LOOK
TONIGHT,
NEXT
TUESDAY
IS
THE
SPRING
PRIMARY.
STATEWIDE, VOTERS
WILL
CHOOSE
WHICH
TWO SUPREME
COURT
CANDIDATES ADVANCE
TO
THE
APRIL ELECTION. ALSO ON THE
BALLOT
IN
NORTHERN
WISCONSIN'S 7TH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IS
THE
PRIMARY
FOR A
SPECIAL ELECTION
TO
REPLACE
CONGRESSMAN SEAN
DUFFY,
WHO
RESIGNED LAST FALL.
"HERE AND NOW"
REPORTER ZAC SCHULTZ MET
WITH
ALL
FAWR
FOUR
CANDIDATES AND
HAS
THIS
REPORT. >>
CONGRESSIONAL
SEATS
DON'T
COME
OPEN
VERY
NAWRCH
WISCONSIN,
SO
IT'S
NO
WISCONSIN A SPECIAL
ELECTION IN
THE
7TH
BROUGHT
OUT
TWO
REPUBLICANS
AND
TWO
DEMOCRATS.
THE MAN
WITH
THE
MOST
NAME
RECOGNITION
IS
REPUBLICAN
STATE
SENATOR
TOM
TIFFANY. >>
I'VE
BEEN
PUTTING
50,000
MILES A YEAR ON
REPRESENTING
THE
12TH
DISTRICT, SO
IT'S
JUST
MORE
TERRITORY TO
COVER. >>
TIFFANY
IS
CAMPAIGNING ON
HIS
RECORD
IN
MADISON,
ADVANCING
FORMER
GOVERNOR SCOTT
WALKER'S
CONSERVATIVE AGENDA. >>
I'VE
HELPED
DRAIN
THE
SWAMP
IN MADISON.
I WILL
DO
THE
SAME
IN WASHINGTON D.C. I
HAVE
THE
TRACK
RECORD
TO PROVE
IT.
MADISON
DID
NOT
CHANGE
ME.
WASHINGTON D.C.
WILL
NOT
EITHER. >>
I
ALWAYS
LIKE
TO
SAY
I'VE
NEVER
LEFT
WISCONSIN
VOLUNTARILY.
IT'S ALWAYS
BEEN
ON
ORDERS.
>>
JASON
CHURCH
IS A
VETERAN,
ALSO
RUNNING
AS A
REPUBLICAN.
HE'S
W
ITHIN
BEEN
WORKING
IN
SENATOR RON
JOHNSON'S
OFFICE. >>
I
WAS
INJURED
AS A
PLATOON
LEADER,
LOST
BOTH
MY
LEGS.
I CAME
BACK
AND
RECOVERED AT
WALTER
REED.
IN THE
MIDDLE
OF
MY
RECOVER
I
MET
SENATOR RON
JOHNSON. >>
HE'S
RUNNING
AS AN
OUTSIDER
AND A
SUPPORTER
OF
TERM
LIMITS. >>
I
CAN
BRING
THE
FIGHT
FOR
US.
>>
WE
NEED A
NEW
GENERATION OF
LEADERSHIP. >> THERE
ARE
NO
POLICY
DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN
TOM
TIFFANY
AND
JASON
CHURCH.
TIFFANY
HAS
ENDORSEMENTS
FROM SCOTT
WALKER
AND
SAWN
SEAN
DUFFY.
BUT
IN AN
ERA
OF
ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT
CANDIDATES, HE HAS
TO
MAKE
SURE
THOSE
ENDORSEMENTS DON'T MAKE
HIM
THE
ESTABLISHMENT. >> I'M
PROUD OF
THE
ENDORSEMENTS
I'VE GOTTEN
BECAUSE
THEY'VE
BEEN
TRUE
REFORMERS. >>
CHURCH'S
SUPPORTERS
COME
FROM
MILITARY
BACKGROUND. >>
THE
PEOPLE
WHO
ENDORSED ME,
THEY
HE
DIDN'T
KNOW MIGHT BE
FROM WORKING IN
THE
LEGISLATURE IN TEN
YEARS
OR
TRYING TO
RUN
FOR OFFICE
FOR A
DECADE
AND A
HALF. >>
I GREW
UP
IN A
STRONG
UNION
HOUSEHOLD. >>
ON
THE
DEMOCRATIC
SIDE, TRICIA ZUNKER
IS
ENDORSED
BY
THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
OF
WISCONSIN. >>
I'M AN
ENROLLED
MEMBER
OF
HO-CHUNK
HO-CHUNK NATION
AND
I
COME
FROM
GENERATIONS OF
DAIRY
FARMERS. >>
SHE'S A
JUSTICE ON
THE
HO-CHUNK SUPREME COURT AND ON
THE
WAUSAU
SCHOOL
BOARD. >>
WE
HAVE
OPPORTUNITY TO
GET
REPRESENTATION FOR
THE
PEOPLE
OF
WISCONSIN. >>
A
DEMOCRAT
HAS
NOT
WON
THE
7TH IN MORE
THAN A
DECADE.
IN A
DIFFERENT
POLITICAL ERA
AND
UNDER DIFFERENT MAPS.
