{"id":1566127,"date":"2022-07-22T09:34:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1566127"},"modified":"2022-07-22T09:34:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:34:15","slug":"ron-johnson-raises-more-money-than-democratic-challengers-in-key-fundraising-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-johnson-raises-more-money-than-democratic-challengers-in-key-fundraising-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Johnson Raises More Money Than Democratic Challengers In Key Fundraising Quarter"},"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%2Fron-johnson-raises-more-money-than-democratic-challengers-in-key-fundraising-quarter%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=1566127&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--><p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ron-johnson\">Ron Johnson<\/a> (R-WI) raised more money than his top four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/democratic-party\">Democratic<\/a> opponents during the second quarter of a key Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/2022-election\">race<\/a>, according to FEC data.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the second quarter, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/wisconsin\">Wisconsin<\/a> senator\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2022\/07\/17\/ron-johnson-raises-more-funds-than-all-wisconsin-senate-democrats-combined\/10076614002\/\">pulled<\/a> in about $7 million, which was more than the $3.7 million the Democrats raised collectively during the same time period, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRon Johnson has the support of regular people all across Wisconsin because he fights for them every day in Washington,\u201d Ben Voelkel, spokesperson for Johnson\u2019s re-election campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wispolitics.com\/2022\/johnson-campaign-raises-more-than-7-million-in-latest-quarter\/\">said<\/a>, reported WisPolitics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNational liberals have been throwing every lie and distortion they can at Ron because they don\u2019t want to talk about the Biden record of sky-high inflation, open borders and runaway spending that have our country on the wrong track,\u201d Voelkel added.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, who is seeking a third term in the Senate, has been a target for Democrats looking to flip a seat in a purple state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes (D-WI), one of the leading Democrats in the race, brought in just over $2 million. Barnes, a self-described progressive, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/aoc-makes-endorsement-in-senate-race-crucial-for-majority\">endorsed<\/a> by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis quarter\u2019s unprecedented show of support is proof that working families are ready to support a candidate who understands firsthand the challenges they\u2019re facing and their hopes for the future,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/mandelabarnes.com\/mandela-barnes-raises-over-2-1-million-in-q2-of-2022-with-average-donation-of-35\/\">said<\/a> Lauren Chou, deputy communications director for the Barnes campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee Bucks executive and Democratic candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wealthy-democratic-senate-candidate-wont-have-to-release-financial-report-before-primary\">Alex Lasry<\/a> continued to spend big on his own campaign for the Senate nomination as he contributed over $6 million to his campaign through a personal loan. Lasry has now given his campaign over $12 million in self-loans, according to the Journal Sentinel. Outside of his personal loans, he raised just over half a million dollars in donations in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski (D-WI) took in $900,000 in donations, while Tom Nelson, a Democratic county executive, raised $230,000. Godlewski also contributed $600,000 in self-loans during the quarter as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Polling shows that Barnes is the favorite to take the Democratic nomination, while the general election is expected to be close.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, who has focused his campaign on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/inflation-soars-to-new-high-of-9-1\">decades-high inflation<\/a> hitting the country, also made headlines Thursday for his comments about a same-sex marriage bill working its way through the Senate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Respect for Marriage Act is another example of Democrats creating a state of fear over an issue in order to further divide Americans for their political benefit. Even though I feel the Respect for Marriage Act is unnecessary, should it come before the Senate, I see no reason to oppose it,\u201d Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/21\/politics\/ron-johnson-same-sex-marriage-bill\/index.html\">said<\/a> in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He explained that he did \u201cnot see any scenario in which the Supreme Court would overturn\u201d <em>Obergefell v. Hodges<\/em>, the Supreme Court case that struck down state bans on same-sex marriage and declared same-sex marriage a constitutional right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) raised more money than his top four Democratic opponents during the second quarter of a key Senate race, according to FEC data.\u00a0 During the second quarter, the Wisconsin senator\u00a0pulled in about $7 million, which was more than the $3.7 million the Democrats raised collectively during the same time period, according to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1575024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1566127","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\/1566127","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1566127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1566127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1566127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1566127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}