Monday, February 19, 2007
6:18 PM
Weekend Sees Flurry of Supreme Court Autocalls
A flurry of autocalls went out over the weekend urging recipients to vote for Linda Clifford or Annette Ziegler in tomorrow's primary for the state Supreme Court.
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce sent out mailers and autocalls praising Ziegler, while the Washington County judge recorded a message on her own and sent out another featuring Ozaukee County Sheriff Maury Straub. She'd already hit the air waves with a radio and TV ad, while the conservative Club for Growth-Wisconsin has been running an issue ad praising her.
WMC's auto call says Ziegler is tough on crime and urges listeners to "call and thank her for keeping Wisconsin families safe." Its mailer proclaims, "Annette Ziegler is one tough judge" and lists her endorsements by 46 Wisconsin sheriffs, the majority of county DAs and various law enforcement organizations.
*See the WMC mailer
*Listen to the Straub call
*Listen to the Ziegler call
First Lady Jessica Doyle, U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold and Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton sent out communications urging support for Clifford.
Jessica Doyle sent out an e-mail urging people to vote for Clifford in tomorrow's primary, writing the Madison attorney "has the integrity, experience and commitment to fairness we need in our next Supreme Court Justice." The e-mail, sent from a Doyle-Lawton campaign e-mail address and posted on the campaign Web site, notes the historically low turnout in spring primaries and asks recipients to "please join me in supporting Linda Clifford for Supreme Court justice."
In her autocall, paid for by Clifford's campaign, Lawton praises the Madison attorney for "helping thousands of real people solve their problems." The call also mentions Clifford also has the backing of Lawton's fellow Dems Feingold and U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin of Madison.
*See the Jessica Doyle e-mail
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