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the deciding vote on the collective bargaining measure if it came before the court, voted to overturn the lower court ruling. He
issued his own opinion concurring with the majority.” [New York Times, 6/14/11]
Michael Gableman
Koch Groups Spent At Least $513,860 To Elect Michael Gableman In 2008
Wisconsin Club For Growth Spent $507,000 Supporting Michael Gableman In 2008. According to the Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel, “In recent years, the club has spent about $1.8 million to help the four justices who make up the conservative
bloc controlling the court – $400,000 for Annette Ziegler in 2007; $507,000 for Michael Gableman in 2008; $520,000 for
Prosser in 2011; and $350,000 for Patience Roggensack in 2013. Those figures are estimates tabulated by the Wisconsin
Democracy Campaign, which opposes undisclosed spending by groups such as the Club for Growth.” [Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel, 4/28/14]
KochPAC Spent $6,860 Supporting Michael Gableman In 2008. According to Follow the Money, KochPAC contributed
$6,860 in support of Michael Gableman’s successful campaign for Wisconsin Supreme Court on March 11, 2008. [Follow the
Money, 2008]
Patience Roggensack
Wisconsin Club For Growth And WMC Spent $350,000 To Elect Roggensack
Wisconsin Club For Growth Spent $350,000 For Patience Roggensack In 2013. According to the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel, “In recent years, the club has spent about $1.8 million to help the four justices who make up the conservative bloc
controlling the court – $400,000 for Annette Ziegler in 2007; $507,000 for Michael Gableman in 2008; $520,000 for Prosser in
2011; and $350,000 for Patience Roggensack in 2013. Those figures are estimates tabulated by the Wisconsin Democracy
Campaign, which opposes undisclosed spending by groups such as the Club for Growth.” [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
4/28/14]
Annette Ziegler
Koch Groups Spent At Least $408,325 To Elect Annette Ziegler
Wisconsin Club For Growth Spent $400,000 For Annette Ziegler In 2013. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
“In recent years, the club has spent about $1.8 million to help the four justices who make up the conservative bloc controlling
the court – $400,000 for Annette Ziegler in 2007; $507,000 for Michael Gableman in 2008; $520,000 for Prosser in 2011; and
$350,000 for Patience Roggensack in 2013. Those figures are estimates tabulated by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign,
which opposes undisclosed spending by groups such as the Club for Growth.” [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/28/14]
KochPAC Contributed $8,325 To Judge Annette Ziegler For Supreme Court LLC In 2007. According to FEC filings,
KochPAC contributed $8,325 to Annette Ziegler’s successful campaign for Wisconsin Supreme Court on March 28, 2007.
[KochPAC April Monthly FEC report, 4/19/07]
Rebecca Bradley
Koch Groups Spent Nearly $1.2 Million To Elect Rebecca Bradley
The Koch-Backed Wisconsin Club For Growth Spent $167,000 On TV Ads Supporting Rebecca Bradley For The
Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Which She Had Been Appointed To On An Interim Basis In 2012. According to
the Wisconsin Gazette, “The April 5 election to fill a Wisconsin Supreme Court vacancy is no competition at all when it
comes to experience, knowledge and integrity. Challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg towers in all three respects above opponent
Rebecca Bradley, an interim incumbent. […] Before 2012, Bradley had never even served on the bench. That’s the year Walker
appointed her to a position on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court. Armed with the advantage of incumbency and right-wing
money, including $167,000 for a television blitz from the Koch-brothers-backed group Wisconsin Club for Growth, Bradley
held on to the position in an election. It was the first and last judicial election she’s ever won.” [Wisconsin Gazette, 3/8/16]
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