Funding said to be insufficient in WI-3

[Tetrachloride]

https://www.channel3000.com/it-would-have-made-the-entire-difference-democrats-wished-for-more-funding-in-3rd-congressional-district-race/

“I was heartbroken,” said William Garcia, chair of the La Crosse County Democrats. “I think we overperformed from a pundit prognostication, but I was expecting a win — I was expecting to pull it out and we came so so very close.”

Just a few weeks before the election, House Majority PAC — a national group that helps elect Democrats to the House of Representatives — pulled ad spending it had initially bought for the race. The move frustrated some Democrats in Wisconsin.

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“It would have made the entire difference,” Garcia said. “One of the things that Derrick Van Orden relied on was that he was a Republican, but his specific and very extreme views were not that well known.”

Garcia said he wanted more ad space to paint that narrative of Van Orden, and in a race that did not have a debate, political experts said that political ads would fill the void.

“If I could go back in time in both the Senate race and the House race and get more national investment in these races, I think it could have made a huge difference,” said Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Ben Wikler.

“That’s, I think, the big lesson going forward: never write off Wisconsin Democrats, even when the chips are down,” Wikler added.

[Raven123]

1. We certainly need to know where the money was spent.

And if it was all spent

[barbtries]

2. Democrats need

a 50 state strategy. Engage people from coast to coast and everywhere in between.

[dembotoz]

3. age old question...money everywhere or shoot for best return on investment

quite frankly i do not know

Maybe the approach needs to be different.

but getting an existing dem body to the booth is bound to be cheaper than trying to convert a red one.

but if we do not convert the reds the results do not change.

[milestogo]

4. We should have fought for that seat.

It was the only one in play, and now its gone to a crazy man.

[elocs]

5. I live in La Crosse and WI 3 had been held by a Democrat for 26 years.

I think Ron Kind chose to "retire" in a midterm year because he knew it would be a tough race and he might lose. I was never impressed with Brad Pfaff who had just been elected to the state senate and thought he was ready to move up to Congress. He was a weak candidate. A couple of weeks before the election he was out trying to get the rural vote. Yeah, lots of votes to be had there. My hope is that he works to become a good state senator and stops trying to move up to the next level because he's not ready.