Wisconsin Recall Action Fund
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| Wisconsin Recall Action Fund | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Milwaukee, Wis. |
| Type: | PAC |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Website: | Official website |
The Wisconsin Recall Action Fund is an independent disbursement committee and political action committee (PAC) located in Milwaukee, Wis. As of June 2014, Greg Langhaim was listed as the group’s treasurer. The group was formed to help defeat the 2012 recall effort against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R).[1]
Work
- See also: Scott Walker recall, Wisconsin (2012)
The group was initially founded to fight against the 2012 attempt to recall Gov. Walker. However, according to the organization's website, as of 2015, the group aims to do the following:[2]
| “ | The Wisconsin Recall Action Fund is dedicated to building and motivating a grass-roots movement of Wisconsinites that can directly take on the organized labor movement. We are taking the fight door-to-door registering voters in key swing counties in Wisconsin. We will not allow national unions to out-work or out-organize our side.[3] | ” |
Finances
The following is a breakdown of WRAF's total annual revenue and the organization's expenses for the 2011-2014 fiscal years, as reported to the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (GAB):
| Annual contributions, revenues and expenses for CERS, 2011-2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tax Year | Revenue | Expenditures | |
| 2014[4] | $33,087 | $60,814 | |
| 2013[5] | $211,601 | $209,214 | |
| 2012[6] | $2,049,019 | $2,148,235 | |
| 2011[7] | $102,025 | $31,238 | |
Leadership
The following individual is listed among organization's leadership:[2]
- Greg Langhaim - 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).[8] The WRAF was one of 29 conservative organizations that was targeted and investigated during the course of the second of two John Doe investigations related to Scott Walker.[9][10]
See also
- Wisconsin
- Milwaukee County
- Scott Walker
- John Chisholm
- John Doe investigation
- John Doe investigations related to Scott Walker
- Timeline of John Doe investigations related to Scott Walker
- Scott Walker recall, Wisconsin (2012)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Wisconsin Campaign Finance Report, "Wisconsin Recall Action Fund, 2014," accessed September 26, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wisconsin Recall Action Fund, "About," accessed September 26, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Campaign Finance Report, State of Wisconsin, "Wisconsin Recall Action Fund, 2014," accessed September 28, 2015
- ↑ Campaign Finance Report, State of Wisconsin, "Wisconsin Recall Action Fund, 2013," accessed September 28, 2015
- ↑ Campaign Finance Report, State of Wisconsin, "Wisconsin Recall Action Fund, 2012," accessed September 28, 2015
- ↑ Campaign Finance Report, State of Wisconsin, "Wisconsin Recall Action Fund, 2011," accessed September 28, 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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