FALL
WILL%-HAVE
A
DRAMATIC IMPACT
ON
WHAT
%-HAPPENS THE
NEXT
TWO
YEARS AT
%-THE STATE
CAPITOL, INCLUDING
%-ISSUES
LIKE
REDISTRICTING,
%-POLICE
REFORM
AND THE
STATE%-GRAND
JURY.
%-16
OF
WISCONSIN'S
33
STATE
%-SENATE DISTRICTS
ARE ON
THE
%-WEATHER.%-IT'S NOT WHETHER
DEMOCRATS WITH
%-WIN ENOUGH
SEATS
BUT
WHETHER
%-THEY CAN PREVENT REPUBLICANS
%-FROM
GAINING A
SUPER
MAJORITY.
%-HERE ARE
NOW
SENIOR
POLITICAL
%-REPORTER
ZAC SCHULTZ WHO
SHOWS
%-US
THREE OF
THE
MOST
IMPORTANT
%-RACES.%- >> YOU KNOW
WHO I
AM?
%- >> WOW.
%- >> RUNNING
FOR
SAY
SENATE.
%- >> HE'S BEEN
RUNNING FOR
OFFICE%-IN
THE
LACRO
AREA FOR
20
YEARS.%- >> YOU
CAN VOTE FOR
ME,
SIR?
%- >> GIVE IT SOME
THOUGHT.
%- >> I APPRECIATE
THAT.
%- >> THIS WILL BE HIS
SIXTH
TIME
%-ON
THE
BALLOT
TO
REPRESENT
THE
%-THINK
2nd
SENATE
DISTRICT --
%-32nd SENATE
DISTRICT.%- >> GIVING PEOPLE
A
CHOICE.
%- >> HE
LOST
DEVICE THE
LAST
TIME
%-2016.%- >> I WON THIS
DISTRICT.%-I'VE LOST THIS
DISTRICT.%-IT'S AGAIN
VERY
COMPETITIVE.
%-SO YOU HAVE TO
WORK
VERY,
VERY
%-HARD.
%-LACROSS
TRENDS
BLUE.
%-AND YOU
KNOW, I'VE GOT
TO
PICK
%-UP THE
SURROUNDING
AREAS.
%- >> 2020 WILL BE
DIFFERENT.
%-IN
PART
BECAUSE
THE
INCUMBENT,
%-DEMOCRAT JENNIFER
SCHILLING, IS
%-NOT
RUNNING.
%- >> I'M VERY
EXCITED ABOUT THIS
%-ELECTION.%- >> THE DEMOCRAT
IS
BRAD
PFAFF
OF
%-WHO
BRINGS HIS
OWN
POLITICS TO%-THE
RACE.
%- >> PEOPLE
WHO
KNOW ME
KNOW WHEN
%-I GO TO
WORK,
I
WORK FOR
%-EVERYONE.
%- >> HE
RAN
WAY BACK
IN
2004
AND
%-LOST.
%-BUT
MOST
RECENTLY, PFAFF
OF
WAS
%-SERVING ARGOVERNOR
EVERS'
%-SECRETARY OF
THE DEPARTMENT
OF
%-AGRICULTURE
TRADE.
%- >> MILK PRICES ARE A
LITTLE
%-BETTER.%-GRAIN PRICES ARE
LOW.
%-SO
THEY'RE NOT
EXCITED
ABOUT
%-THAT.
%- >> WHILE SENATE
REPUBLICANS
%-STALLED HIS
NOMINATION
VOTE,%-PFAFF OF GOT INTO
A
FIGHT
OVER
%-WHEN
THE
REPUBLICANS
WOULD
%-RELEASE MONEY
EARMARKED
FOR
%-FARMERS
SUICIDE
PREVENTION.
%- >> THEY
DECIDED THAT THEY
WERE%-GOING TO SEND
ME
HOME.
%- >> REPUBLICANS KILLED HIS
%-NOMINATION.
%-EFFECTIVELY
FIRING
HIM.
%- >> I NEVER TOOK
THIS
PERSONAL.
%-BECAUSE I DON'T
BELIEVE THIS WAS
%-EVER ABOUT
ME.
%-I THINK THIS
IS
JUST
STRAIGHT
%-PARTISAN
POLITICS.
