{"id":2212168,"date":"2024-04-03T11:55:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-democrats-pump-big-out-of-state-dollars-into-school-board-elections\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T11:55:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:55:25","slug":"wisconsin-democrats-pump-big-out-of-state-dollars-into-school-board-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-democrats-pump-big-out-of-state-dollars-into-school-board-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Democrats pour significant out-of-state funds into school board races"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fwisconsin-democrats-pump-big-out-of-state-dollars-into-school-board-elections%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=2212168&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>The\u200b Democratic\u200d Party of Wisconsin channels substantial out-of-state funds into local school board elections, impacting various districts across\u2063 the \u200dstate. \u2063Campaign finance reports reveal significant contributions aimed at supporting \u2064leftist candidates, challenging the influence of conservative counterparts. The DPW&#8217;s financial backing from out-of-state donors, including\u2062 prominent figures like Reid Hoffman and George Soros, underscores the ongoing influence of external money in Wisconsin politics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>While Badger State voters have rejected \u201cZuckbucks\u201d in Wisconsin elections, campaign finance figures show big, outside money in local, so-called nonpartisan races is here to stay. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s particularly true of the deep-pocketed Democrat Party of Wisconsin, which continues to outraise the Wisconsin GOP by massive amounts. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-878515316\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2510637aaf39ff3071f7e473d2e8dbac fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2510637aaf39ff3071f7e473d2e8dbac\"><\/div>\n<p>A review of campaign finance records shows the DPW targeted some 15 public school districts statewide, delivering hundreds of thousands of dollars in in-kind contributions to help elect leftist candidates. The donations mainly cover the costs of mailers and other supporting efforts. <\/p>\n<p>In the Waukesha School District alone, arguably the epicenter of Wisconsin\u2019s battle over pre-K-12 education, the party had recorded north of $43,000 in in-kind contributions for <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Stephanie_Fidlin_(Waukesha_School_District_school_board_At-large,_Wisconsin,_candidate_2024)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephanie Fidlin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Angelique_Byrne_(Waukesha_School_District_school_board_At-large,_Wisconsin,_candidate_2024)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Angelique Byrne<\/a> \u2014 two of five school board candidates running for three seats in Tuesday\u2019s election. DPW listed in its <a href=\"https:\/\/cfis.wi.gov\/ReportsOutputFiles\/0300054SpringPre-Election2024774c5325202454417PMCF-2Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">campaign finance report<\/a> three separate significant contributions totaling $21,715.11 for each of the candidates. <\/p>\n<p>As The Federalist <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/26\/exclusive-school-board-members-accuse-wisconsin-public-schools-superintendent-of-election-meddling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> last week, conservative school board members in Waukesha spearheaded a letter condemning Wisconsin\u2019s far-left public schools chief Jill Underly for campaigning for the liberal candidates and injecting herself in what is supposed to be a nonpartisan election. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat the DPI, through its highest ranking officer, would actively meddle in local elections and rebuke local school board members, should be viewed as a blatant conflict of interest that usurps the will of the electorate and runs afoul of local control,\u201d wrote Waukesha School Board President <a href=\"https:\/\/sdw.waukesha.k12.wi.us\/page\/board-members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kelly Piacsek<\/a> and board Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/sdw.waukesha.k12.wi.us\/page\/board-members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anthony Zenobia<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/DPI_Waukesha_Mar2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public letter<\/a> signed by scores of school board members and candidates around the state. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-eef874f4e767cffbc9df76bc6fb168f6 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-eef874f4e767cffbc9df76bc6fb168f6\"><\/div>\n<p>The money dump is similar in more than a dozen other school districts around the state, including Green Bay, Kenosha, Stevens Point, and Wausau. In Kenosha, DPW recorded three substantial in-kind contributions each to liberal incumbents Mary Modder and Todd Price totaling more than $34,000, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/cfis.wi.gov\/ReportsOutputFiles\/0300054SpringPre-Election2024774c5325202454417PMCF-2Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">campaign finance reports.<\/a> The party did the same for left-leaning candidates Sabrina Landry and Robin Cullen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmj4.com\/america-votes\/former-miss-kenosha-eyeing-school-board-race-in-tuesdays-election#:~:text=Incumbents%20Todd%20Price%20and%20Mary,getters%20get%20three%2Dyear%20terms.