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RandySF

(57,636 posts)
Wed Jul 4, 2018, 04:33 AM Jul 2018

Eric Holder group is making an impact in Wisconsin.

The National Democratic Redistricting Committee is a new group that advocates redistricting reform and supports Democratic candidates for state and federal offices throughout the country. In its first six months of outside spending on Wisconsin legislative and statewide elections, three of the four candidates backed by the committee won their races.

The committee also took Republican Gov. Scott Walker to court to successfully force special elections in June. In one of those races, a Democrat captured northeastern Wisconsin’s 1st Senate District for the first time since the 1970s.

The Washington, D.C. group’s game plan for redistricting reform is to help elect Democratic candidates around the country ahead of the 2020 U.S. Census. The 10-year Census results are used by state and local officials to redraw legislative and congressional boundaries based on population changes. The group’s website says it “is building a targeted, state-by-state strategy that ensures Democrats can fight back and produce fairer maps in the 2021 redistricting process.”

Wisconsin is one of 12 states the group has targeted in the 2018 elections to defeat Walker’s reelection effort and help flip the state Senate, which is currently held by an 18-15 Republican majority. “This is a critical election year for redistricting because it is the first cycle where the officials elected will serve during the redistricting process in 2021,” the group says on its website.

In Wisconsin, the committee operates as an unregistered independent expenditure committee, which means it has to file election spending reports, but it does not have to disclose its contributors. So far, the committee has spent $225,000 on electioneering in Wisconsin during the first six months of 2018. That includes $165,000 to support Rebecca Dallet’s election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in April and another $60,000 in three legislative special elections. All of the group’s election spending was for online advertising.



https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2018/07/03/campaign-cash-national-democratic-group-impacts-state/

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Eric Holder group is making an impact in Wisconsin. (Original Post) RandySF Jul 2018 OP
Love our Dems who never Cha Jul 2018 #1
K & R democrank Jul 2018 #2
NDRC is doing goodwork csziggy Jul 2018 #3
Good work! Many small steps lead to big accomplishments! nt SWBTATTReg Jul 2018 #4
Ridding Wisconsin of Walker and a GOP Senate would be of dae Jul 2018 #5
Yup, getting rid of wanker and his repub cronies is my biggest dream a kennedy Jul 2018 #7
K & R...for visibility... Wounded Bear Jul 2018 #6

Cha

(295,912 posts)
1. Love our Dems who never
Wed Jul 4, 2018, 04:51 AM
Jul 2018

give UP. They Keep Fighting FOR US! Eric Holder!

".. That includes $165,000 to support Rebecca Dallet’s election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in April and another $60,000 in three legislative special elections. All of the group’s election spending was for online advertising."

Thank You, RSF

csziggy

(34,120 posts)
3. NDRC is doing goodwork
Wed Jul 4, 2018, 06:18 AM
Jul 2018

Unfortunately I just unsubscribed from their emails. I was getting three to four emails a day from people I don't know and whose names meant nothing to me with subject lines that made me think they were phishing attempts. When I had time to check them out, they were from NDRC but my policy is if I don't know the senders and there is no organization mentioned in the subject line, I delete the email.

Between the amount and the annoyance of checking these emails out, I have run out of patience for receiving NDRC's emails. I did tell them this when I unsubscribed, so maybe they will improve their email policy.

dae

(3,396 posts)
5. Ridding Wisconsin of Walker and a GOP Senate would be of
Wed Jul 4, 2018, 11:25 AM
Jul 2018

great service to the state and our country, kudos to the NDRC.

a kennedy

(29,464 posts)
7. Yup, getting rid of wanker and his repub cronies is my biggest dream
Wed Jul 4, 2018, 12:05 PM
Jul 2018

well, that and the Dems taking back the House AND Senate are also included in that dream. I might just think of moving back to my birth State.

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