hand-picked retainer Kevin Nicholson. Nicholson, deemed a dream candidate by Politico, is a decorated combat veteran with a photogenic family and impressive degrees from Harvard and Dartmouth. The only problem? His stint as the head of College Democrats of America.
FULL story: https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/08/15/wisconsin-gop-nominated-alec-iron-lady-take-tammy-baldwin/
ABOUT MARY BOTTARI
Mary Bottari is a reporter for the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). She helped launch CMD's award-winning ALEC Exposed investigation in 2011 and is a two-time recipient of the Hillman Prize for investigative journalism.
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WISCONSIN GOP JUST NOMINATED ALEC'S "IRON LADY" TO TAKE ON TAMMY BALDWIN (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Aug 2018
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msongs
(67,412 posts)1. vukmir. sounds vaguely...russian to me nt
2naSalit
(86,636 posts)2. I didn't want to say it
but that's exactly what came to mind first!
SkyDancer
(561 posts)4. "Vukmir" is German
and ironically when said in German sounds like "Fuckmir", which also ironically translates to "Fuck me" in German/English mix lol
Ya, if she's elected, I imagine a LOT of people would be saying that lol
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