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'I know he's frustrated': GOP megadonor on staggering losing streak
Richard Uihlein, one of the top donors of 2018, has dropped tens of millions of dollars only to watch most of his picks go down.
By NATASHA KORECKI 08/17/2018 02:32 PM EDT
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Conservative megadonor Richard Uihlein needed a win, and Kevin Nicholson was his guy.
After watching his other recent political investments crash spectacularly — Roy Moore in Alabama, and a Republican challenger who lost a primary challenge to Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner — Uihlein plowed $8 million in recent months into Nicholson’s bid for Senate in Wisconsin, for an astounding $11 million in all.
Nicholson lost by nearly 6 percentage points in Tuesday’s Republican primary. It was the latest in a string of costly defeats for Uihlein, who stormed on the scene this year to become one of the most prolific GOP donors of the 2018 election cycle.
Now the reclusive packing supply magnate is second-guessing strategists giving him political advice on big-money races, according to people with knowledge of Uihlein’s discussions on the matter.
“I know he’s frustrated. I know he questions the political judgment of the people around him — not good,” said a Republican consultant with knowledge of Uihlein’s strategy. “There are people around him who play on his conservative better angel to make money off of him.”
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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/17/richard-uihlein-gop-donor-losing-candidates-784146
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"his devotion to greed and bigotry is pure, really"
