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Kelda Roys Claims Lead, Polls Say Otherwise
One of the “also-ran” candidates in Wisconsin’s Democrat race for governor is promoting herself.
State Sen. Kelda Roys on Thursday declared herself a co-frontrunner in the race after her latest campaign finance report.
“The numbers are in and it’s clear that this is a two-person primary: Roys and Hong have equivalent cash on hand (just over $400k), and overall fundraising totals for the cycle are similar (Roys at $1.2m and Hong at $1.086m),” Roys campaign spokesperson Jalen Knuteson said in a statement.
Roys has consistently polled at the back of the crowded Democrat field for the August Primary, and she has never polled above 5% statewide. Hong, meanwhile, led the latest poll for The Isthmus Political Report. She had 30% of the vote in that poll.
Roys' campaign brushed those numbers up, saying the race has changed now that Wisconsin's primary is less than a month away.
“The difference is that Kelda has been up on TV statewide for 4 weeks, and has just made a significant broadcast buy in Milwaukee, while Hong has yet to launch any paid media," Roys' campaign added. "Although all five remaining candidates’ fundraising totals are similar, their fiscal discipline is not: Barnes has only $204,000 on-hand before making any ad buys, and Rodriguez has only $34,000 in cash, which doesn’t account for the several hundred thousand dollars of incurred debt. Brennan has spent the vast majority of his funds on paid media already without moving the needle."
Roys has said that she hopes to pick-up voters who may have supported Sara Rodriguez before her fundraising scandal, and questions about lying to voters surfaced earlier this week.
"Given developments over the past week: it’s clear Kelda is the candidate Democrats can trust to win statewide, help flip the legislature blue, and deliver the transformational change we deserve," the campaign said.
It remains to be seen where Roys' campaign is. The final Marquette Law School poll for the primary is due out next week. And voters in Wisconsin head to the polls August 11th.
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