Monday, May 21, 2012
12:46 PM
Third-party groups and Lehman send raft of mailers in recall Senate race
Mailers sent out to Racine-area voters in advance of the recall election between Sen. Van Wanggaard and former Sen. John Lehman have focused on both candidates economic positions and Wanggaard's votes on women's issues.
Three mailers were sent by independent groups:
- A mailer from Americans for Prosperity warned that Lehman "supported a gas tax that would have increased the cost of gas by $270 million."
- Another advertisement from school-choice supporters American Federation for Children said Lehman would take Wisconsin backwards, saying that Lehman voted for 4.7 billion in increased taxes and $37 million in 'wasteful pork barrel spending."
- A Planned Parenthood mailer focuses on Wanggaard and Walker's support for the defunding of Planned Parenthood, claiming the two stopped funding for "essential health care like lifesaving breast and cervical cancer screenings, birth control and health exams for 12,000 Wisconsin women."
Meanwhile, Lehman's campaign has sent three mailers criticizing Wanggaard for his votes to repeal the Equal Pay Enforcement Act, defunding Planned Parenthood and give tax breaks to corporations. One of the ads then juxtaposes Wanggaard's votes with Lehman's co-authorship of a 2009 act that required the state executive branch to purchase services from U.S.-based contractors.-- By Jason Smathers
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