Meanwhile, we’ve got a huge race for U.S. Senate.
Our Wisconsin Senate race is one of the most important in the country. Because this year we can finally retire the disastrous, self-serving Ron Johnson.
Democrats nationwide know that we have to expand the Senate majority this November in order to pass legislation like the Women’s Health Protection Act (which would codify Roe v. Wade), the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Act, and background checks.
Having one more Democrat in the Senate could make all the difference on the issues that touch every aspect of our lives and our communities. (Two more would be even better.) Ron Johnson is perhaps the most vulnerable incumbent from either party up this November.
Self-serving millionaire Ron Johnson has spent his time in the Senate enriching himself and his biggest donors—all while leaving everyday Wisconsinites (and the rest of America) to fend for themselves.
Ron Johnson has now admitted he and his biggest donors benefited from the provision he inserted into the Trump tax scam bill in 2017.
Johnson made sure that Trump’s corporate tax giveaway included a huge tax cut for owners of pass-through corporations—the type of business that Johnson and his biggest donors own.
The three mega-donors who funded his 2016 campaign got $215 million in tax deductions in 2018 thanks to Johnson. Now they’re pouring millions of dollars into a Super PAC so Johnson can keep doing their bidding in the Senate.
Meanwhile, Johnson approves the GOP plan to raise taxes on the working class—calling it a “positive thing.”
After years of Johnson serving himself in the Senate, Ron Johnson’s polling is atrocious. Wisconsinites see that the only person he wants to serve is himself.
Just last week, Daniel Bice reported that Ron Johnson spent up to nearly $20,000 of taxpayer dollars to travel from his vacation home in Florida. If there’s one thing Ron Johnson loves as much as helping himself directly, it’s exploiting taxpayers in the process.
Wisconsin is one of the best opportunities to pick up a Senate seat in the country, but the GOP is pouring millions into the state with TV ads propping up Ron Johnson. We need the resources to fight back and make sure voters know exactly who Ron Johnson is.
Those are the two most significant races. But there’s a lot more on the ballot. Another statewide race is becoming more and more critical: the fight to reelect our great Attorney General, Josh Kaul.
AG Kaul has been a long-time champion of voting rights and reproductive rights—and if Roe v. Wade is overturned, has said he would not use any DOJ resources to enforce an abortion ban.
Meanwhile, AG Kaul’s Republican opponents would gleefully enforce Wisconsin’s archaic abortion ban.
There are other statewide offices with primaries in August: Lieutenant Governor, State Treasurer, and Secretary of State. There will be crucial Congressional races, with two swing districts. And there’s the fight to prevent state legislative GOP supermajorities.
So it’s go time.
We’re spending this summer organizing, communicating, and building infrastructure statewide—but that’s only possible with your help to sustain our year-round work to elect Democrats up and down the ticket.
In June, we’ll have our state convention, where we’ll gather Democrats from across the state to conduct party business and hear from the terrific candidates and our Democratic leaders. We’ll continue our communications and digital operations to define right-wing radicalism in Wisconsin.
And of course, we’ll keep organizing all throughout the summer months—in fact, our superb statewide organizing team just had their Week of Action this month to activate new volunteers and engage voters in every corner of the state.
All of this work sets us up perfectly to come out of our August primary strong, with our Democratic nominee for Senate—and find out the Republican challenger to Gov Evers. Help us get there by chipping in and meet our goal by midnight tonight.
The brutality and extremism of the far right can feel exhausting and overwhelming. It’s vital for all of us, especially those most targeted by the right, to take care of ourselves and the communities that nourish us.
And it’s equally vital to carry the fight forward. The only way to curb this era of Republican extremism is to make it fail politically. As we head into summer, our goal is to keep pushing it to the limit—because this season is one stepping stone to victory in November and beyond.
So please chip in what you can to help us keep the fight going. Our goal is $6k by May end-of-month. And please help spread the word on what exactly we’re fighting for—by sharing this post and donation link.
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