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eight candidates<\/a> vied for four seats on the Kenosha School Board. <\/p>\n<p>The Republican Party and conservative get-out-the-vote efforts have spent considerably less on local races. <\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Democrats raised nearly $5.5 million from the beginning of 2024 to March 18, the end of the most recent filing period, according to DPW\u2019s state campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/cfis.wi.gov\/ReportsOutputFiles\/0300054SpringPre-Election2024774c5325202454417PMCF-2Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">finance reports.<\/a> The party spent more than $2 million over that same period. <\/p>\n<p>The party has far outraised its state GOP opponents, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/04\/02\/wisconsin-democrats-have-buried-republicans-in-2024-fundraising\/73170719007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5e6c4cac8809b04afa8903c01d238f7a fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-5e6c4cac8809b04afa8903c01d238f7a\"><\/div>\n<p>The vast majority of the Democrats\u2019 war chest is being filled by out-of-state donors. The party\u2019s top 6 donors have contributed at least $4.2 million to the coffers. That <a href=\"https:\/\/cfis.wi.gov\/ReportsOutputFiles\/CCarterSpringPre-Primary20247b991216202442329PMCF-2Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">includes<\/a> a $2 million contribution from Silicon Valley leftist sugar daddy Reid Hoffman. The billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn and reported visitor to Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s \u201cPedophile Island\u201d has generously given to left-wing causes and candidates, including President Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local3news.com\/regional-national\/tech-billionaire-who-visited-epstein-s-pedophile-island-donates-nearly-700k-to-bidens-campaign\/article_0c358048-25ae-11ee-97e0-474ebb7fc691.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reelection campaign.<\/a>   <\/p>\n<p>Also on the mega donor list is billionaire George Soros, who has chipped in <a href=\"https:\/\/cfis.wi.gov\/ReportsOutputFiles\/0300054SpringPre-Election2024774c5325202454417PMCF-2Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$750,000<\/a> so far this year after dropping a cool <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2023\/03\/28\/soros-pritzker-and-uihleins-pour-millions-into-supreme-court-race\/70055900007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$1 million<\/a> into the DPW\u2019s accounts during Wisconsin\u2019s Supreme Court race last spring, the most expensive judicial election in U.S. history. All that money bought the left its first majority on the court in some 15 years.  <\/p>\n<p>As of Wednesday, it looked like the left\u2019s big money campaign had fallen short in Waukesha. The two liberal school board candidates <a href=\"https:\/\/electionresults.waukeshacounty.gov\/contests.aspx?contest=-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lost<\/a> to incumbents Piacsek, Zenobia, and fellow conservative Eric Brooks. <\/p>\n<p>Zenobia said Waukesha is ground zero in the fight for the soul of education. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen parents rise up and run for school board against what is really the education establishment everywhere in this country that is fighting tooth and nail to keep these so-called progressive, far left indoctrination policies in place,\u201d Zenobia told The Federalist. \u201cThe tide started to gain momentum back in 2020 and 2021 and it\u2019s just continued all over the country.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But the DPW\u2019s hefty investment in the Kenosha Unified School Board races paid off. The liberal candidates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmj4.com\/election-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">won the day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin voters on Tuesday supported two ballots questions that ban private and nonprofit grants in election administration \u2014 commonly referred to as Zuckbucks. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Pricilla Chang, dumped hundreds of millions into a 2020 grant program used to influence election administration in local offices. The program was administered by left-wing activists with the brunt of the money going to Democrat enclaves in critical swing states like Wisconsin. <\/p>\n<p>The rejection of Zuckbucks was a collective middle finger to Democrat Gov. Tony Evers, who has on multiple occasions vetoed bills aimed at banning private money in election administration. Wisconsin becomes the 28th state to prohibit or limit Zuckbucks-style elections funding. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a56a31f6104d347b970be58a64a01293 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-a56a31f6104d347b970be58a64a01293\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin voters rejected &#8220;Zuckbucks&#8221; in state elections, yet outside funding remains prominent in local nonpartisan races. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin significantly outraises the GOP. Campaign finance records indicate the DPW&#8217;s substantial financial backing in ongoing races, highlighting the continued influence of out-of-state dollars in Wisconsin elections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2212169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Voting-flag-scaled.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2212168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Voting-flag-scaled.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212168","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\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2212168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2212169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2212168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2212168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2212168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}