%- >> DESPITE HIS HISTORY AS
A
%-CANDIDATE, HE
SEES
THIS AS
A
%-RACE BETWEEN
HIMSELF
AND A
%-BUSINESSMAN
AND PFAFF
OF AS
A
%-PUBLIC
EMPLOYEE.%- >> I'VE
WORKED IN
THE
PRIVATE
%-SECTOR MY
WHOLE
LIFE.
%-HE'S BEEN
IN
PUBLIC
SECTOR.
%-THAT'S NOT
NECESSARILY
BAD,
BUT
%-IT'S
A
CONTRAST.%- >> PFAFF OF SAYS
THE
DIFFERENCE
%-IS HE WAS RECALLED
FOR
HIS VOTE
%-ON ACT
10
WHILE
HE
LOST
HIS
JOB
%-WHILE
STANDING
UP
FOR
FARMERS.
%- >> I STEPPED
FORWARD TO HELP
%-INDIVIDUALS,
REGARDLESS OF
THEIR
%-POLITICAL
PERSUASION,
IN
TIMES
%-OF
NEED.
%-I
NEVER HAVE
BEEN
PART OF
THE
%-EXTREME
PARTISANSHIP
THAT
TOOK
%-PLACE IN THE
STATE
LEGISLATURE.%- >> THIS IS
SENATOR
PATTY
%-SHOCKNER
CALLING.
%-I JUST
WANTED
TO
TOUCH
BASE WITH
%-YOU.
%- >> FARTHER NORTH
DEMOCRAT
PATTY
%-SHOCKNER
REPRESENTS
THE
10th
%-SENATE
DISTRICT.
%- >> COMMUNICATING TO
DISTRICT
10
%-ABOUT
WISCONSIN
POLITICS CAN
BE
%-A
CHALLENGE.%- >> THE 10th
IS
BORDER
COUNTRY.
%-MOST OF THE
AREA
GETS
THEIR
%-LOCAL NEWS
FROM
MOANGTS.
%-AND MOST OF THE --
MINNESOTA.
%-AND MOST OF
THE
POPULATION
%-GROWTH IS
COMING
FROM
PEOPLE
WHO
%-WORK IN
MINNESOTA.
%- >> FOR
MOST
PEOPLE
IN
DISTRICT
%-10, WE
DON'T
LIVE
IN
HIGHLY
%-POPULATED AREAS.
%-OUR
BIGGEST
CITIES
ARE
NOT
LIKE
%-THE BIG
CITIES.
%- >> SHE SAYS THAT'S A PROBLEM
%-WHEN THINGS
WANT
THINGS
LIKE
%-MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES.
%- >> SO IF
YOU'RE
ON
BADGERCARE
%-AND YOU
KNOW,
NEED MENTAL
HEALTH
%-RIGHT
AWAY,
EVEN
THOUGH
IT'S
%-ONLY
20
MINUTES
AWAY,
YOU
CAN'T
%-GO
THERE.
%- >> SHOCKNER CAME INTO OFFICE BY
%-WINNING
A
SPECIAL ELECTION IN
%-JANUARY OF
2018.
%- >> WHEN I
RAN,
MOST
PEOPLE
KNEW
%-ME AS THE
MEDICAL
EXAMINER AND
%-MY WORK I'VE
DONE
IN
SUICIDE
%-PREVENTION
AND MENTAL
HEALTH.
%- >> HER
OPPONENT IS
ROB,
WHO
%-SERVES IN
THE
ASSEMBLY.
%-HIS
CAMPAIGN WOULD NOT
AGREE
TO
%-AN
INTERVIEW.
%-THE
32nd
AND
TETH ARE
TWO OF
%-THE
SEATS
REPUBLICANS
THINK THEY
%-CAN
WIN
IN
FALL.
%-IF THEY PICK
UP
THREE
SEATS,
THE
%-GOP WOULD
HAVE
VETO-PROOF
%-MAJORITY HEADING INTO
THE
NEXT
%-SESSION AND THE NEXT
ROUND
OF
%-PREDICTING.%- >> IF THEY
GET
THREE MORE
SEATS
%-IN
EACH
CHAMBER,
THEY'LL
HAVE
%-CONTROL OF
THE
LEGISLATURE
FOR
%-ANOTHER
DECADE,
BECAUSE
THEY'LL
%-BE
ABLE
TO
REJERRIY
MANDER
THE
%-MAP.%- >> HE SAYS THEY'RE
NOT
EVEN%-TRYING
TO
CONVINCE
VOTERS THEY
%-HAVE A SHOT
AT
WINNING
%-MAJORITIES.%- >> WE DON'T WANT
TO
BLOW
SMOKE.
