Mordecai Lee, yav dhau los lub xeev Democratic tus tsim cai lij choj hloov kev nom kev tswv, tau zoo siab heev.
"Qhov no yog qhov tshwm sim uas xav tsis thoob," Lee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee tus xibfwb ntawm kev tshawb fawb txog nom tswv, qw hais nyob rau Wisconsin Public Radio, hnub tom qab lub Yim Hli Ntuj Tim 12. "Qhov tseeb, koj yuav luag hais tias qhov no yog vim li cas peb tseem tuav kev xaiv tsa."
Lee tab tom tham txog Jefferson County District Tus Kws Lij Choj Susan Happ's "tsis muaj kev cia siab kiag li" yeej los snare lub Democratic xaiv tsa rau lub xeev kws lij choj dav dav. Zoo siab garnered 52 feem pua ntawm kev pov npav hauv peb txoj kev sib tw tawm tsam xeev Rep. Jon Richards ntawm Milwaukee thiab Dane County Tus Kws Lij Choj Ismael Ozanne.
Lee hais tias "Nws tiag tiag ... tawm los ntawm qhov tsis pom qhov twg thiab tau muaj kev yeej zoo li no," Lee hais. Nws hu ua qhov kev sib tw ua ke ntawm Happ thiab Republican contender Brad Schimel, Tus kws lij choj hauv nroog Waukesha County, "kev xaiv tsa tiag tiag nrog ob tus neeg sib tw muaj peev xwm thiab tsim nyog."
Nws yog qhov tseeb ob tus neeg sib tw hauv lub Kaum Ib Hlis 4 kev xaiv tsa dav dav muaj cov ntaub ntawv rov pib dua; ob leeg tau foob rooj plaub thiab khiav lub tsev hais plaub hauv cheeb tsam. Tab sis Happ yeej tsis tuaj yeem piav qhia tau tias yog qhov tsis muaj tseeb, vim tias nws tsis yog qhov tsis tau pom dua.
NBC tus thawj coj nom tswv Chuck Todd tshaj tawm hais tias Zoo siab qhov yuav yog thawj tus yeej hauv ib qho Lub Yim Hli 1 tshaj tawm. Thiab John Nichols, tus kws saib xyuas haujlwm ntawm Capital Times, kwv yees nyob rau hauv a xov tooj cua zoo li tias cov neeg xaiv tsa tseem ceeb ntawm Democratic tuaj yeem xaiv Happ vim lawv suav tias nws muaj lub sijhawm zoo tshaj plaws tawm tsam Schimel. ("Yuav luag txhua tus neeg hauv Wisconsin tau dhau los ua tus kws qhia ntawv," nws hais.)
Lee kuj tau jazzed tias Happ "tsis tas yuav yog tus neeg siv nyiaj siab tshaj." Tab sis dhau los ntawm Hnub Xaiv Tsa, suav nrog kev koom tes lig, Happ tau nce txog $ 238,000, tag nrho hauv xyoo 2014. Qhov ntawd yog piv rau $ 294,000 Richards tau tsa txij thaum nkag mus rau kev sib tw thaum Lub Kaum Hli 2013.
Richards tshaj tawm Happ dhau los ntawm qhov kev tshaj tawm kawg, tab sis ob tus neeg sib tw ua ntau qhov kev yuav khoom hauv hnub kawg ntawm kev sib tw, tom qab txiav tawm. Thaum kawg, nws yuav tau siv ntau npaum li cas los yog ntau dua.
Happ's ntau-touted ib leeg TV tshaj tawm tau qhia nws caij Harley thiab hais lus nruj txog kev ua txhaum cai thaum sib tw txoj cai ntawm cov poj niam los txiav txim siab "kev noj qab haus huv" thiab tau txais nyiaj sib npaug rau kev ua haujlwm sib npaug.
Nws yuav tsum tau ua haujlwm hnyav kom ua tiav kev siv nyiaj sib npaug. Schimel tau nce ntau dua $ 600,000 txij li tshaj tawm nws qhov kev xaiv tsa thaum Lub Kaum Hli thiab tshaj tawm tias muaj ntau dua $ 400,000 ntawm tes.
Schimel cov neeg txhawb nqa tseem ceeb suav nrog nws tus kheej ($ 50,000), cov neeg xaiv tsev kawm ntawv Robert thiab Patricia Kern (qhov siab tshaj $ 10,000 txhua), txhim kho tsev loj hlob John Menard ($ 10,000), thiab pawg tswj hwm kev tswj hwm ntawm Wisconsin Beer Distributors ($ 10,000) thiab Koch, 5,000 ($ ).
Johnny Koremenos, Schimel tus thawj tswj hwm kev sib tw, hais tias nws tus thawj coj zoo siab tos txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm txhua tus neeg uas xaiv los muab nws tab sis "tsuas yog saib raws li kev cai lij choj." Schimel tau cog lus tias yuav tiv thaiv txhua lub xeev txoj cai, txawm tias cov uas nws tsis pom zoo. Happ yuav tsis tiv thaiv lub xeev txoj cai pov npav ID thiab txwv tsis pub sib yuav gay, sib cav tias cov no ua txhaum txoj cai lij choj.
Happ kuj tseem yog nws tus kheej txhawb nqa loj tshaj plaws, tau muab me ntsis ntau dua $ 30,000 rau nws txoj kev sib tw. Nws tau txais $ 10,000 los ntawm Emily's List, uas txhawb nqa cov neeg xaiv tsa ywj pheej xaiv cov poj niam sib tw, $ 7,500 los ntawm AFSCME cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv zej zog thiab $ 6,500 los ntawm Tavern Industry PAC.
Happ yog tib tus Democrat uas, zoo li Schimel, tsis txhawb nqa kev ua txhaum thawj zaug qaug cawv tsav tsheb ua txhaum cai hauv Wisconsin, ib yam li lwm lub xeev.
Twb tau riam ntev lawm. Koremenos hu ua Happ "tus kws lij choj tsis muaj kev paub nrog cov ntaub ntawv nyias tsis txaus ntseeg." Ironically, qhov dav dav no tau xa tawm raws li kev cem rau kev sib liam tsis zoo los ntawm Happ.
Mike Tate, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm lub xeev Democratic Party, qhuas qhov kev xaiv tsa los ntawm kev hu rau Schimel "tus neeg xaiv tshuaj yej tog tus neeg xaiv tsa" uas yuav yog "tus neeg saib xyuas rau txoj cai tshwj xeeb" thiab "siv tus kws lij choj lub chaw haujlwm rau roj hmab-stamp Scott Walker's. cov txheej txheem radical. "
Cov neeg pov npav tuaj yeem xav tau ntau dua ntawm qhov kev hais lus zoo li no hauv qhov kev cog lus tias yuav yog lwm qhov nyuaj-tawm tsam, muaj ceg txheem ntseeg siab, kev sib tw siv nyiaj ntau.
Bill Lueders yog tus thawj coj ntawm Money and Politics Project ntawm Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (www.wisconsinwatch.org). Lub Center tsim qhov project hauv kev koom tes nrog MapLight. Lub Chaw koom tes nrog Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public TV, lwm yam xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab UW-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv ntawm Kev Sau Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus. Txhua yam haujlwm tsim, luam tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Lub Chaw tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam txog kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm nws cov koom tes.
Rov luam tawm peb cov ntawv dawb, hauv online lossis luam tawm, raws li daim ntawv tso cai Creative Commons.
Happ yeej tshwj tsis yog Schimel tuaj yeem txhawb cov neeg xaiv tsa tias nws tsis yog Van HOllen II.