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Right Direction Wisconsin PAC
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| Right Direction Wisconsin | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Type: | PAC |
| Affiliation: | Republican Governors Association |
| Top official: | Michael Adams, Treasurer |
Right Direction Wisconsin PAC is a political action committee in Wisconsin operated by the Republican Governors Association (RGA). It is a state affiliate of the RGA’s national PAC, RGA Right Direction, a 527 group that collects contributions and redistributes them to various state level groups across the country.[1]
Work
Independent expenditures
According to the Center for Public Integrity, the Republican Governors Association (RGA) funded an estimated $802,700 in television advertisements in Wisconsin in 2014. Most of its advertisements targeted Mary Burke, the Democratic opponent of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in the state's 2014 gubernatorial election.[2]
During the 2012 recall election of Scott Walker, the organization was responsible for political mailings and the website HigherTaxesFewerJobs.com, which contains information and advertisements discouraging voters from supporting Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and President Barack Obama. Barrett and Falk were both Democratic candidates for governor during the 2012 recall. Barrett won the primary against Falk and lost to Scott Walker in the general election on June 5, 2012.[3]
The PAC has been active in Wisconsin since at least 2006 when it spent $2 million on issue ads targeting Democratic Governor Jim Doyle. The organization spent $5 million in the 2010 general elections, $3.5 million of which went towards independent expenditures.[4]
According to state campaign finance reports, Right Direction Wisconsin PAC did not make independent expenditures during 2015. As of July 2016, the group had not made independent expenditures for the 2016 election cycle.[5]
Contributions to candidates
The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign’s campaign finance database shows that Right Direction Wisconsin PAC has made the following contributions to electoral candidates in Wisconsin:[6]
| Candidate contributions made by Right Direction Wisconsin PAC[6] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Office | Total | Date | Desired Result | ||
| Scott Walker |  |
Governor | $43,128.00 | 11/18/2014 |  | ||
| Mark Neumann | |
Governor | $413.00 | 07/20/2010 |  | ||
| Scott Walker | |
Governor | $684.72 | 07/12/2010 | | ||
| Scott Walker | |
Governor | $576.80 | 06/30/2010 | | ||
Leadership
As of July 2016, the following individuals held leadership positions with Right Direction Wisconsin PAC:[5]
- Michael G. Adams, Treasurer
Noteworthy events
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).[7] Right Direction Wisconsin PAC was one of 29 conservative organizations that were targeted during the course of the second of two John Doe investigations in Wisconsin related to Gov. Scott Walker (R).[8][9]
Media
Recent news
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See also
- Republican Governors Association
- Political action committee
- 527 group
- John Doe investigations related to Scott Walker
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, "Hijacking Campaign 2014: Right Direction Wisconsin PAC," October 31, 2014
- ↑ Center for Public Integrity, "Republican Governors Association," December 8, 2014
- ↑ Mother Jones, "Our Elections Are Being Poisoned," June 1, 2012
- ↑ Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, "Hijacking Recall 2012: Right Direction Wisconsin PAC," January 15, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wisconsin Campaign Finance Information System, "Right Direction Wisconsin PAC," accessed July 8, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, "PAC Contributions to ALL State Candidates: Right Direction Wisconsin PAC," accessed August 6, 2015
- ↑ 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 Watchdog, "Wall Street Journal: GAB targeted conservative justices in John Doe defense," September 17, 2015
- ↑ Eric O'Keefe v. Francis Schmitz, et al., "Complaint," accessed September 16, 2015
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