%-REPUBLICANS REALLY
RIGGED THE
%-WAY
THAT
STATE
ELECTIONS WORK IN
%-WISCONSIN.%- >> THE IDEA
BEHIND
THEIR
SAVE
%-THE VETO
PUSH
IS
FOR GOVERNOR%-TONY EVERS
TO
VETO
%-REPUBLICAN-DRAWN MAPS NEXT
YEAR.
%-AND HOPE
THE
COURTS
DRAW
%-BOUNDARIES THAT ARE
MORE
%-FAVORABLE TO
DEMOCRATS FOR THE
%-NEXT
DECADES.
%- >> IT'S AN
INTERESTING
STRATEGY.%-IT'S
A --
I
UNDERSTAND,
THOUGH,
%-THAT YOU
KNOW,
THEY'RE VERY MUCH
%-CONCERNED ABOUT
HOW
%-REDISTRICTING
WOULD
GO
IF
WE
%-WOULD -- IF
REPUBLICANS
WOULD
%-ACHIEVE
THAT
VETO-PROOF
%-MAJORITY.%- >> ANDREW HINT IS
CHAIRMAN OF
%-THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF
%-WISCONSIN.%-HE
DOESN'T THINK THE
SAVE
THE
%-VETO
MESSAGE
WILL
RESONATE
WITH
%-VOTERS.
%- >> PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO VOTE
ON
%-MORE
KITCHEN
TABLE
TYPE
ISSUES
%-THAN
SORT OF THIS
KIND
OF
VAGUE
%-POLITICAL
ISSUE
OF
%-REDISTRICTING.
%- >> DESPITE THE
DEFENSIVE%-APPROACH FOCUSED ON
SAVING
THE
%-VETO, DEMOCRATS ARE
LOOKING
TO
%-FLIP
SEATS.%- >> THIS IS THE
BEST
PICK-UP
%-OPPORTUNITY
FOR
DEMOCRATS
%-ANYWHERE IN THE
STATE.
%- >> DEMOCRAT
PAUL
PE
TRUSKY
IS A
%-FORMER POLICE OFFICER AND CITY
%-CLERK RUNNING
IN
THE
24th
%-SENATE.
%-I'M
PAUL.
%- >> THIS WAS A
LODGES
TEAM
%-DEMOCRATIC
SEAT BUT IT
FLIPPED
%-RED IN
2016.
%- >> 2016 WAS A
VERY
BAD
YEAR FOR
%-DEMOCRATS.%-TURN OUT
WAS
DOWN
AND
PEOPLE
%-FLIPPED
AND --
PEOPLE
WHO
VOTED
%-FOR
OBAMA
VOTED
FOR
TRUMP
AND
%-THEY
MAY
FOLLOW
SUIT DOWN THE
%-BALLOT.
%- >> HE'S HOPING THE
MODERATES
AND
%-INDEPENDENTS WILL PUT
HIM OVER
%-THE
TOP.%- >> THIS IS ONE OF THE
FEW
%-DISTRICTS IN THE
STATE
WHERE
YOU
%-DON'T
HAVE
AN
EXTREME
PARTISAN
%-ADVANTAGE
ON
EITHER
SIDE, SO
%-BOTH OF US
HAVE TO
APPEAL
TO
%-MODERATES.
%- >> HEY, HOW IS
IT
GOING?
%- >> GOOD, HOW ARE
YOU?
%- >> I'M
PAT,
YOUR
STATE
SENATOR.%- >> WE
SURPRISED A LOT OF
FOLKS%-BACK
IN
2016
BECAUSE
I'M
THE
%-FIRST REPUBLICAN THAT
WAS
%-ELECTED TO
THIS
DISTRICT
SINCE
%-1968.%- >> HE SAYS
HE
SAW
THE
SWING
%-COMING FOUR YEARS
AGO
WHEN HE
%-WAS TALKING WITH
VOTERS.
%- >> THAT'S WHAT I
HEARD
QUITE A
%-BIT AT THE
DOORS,
WAS THAT
THEY
%-FELT
AS
THOUGH
THE
NATIONAL
%-DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAD KIND
OF
%-LEFT
RURAL
WORKING-CLASS FOLKS
%-BEHIND.
%-AND
THAT'S WHERE
INDIVIDUALS
%-LIKE DONALD TRUMP AND MYSELF
%-KIND
OF
HELPED
FILL
THAT
VOID.
