Tuesday, May 8, 2012
11:29 AM
Kreitlow among 'Red to Blue' candidates at DCCC fundraiser
Former state Sen. Pat Kreitlow is among 12 congressional challengers scheduled to attend a D.C. fundraiser today for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, according to a report in Politico.
The reception, which asks individuals for $250, $500 or $1,000 contributions and seeks $1,000, $2,500, or $5,000 donations from PACs, features most of the latest candidates to be named to the DCCC's "Red to Blue" program in targeted GOP-held seats. Kreitlow, D-Chippewa Falls, is challenging U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy of Weston and was named to the Red to Blue program late last month.
Many House Dem leaders, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Minority Whip Steny Hoyer and Assistant Leader Jim Clyburn, are set to attend the fundraiser.
The National Republican Congressional Committee alleged that Kreitlow has "signed up to rubber-stamp Nancy Pelosi’s big-government agenda of reckless spending."
"Maybe Kreitlow should find a campaign office in the Wisconsin district he wants to represent in Congress before he tries to fix his first quarter fundraising flop by begging Nancy Pelosi and liberal special interests to bail him out," NRCC spokeswoman Andrea Bozek said in a statement.
-- By Andy Szal
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