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Construction Trades Coalition Spending Against GOP Senate Campaigns
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | September 8, 2016
From WisPolitics.com …
The Construction Trades Coalition is up with a new radio campaign saying it’s time to “cut our losses” with a GOP state Senate.
The group, which did not respond to messages seeking comment, reported to the state Ethics Commission it is spending $27,196 on radio targeting four GOP-held state Senate seats. It is the first filing the Ethics Commission has received indicating an independent expenditure from an outside group in a legislative race since the Aug. 9 primary.
The group has radio spots posted to a website that indicate they’re running during Wisconsin Badgers and Green Bay Packers games. A WisPolitics.com reporter heard one of the ads over the weekend.
In one version, two announcers discuss an upcoming “tough legislative session for Team Wisconsin” like it was a football game.
One announcer says Wisconsin ranked 36th in private-sector job growth “last season.”
“We got out scored by 35 states,” the other says.
They also say Wisconsin is $1 billion short in road funding, and state veterans are prevented from getting good-paying jobs.
“Game plan: cut our losses, cut the Republican state senators, time for a new team in Madison,” one says to close the spot.
The ads do not mention any state senators by name.
The Construction Trades Coalition reported spending $5,439 each on radio ads opposing GOP Sens. Sheila Harsdorf, of River Falls; Tom Tiffany, of Hazelhurst; Luther Olsen, of Ripon; and Rick Gudex, of Fond du Lac. An equal amount was spent targeting Dan Feyen, the Republican seeking to replace Gudex in the 18th SD.
The CTC filing also shows it spent $246 on website development opposing the five Republicans.
The site that includes the radio ads also has report cards on the Republicans. Each gets an “F” for votes: on state highway funding after supporting Gov. Scott Walker’s latest budget; to pare back the state’s prevailing wage law, which the site says makes it harder for vets to find family sustaining jobs in construction; and on student loan debt for failing to “fight to reduce students’ and their families’ debt.” In regard to Feyen, it charges he “may continue the disastrous legislative policies supported by Senator Gudex.”
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