%- >> THE
IMPACT OF
THE
%-PRESIDENTIAL RACE
DOWN
BALLOT
%-CANNOT
BE
OVERSTATE.
%- >> ANYTIME YOU HAVE A
%-PRESIDENTIAL YEAR,
THERE'S GOING%-TO BE AN
IMPACT AND
IT'S GOING%-TO HAVE A
RIPPLE
EFFECT
DOWN
%-BALLOT.%- >> TRUMP PERFORMED WELL IN
ALL
%-THREE SENATE
DISTRICTS
FOUR%-YEARS AGO
AND
REPUBLICANS HOPE
%-THE
SWING
VOTERS
DON'T
SWING
%-BACK.
%- >> EVEN MORE THAN IN
2016,
%-BECAUSE
TRUMP IS
NOW
%-PRESIDENT -- NOW IS NOW A
KNOWN,
%-WHERE IN
2016
A LOT OF
US
%-SAYING, WELL, IS
HE
REALLY
A
%-CONSERVATIVE
OR
WHERE
DOES
HE
%-HAND ON
FRO
LIFE
AND
WHERE --
%-PRO-LIFE AND WHERE
IS
HE?
%-NOW WE
KNOW.%-I
THINK
MORE
PEOPLE
ARE
MORE
%-CONFIDENT PUTTING
A
YARD
SIGN
%-THAN
IN
2016.
%- >> MATTERS A
TON
HOW
JOE BIDEN%-IS DOING
IN
WISCONSIN.
%-THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT
THAT
%-WHATSOEVER.%-AND IT'S ALSO THE
CASE
THAT THE
%-STATE
LEGISLATIVE
RACES
ARE
%-OFTEN
WON
OR
LOST ON THE
BASIS
%-OF
LOCAL
ISSUE.
%- >> PERHAPS MORE
CONFUSING
THAN
%-THE SWING
VOTER IS
THE
TICKET
%-SPLITTER.%- >> I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND
IT.
%-IT'S HARD TO
GET
YOUR
HEAD
%-WRAPPED AROUND
IT
EXCEPT YOU%-HAVE
TO,
BECAUSE
THAT
HAPPENS
%-TIME
AND
TIME
AGAIN
ALL
ACROSS%-THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN, WHERE
%-PEOPLE WILL
SPLIT
THE
TICKET.
%- >> BUT
WILL
THERE
BE
TICKET
%-SPLITTERS
THIS
TIME?
%- >> I'M
CONFIDENT THERE
ARE.
%-WE'RE INDEPENDENT
PEOPLE.
%- >> WHO'S
MORE
LIKELY?%- >> I
WOULD
HOPE THAT OUR
BODY
OF
%-WORK OVER THE
LAST
FOUR
YEARS
%-WILL HELP I
KNOW
SLATE
US
FROM
%-ANY -- INSULATE
US FROM
THE
%-TURMOIL AT
THE TOP OF
THE
%-TICKET.
%- >> ALL THEY CAN CONTROL IS
THEIR
%-CAMPAIGN.
%- >> I'M TALKING
ABOUT
WHAT
I'M
%-BRINGING TO THE
TABLE.
%-I DON'T KNOW HOW
IT'S GOING TO
%-GO, BUT I KNOW THAT
CERTAINLY%-PEOPLE ARE
ENGAGED.
%- >> REPORTING
FROM
LACROSS,
%-STEVENS
POINT,
AND
SUMMER
SET,
%-I'M
ZACH
CONSULTS.
%- >>> YOU MAY HAVE
NOTICED SOME OF
%-THE
CANDIDATES IN THIS
STORY
%-GOING DOOR
TO
DOOR WITHOUT
A
%-MASK.
%-AND
WONDERED ABOUT
HOW
THESE
%-CAMPAIGNS ARE
DEALING WITH THE
%-COVID-19
PANDEMIC
AND
HOW
THEY
%-MIGHT GOING
FORWARD.%-OVER THE
NEXT
SEVERAL
WEEKS,
%-ZAC SCHULTZ WILL CONTINUE
HIS
%-REPORTING
FROM AROUND THE
STATE,
%-INCLUDING A
SPECIAL
REPORT
HOW
%-THE
CANDIDATES
ARE
CAMPAIGNING
%-IN THE
COVID
ERA.
%-THAT'S OUR
PROGRAM
FOR
TONIGHT.%-HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.