BUT
ZUNKER
SAYS
SHE'S
REACHING
OUT
TO
POPULATIONS
THAT HAVE
BEEN
OVERLOOKED,
LIKE NATIVE AMERICAN
TRIBES. >>
I
MET
WIT
H
MEMBERS OF
THE
SOMALI
COMMUNITY,
MALE
HMONG
COMMUNITY LEADERS.
I
DID
SOME
HISPANIC
OUTREACH
FOR
THE
COMMUNITY
IN
ABBOTSFORD.
THERE
ARE SO
MANY
COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE
BEEN
OVER
OVERLOOKED AND
HAVE
SAID
TO
ME THIS
IS
THE FIRST
TIME A
CANDIDATE
HAS COME
TO
US.
>>
LAWRENCE
DALE
IS
ALSO
RUNNING
AS A
DEMOCRAT AND
SAYS
HE'S
UNAFRAID
TO
CRITICIZE
HIS
OWN
PARTY
LEADERS. >>
I'M
NOT A ZEALOT FOR
ANY
PARTY.
I SUPPORT BERNIE SANDERS.
AND
I
SUPPORT
JUSTICE
FOR
WORKING PEOPLE
GENERALLY
AND
CERTAINLY JUSTICE
FOR
THE
SMALL
FARMERS
IN
OUR
DISTRICT. >>
DALE
SAYS
HIS
BIGGEST
CONCERNS
INCLUDE
THE
THREAT
FROM
MINING OPERATIONS
AND
INDUSTRIAL
FARMS. >> AS
YOUR
CONGRESSMAN WHAT I'M
GOING TO
DO
IS
PRESENT
LEGISLATION THAT
WILL
PUT A
MORATORIUM ON
CAFOs. >>
HE
SAYS
HE'S
NOT
IMPRESSED
WITH
ZUNKER. >>
SHE
TALKS A
LOT
ABOUT
HERSELF.
THAT TURNS
ME
OFF
RIGHT
AWAY.
SHE WENT ON
AND
ON.
IT
JUST
ABOUT
DROVE
M
E
NUTS.
SO I
WAITED
FOR
THE
SECOND
HALF
OF
HER
PRESENTATION AND THERE WAS
NOTHING
OF
SUBSTANCE.
>> FOR
HER
PART,
ZUNKER HAS
NOTHING TO
SAY
ABOUT
LAWRENCE
DALE. >>
I'M
NOT
REALLY
FOCUSED
ON
ANY
OPPONENT IN
THE
PRIMARY.
I'M FOCUS
ODD
FOCUSED
ON
THIS
CAMPAIGN,
LISTENING
TO
THE
VOTERS. >>
TURNOUT
IS
OFTEN
QUITE
LOW
IN
THE
SPRING
PRIMARY.
ADD IN
ONE OF
THE
LARGEST
DISTRICTS
EAST OF
THE MISS
MISSISSIPPI
AND
CAMPAIGNING
IN
WINTER AND YOU
HAVE A
LOT
OF
UNKNOWNS. >>
A
WINTER
CAMPAIGN
IS A
WHOLE
DIFFERENT ANIMAL.
IT'S A
LOUD
OF
GROUND T
O
COVER.
EIGHT
HOURS
ROUND
TRIP
FROM HUDSON TO
THE
OTHER
END
AND
BACK. >>
IT'S
GOING TO
BE
DIFFICULT
AS
IT ALWAYS
IS.
USUALLY
THE
CANDIDATE
THAT
OUTSPENDS THE
OTHER
BY A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
WINS. >>
THIS
IS A
26-COUNTY
DISTRICT,
ONE-THIRD OF
THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN, AND WE
HAVE
TO
TRY
ALL
DIFFERENT THINGS
THROUGHOUT THE
DISTRICT. >>
REPORTING
FROM
WAUSAU, I'M ZAC
SCHULTZ. >>
THE
SPECIAL PRIMARY
ELECTION
IN
THE
7TH
CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT IS
NEXT
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 18.
AS
WE
REPORTED LAST
WEEK,
FOR
ABSENTEE VOTERS
IN
THAT
DISTRICT, THERE ARE
TWO
BALLOTS
FOR
THAT
ELECTION, ONE
FOR
THE
FEDERAL
ELECTION
AND
ANOTHER
FOR
STATE SUPREME COURT AND
LOCAL
RACES.
THIS
WEEK,
HOWEVER,
THE
WISCONSIN
ELECTIONS COMMISSION
VOTED
UNANIMOUSLY
TO
SEND
ONLY
ONE
BALLOT
TO
MOST
ABSENTEE
VOTERS
FOR
THE
APRIL 7
PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY
AND SUPREME COURT
GENERAL.
COMMISSIONERS
WORRIED TWO
BALLOTS
COULD
CAUSE
CHAOS.
>>
FOR A
REGULAR
VOTER
IN
WISCONSIN THAT'S
NOT
OVERSEAS,
THAT'S NOT
SERVE
SERVING
IN
THE
MILITARY, YOU
WILL
ONE
BALLOT
WITH
THE
PRESIDENTIAL
PREFERENCE
ELECTION
AND
THE
STATE