Koch group back into Wisconsin Senate race with $1M ad buy--for teabagger Sen Johnson
Crap!! CRAP!!
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DemocracyForAmerica ?@DFAaction 6m6 minutes ago
The Koch brothers are back in Wisconsin, making it all the more important for us to support @russfeingold. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/koch-group-back-into-wisconsin-senate-race-with-1m-ad-buy/2016/08/04/4b79cc7e-5a80-11e6-8b48-0cb344221131_story.html
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Koch group back into Wisconsin Senate race with $1M ad buy
By Erica Werner?|?AP August 4
WASHINGTON A group backed by the billionaire Koch Brothers announced Thursday it is getting back into the Wisconsin Senate race with an ad buy on behalf of GOP incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson, just two weeks after canceling ad reservations in the state.
A spokesman for the group, Freedom Partners Action Fund, cited some shifts in the polls in explaining the new $1 million buy boosting Johnsons record on veterans issues, and attacking Democrat Russ Feingold.
The groups earlier decision to cancel $2 million in ad reservations in Wisconsin was widely seen as evidence Republicans were giving up on Johnson, who has consistently lagged Feingold in their rematch in a state likely to favor Democrats in a presidential election year.
Freedom Partners fund spokesman James Davis said it was a false interpretation to see the earlier move as a negative reflection on Johnsons prospects. We make these decisions on an evolving basis, he said......