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October 31, 2024 | By Benjamin Yount
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Speaker Vos Confident of Assembly Majority, Despite Flood of Democratic Cash

“Almost all of their money, I would say out well over 80%, 90% comes from out of state big liberal donors in California, New York, Washington, D.C.,” Speaker Robin Vos.

The top Republican in the State Assembly says Republicans are going to have to fight-off a wave of political spending in order to remain in power.

Speaker Robin Vos said Democrats are spending millions-of-dollars to flip as many seats as they can under Gov. Tony Evers new legislative maps.

“Almost all of their money, I would say out well over 80%, 90% comes from out of state big liberal donors in California, New York, Washington, D.C.,” Vos told News Talk 1130 WISN’s Jay Weber. “Because they don't actually have support in the state. The only way that they can find the resources is to go out of state and find liber, or Minnesota.”

Vos said there are two Assembly races in particular that have seen a flood of out-of-state cash.

“Jesse Rodriguez, in part of Milwaukee near the airport and Oak Creek, and Bob Donovan on the southwest side around Southridge Mall, those are two seats which are really competitive,” Vos explained. “The Democrats have spent crazy amounts of money. Already a million-and-a-half dollars on each of those Assembly seats.”

Vos said Republicans are trying to counter, but he said it’s difficult to match the Democrat’s fundraising ability.

But the spending in Rodriguez and Donovan’s races is small compared with what Vos said Democrats are spending to try and unseat Duey Stroebel in Milwaukee suburbs.

“TheyState Senate race, almost entirely negative,” Vos added. “And again, nothing that they put on TV says ‘This is what their candidate wants to do. This is what they want to actually do if they're in charge,’ because we both know the agenda that they want to put forward is one that nobody in Wisconsin outside their base actually wants.”

Still Vos said he is confident that Republicans will maintain a majority in the Assembly.

That would set-up at least two more years of divided government, with a Democratic governor and a Republican legislature.

Vos said Republicans are looking to reduce spending in the next state budget, make retirement tax free for retirees in Wisconsin, and give the state’s $4.6 billion surplus back to the taxpayers.

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