Hijacking Campaign 2022 | Independent Expenditures | Issue Ads | Candidates | Offices | Campaign 2022
Posted: October 10, 2022
Updated: March 22, 2024
This committee makes independent expenditures in Wisconsin elections for the Virginia-based American Majority Action. The group, which was created in 2010, recruits and supports conservative candidates for state and local races across the country. The group first appeared in Wisconsin state elections, using a different committee, during the 2012 recall races. It was also among the sponsors of a protest in early 2011 at the State Capitol to support former Republican Gov. Scott Walker and his controversial plan to slash public employee collective bargaining rights.
American Majority Action first reported independent expenditures four weeks before the November 8 elections. The group reported spending over $2,500 on literature distribution and phone banks to support Republican gubernatorial challenger Tim Michels and other GOP candidates in various legislative districts. The committee did not report how much it spent on the literature it distributed.
In following weeks, it regularly reported further spending to support Michels as well as Republican candidates in six assembly and two senate districts. All the candidates the committee supported won their respective elections except for Michels in the governor's race and the GOP candidates in the 54th and 64th Assembly districts.
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.