A Democrat who dropped out of the Wisconsin Senate race is giving the party a $600,000 surprise gift [View all]
Well done Alex. Thank you
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A Democrat who dropped out of the Wisconsin Senate race is giving the party a $600,000 surprise gift
Milwaukee Bucks executive Alex Lasry plans to use previously paid-for airtime to go after GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, who is seeking re-election.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/democrat-dropped-wisconsin-senate-race-giving-party-600000-surprise-gi-rcna40407
Lt. Gov. of Wisconsin and Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes speaks at a rally outside in Madison on July 23, 2022.
Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, a Democratic candidate for the Senate, speaks Saturday at a rally in Madison.Sara Stathas for The Washington Post / via Getty Images
July 29, 2022, 3:30 AM CDT / Updated July 29, 2022, 2:25 PM CDT
By Natasha Korecki and Adam Edelman
The Milwaukee Bucks executive who dropped out of the Wisconsin Senate race this week is in a giving mood.
After he immediately threw his support behind fellow Democrat Mandela Barnes, the states lieutenant governor, Alex Lasry is now offering another gift to boost his former rival.
Lasry said he will use $584,000 worth of previously purchased airtime to run attack ads against Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, his campaign told NBC News.
The ads, set to begin airing Saturday, will focus on Johnsons voting record, as well as his past comments about a Wisconsin companys moving out of the U.S. to make products that are dirt cheap..............................