Wisconsin Special State Senate Election — Clean Water Ad Hits Republican Andre Jacque

Water from a kitchen and bath facet is northeastern Wisconsin
home is colored brown from polluted water aquifers, and
toxified by cow manure. There is little recourse now that Scott
Walker and Republicans have abandoned pollution
enforcement, leaving families facing polluters alone.

Madison, Wisconsin—One of two special elections that Gov. Scott Walker blocked for months is state senate dist one in northeastern Wisconsin.

The two candidates are State Rep. Andre Jacque (R-De Pere) and Democratic Party nominee, Caleb Frostman. The special election is on June 12.

A television ad by the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters spotlights a high-profile issue in the race — families' water polluted and toxified by Big Ag, specially the many factory farms protected by Republicans and Scott Walker.

The ad is a stark and graphic depiction of a typical household where turning on faucets means being showered with brown, manure-laden water polluted by area factory farms.

State Rep. Andre Jacque (R-De Pere) is a protector of the polluters. Caleb Frostman is a protector of the families.

Video and press release are below:

Manure is ‘In Our Shower and Our Faucets’

SD 1 Ads: Manure is ‘In Our Shower and Our Faucets’
Ad campaign spotlights drinking water pollution in Kewaunee County

MADISON – A new ad campaign focused on the special election in Senate District 1 features a Kewaunee County resident whose faucets ran brown with liquid manure and spotlights the anti-conservation record of Rep. Andre Jacque.

The television ads tell the story of a Kewaunee County resident who lives the reality of the drinking water crisis and the risk it poses to her family and thousands of others in the district – and beyond.

It provides graphic footage of pure liquid manure running from a shower and a sink faucet – explicit proof of the horrifying pollution pouring from Kewaunee County faucets – and points to Andre Jacque’s numerous votes against clean water protections.

Over the course of his legislative career, Andre Jacque has voted against clean water protections in the most high profile environmental legislation. Even more telling, Andre Jacque provided no leadership on the biggest threats to drinking water in his district. He was one of the only local legislators to not co-sponsor legislation to help families’ whose wells have been contaminated by manure (2017 Act 69).

The radio campaign further details the family’s story and introduces candidate Caleb Frostman, a conservation champion dedicated to protecting clean drinking water and the state’s water resources.

Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters PAC paid for the campaign.

• Watch the television ad here.
• Listen to the manure pollution ad here.
• Listen to the ad introducing Caleb Frostman here.
• Click here for the ad campaign’s justifications.

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Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to electing conservation leaders, holding decision makers accountable, and encouraging lawmakers to champion conservation policies that effectively protect Wisconsin’s public health and natural resources.

League's TV ad is below:

GOP Picks Rightwing Extremist for Special State Sen. Primary Election

Religious fundamentalist, Wisconsin State Rep. Andre Jacque
(R-De Pere), may be bad fit for state senate special election.

State Rep. Andre Jacque (R-De Pere) was voted in as the Republican Party nominee for the special general election for state senate dist. one in northeastern Wisconsin.

The social extremist Jacque is widely considered the weaker of two Republican candidates who will face the Democratic Party nominee, Caleb Frostman on June 12.

The Republican Party leadership backed Jacque's opponent, Alex Renard.

The Republican Party primary voters had other ideas.

Jacque defeated Renard, 4,369 votes to 4,039 votes, (Anderson, Green Bay Press Gazette).

Jacque is known for his opposition to allowing women to make reproductive decisions and for his opposition to stem cells.

The Wisconsin special primary election was one of two primaries held last night, (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel).

The two special elections are remarkable because Gov. Scott Walker blocked the elections for months until he was ordered by three separate judges to follow Wisconsin election law.

The two districts holding special elections have not been represented since December 2017.

The special election will give Wisconsin residents in the districts representation from June through January 2019.

The current composition of the Wisconsin state senate is 18-14, Republicans over Democrats, with the one vacancy in dist one.

The Wisconsin state legislative districts are gerrymandered Republican, the subject of a United States Supreme Court case expected in weeks.

Wisconsin Special State Senate Election — Dem Candidate Gets Campaign Manager from Jan Special Election Win

Caleb Frostman of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
declares for special state senate election.

Campaign team to include manager who worked with St. Croix County medical examiner and now State Sen. Patty Schachtner in senate special-election win

Updated - News a candidate declared for the nomination of the Democratic Party for state senate district one in northeastern Wisconsin was met with a lot of 'who is this guy?' talk today.

Door County's Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Caleb Frostman announced his campaign for Wisconsin’s 1st senate district in the June 12 special election, following Scott Walker's failed effort to block two legislative elections, (Door County Pulse).

According to several sources in northeastern Wisconsin, Frostman's campaign manager will the same activist who worked with St. Croix County, (Wisconsin), medical examiner and now State Rep. Patty Schachtner to an upset victory in January.

Frostman is the nice guy about whom noone apparently knows he's "political."

Several residents in Door and Kewaunee counties joked Frostman must be a fake Democrat.

A nice guy without a political resume may be the candidate Wisconsin State Senate district one needs in the special election that so frightens Scott Walker, the pip-squeak governor needed three judges to explain what a writ of mandamus and positive duty are.

The election is June 12. Stay tuned, going to be a fun Spring.