Wisconsin Developer To Challenge Sen. Feingold

[ccharles000]

Wisconsin Republican Terrence Wall, a real estate developer and a frequent donor to GOP candidates, is challenging Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold.

Wall filed a statement of candidacy Oct. 21 and a statement of organization with the Senate's public records office. Those documents allow him to begin raising money for a campaign against Feingold, who is seeking a fourth six-year term. Wall's campaign Web site is not yet active.

Wall, who comments on economic issues on his company's Web site, has donated to numerous Republican candidates and committees inside and outside Wisconsin. He donated to the 2008 presidential candidacy of former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, then gave money to Arizona Sen. John McCain after he secured the Republican nomination.

Though Wall's donations skew heavily Republican, he has on occasion given to a Democrat. In January 2007 he gave to the campaign committee of Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Tammy Baldwin, who represents his home county of Dane (Madison).

Wall will compete for the Republican nomination with David Westlake, a businessman who reported raising $19,000 in the third quarter and has $12,000 cash-on-hand.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/eyeon2010/2009/10/wisconsin-developer-to-challen.html

[stray cat]

1. I would be surprised if he could give Feingold a run - even moderate repubs like Russ

in WI

[zulchzulu]

2. The Pumpkin Patch scandal will destroy Wall's chances

He's a big developer who is also a Repig asshat on many levels. For one, he's a known womanizer. He also has lots of properties where he pays less than $50 in property taxes because of some arcane Wisconsin law where you get a huge deduction if you put a pumpkin patch on your land. I kid you not...

Russ will absolutely destroy Terrence "Pumpkin Patch" Wall.

:rofl: