Hijacking Campaign 2021 | Independent Expenditures | Issue Ads | Candidates | Campaign 2021
Posted: April 7, 2021
Updated: July 30, 2021
Organized in 2019, Blue Sky Waukesha, Inc. is a liberal leaning group based, as it name implies, in Waukesha County. Its president, Kristen Hansen is a Common Cause in Wisconsin board member. It first made independent expenditures in the 2020 Wisconsin State Supreme Court election.
The group first reported making independent expenditures in the 2021 spring elections on April 6th, the day of the election. It reported that nine days before it had spent nearly $5,500 on postcards to support Pecatonica Area Schools district administrator Jill Underly for the position of State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Underly defeated educational consultant Deborah Kerr for the open office. The office's incumbent, Carolyn Stanford Taylor, appointed to fill the position in January 2019 by Democratic Governor Tony Evers, was not seeking election.
A day after the election it reported spending nearly another $5,500 for postcards in the state school superintendent race.
Last active election: 2020
This organization is an unregistered independent expenditure committee that is required to report any such spending done within 60 days of a primary or an election to the Wisconsin Ethics Commission per Chapter 11, Subchapter X of Wisconsin Statutes.