{"id":1484384,"date":"2022-05-19T13:16:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T17:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1484384"},"modified":"2022-05-19T13:16:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T17:16:34","slug":"wealthy-democratic-senate-candidate-wont-have-to-release-financial-report-before-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wealthy-democratic-senate-candidate-wont-have-to-release-financial-report-before-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Wealthy Democratic Senate Candidate Won\u2019t Have To Release Financial Report Before Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwealthy-democratic-senate-candidate-wont-have-to-release-financial-report-before-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1484384&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Senate.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Wealthy Wisconsin Senate candidate Alex Lasry will not be required to disclose his financial assets until after the Democratic primary in August.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lasry, a millionaire who is running to be the Democrats\u2019 nominee attempting to unseat incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), has been given an additional 90 days to disclose his financial assets, according to a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/journaltimes.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/govt-and-politics\/millionaire-alex-lasry-gets-extension-wont-have-to-disclose-assets-until-after-august-primary\/article_c84cf26c-95a9-5ca4-afbc-35c0b2b34e8c.html\"><span>report<\/span><\/a><span> from The Journal Times.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are waiting for additional required information in order to complete the financial disclosure form,\u201d said Thad Nation, a spokesman for Lasry. \u201cWe took the legally allowed extension and will file as soon as we are able. We did file our financial disclosure report last year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The senate hopeful has more than $50 million in Milwaukee Bucks ownership stakes and has been an executive for the franchise though he is now taking a break from that role. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The U.S. Senate Financial Disclosure website notes that the Lasry was given a \u201c90-day extension was granted and the new due date for the report is no later than Aug. 15, 2022.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Daily Wire has reached out to the Lasry campaign for comment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The new report is due just days after the Wisconsin primary on August 9, where Lasry will face off against other challengers, including Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes. The primary winner will take on Johnson, who is seeking a third term. Polls have shown the two Democrats in close competition, with the Barnes edging out Lasry in several polls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lasry has come under scrutiny after receiving almost $24,000 in tax breaks for properties in New York and Wisconsin when the reductions should have only applied in one location, according to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/news\/local\/govt-and-politics\/senate-candidate-alex-lasry-got-property-tax-breaks-in-2-states-spokesman-blames-ny-condo\/article_e0d9c373-c792-5b44-884c-5c214bb9934b.html\"><span>report<\/span><\/a><span> from the Associated Press in August. Lasry\u2019s spokesman blamed the condo management in New York for the mistake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAlex\u2019s primary residence is in Milwaukee,\u201d Nation stated. \u201cHe took all the legal steps he was supposed to in New York to end his primary residence there and was unaware that it had not ended. This is clearly a mistake on the condo management\u2019s part of failing to inform the City of New York.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Lasry, who has spent almost $6 million on his campaign already, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/alexlasry.com\/issues\/\"><span>says<\/span><\/a><span> that he has a history of \u201ccreating good union jobs,\u201d \u201cfighting for social justice,\u201d and making it easier for people to vote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The businessman is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/alexlasry.com\/\"><span>married<\/span><\/a> <span>to the chief of staff for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/alexlasry.com\/issues\/reproductive-justice\/\"><span>pledged <\/span><\/a><span>to support nationwide \u201caccess\u201d to abortion. Lasry also said he would fight attempts to defund Planned Parenthood. In a recent campaign <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sB879oxoORI\"><span>video<\/span><\/a><span>, he vowed to \u201calways be a relentless supporter of a woman\u2019s right to choose,\u201d as he sat by his wife and young daughter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/alexlasry.com\/issues\/environmental-justice\/\">website<\/a> also details that he believes that \u201cit is clear that racism has been ingrained in every part of our governmental system\u201d and will make \u201cequity\u201d a focus of his work in Congress if elected. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wealthy Wisconsin Senate candidate Alex Lasry will not be required to disclose his financial assets until after the Democratic primary in August.Lasry, a millionaire who is running to be the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1484413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1484384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1484384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1484413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1484384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1484384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1484384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}