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Friends of Scott Walker
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| Friends of Scott Walker | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Waukesha, Wis. |
| Type: | Personal Campaign Committee |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Year founded: | 1990 |
| Website: | Official website |
| Budget | |
| 2015: | $5,686,991.20 (through June 30, 2015)[1] |
| 2014: | $29,673,716.22 |
| 2013: | $4,792,525.24 |
| 2012: | $29,018,539.17 |
Friends of Scott Walker (FOSW) is the name of Scott Walker's campaign committee. The committee was originally registered on May 29, 1990. The treasurer for the committee is listed as Lane Ruhland.[2] Walker's first campaign for state assembly was in 1990, but he was defeated by Gwen Moore, who was elected to the U.S. Congress in 2004.[3]
John Doe investigations
Two John Doe investigations, beginning in 2010 and ending in 2015, were launched by Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm (D) into the activities of staff and associates of Gov. Scott Walker (R).[4] On November 1, 2010, the office of Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm (D) served subpoenas for the emails related to the Friends of Scott Walker campaign committee, in connection with the first John Doe investigation.[5] That investigation was closed with no one connected to the campaign committee being charged.[6]
Friends of Scott Walker was also a target during the second John Doe investigation. On August 10, 2012, Milwaukee County DA Chisholm asked for the second John Doe investigation to be opened based on the theory that the Walker campaign had engaged in coordination with social welfare groups making what prosecutors alleged were illegal independent expenditures during the 2012 attempt to recall Walker due to his support for Act 10. Independent expenditures are monies spent on political advertising in support of or against a particular candidate.[7][8] That investigation was effectively halted in early 2014 by both state and federal lawsuits filed against the parties involved in the investigation.[9][10]
See also
- Wisconsin
- Scott Walker
- John Doe investigation
- John Doe investigations related to Scott Walker
- Wisconsin Government Accountability Board
External links
Additional reading
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This was the amount of expenditures reported by the committee from January 1, 2015, through June 30, 2015. It does not represent the entire 2015 budget of the organization.
- ↑ Wisconsin Campaign Finance Information System, "View Registrants (GAB# 0102575)," accessed May 6, 2015
- ↑ State of Wisconsin 1991-1992 Blue Book, "Elections in Wisconsin," 1991-1992
- ↑ United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Milwaukee Division, "Eric O’Keefe, and Wisconsin Club for Growth, Inc.," accessed February 23, 2015
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Walker says he was unaware of aide's immunity deal," September 27, 2011
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "John Doe probe of Scott Walker office closed with no new charges," March 2, 2013
- ↑ ‘’Wall Street Journal’’, “Another John Doe Disclosure,” June 9, 2014
- ↑ State of Wisconsin Circuit Court Milwaukee County, "Petition for Commencement of a John Doe Proceeding," August 10, 2012
- ↑ United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Milwaukee Division, "Eric O’Keefe, and Wisconsin Club for Growth, Inc.," accessed February 23, 2015
- ↑ Wisconsin Reporter, "Disparate treatment: Civil rights lawsuit claims conservative speech trampled," February 11, 2014
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