Hijacking Campaign 2021 | Independent Expenditures | Issue Ads | Candidates | Campaign 2021
Posted: April 6, 2021
Updated: July 30, 2021
Spring: Oath • Spending
Special: Oath • Spending
Rebecca PAC was created in the summer of 2020 by former Republican Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch. The committee contributed $121,000 to Republican candidates in the fall 2020 legislative elections. This is the first time this PAC has reported independent exependitures.
The day before the April 6th spring and special elections the committee reported spending $5,000 for online ads to support educational consultant Deborah Kerr in the State Superintendent of Public Instruction election. Kerr faced Pecatonica Area Schools district administrator Jill Underly, the eventual winner. The office's current incumbent, Carolyn Stanford Taylor, appointed to fill the position in January 2019 by Democratic Governor Tony Evers, did not seek election.
At the same time the PAC reported spending $100 for online ads to support Republican Elijah Behnke in the special election in the 89th Assembly District. The seat was left vacant when the incumbent, Republican John Nygren, resigned barely a month after his reelection in November 2020. Behnke won the election.