Wisconsin school board races get big boost in spending from national conservative group
Voters across Wisconsin will head to the polls April 7 to choose their local school board representatives.
Records show some of those candidates were hand-picked by a national conservative political group that spent more than $160,000 this spring on local public school board races.
Spending by the New York-based 1776 Project PAC is up 240 percent on Wisconsin races this year compared to 2025, according to records from the Wisconsin Ethics Commission.
Last year, the group spent about $47,513 on 26 conservative candidates in 17 districts. This year, spending is about $161,563 on 18 candidates in 12 districts.
The most money is going to Elmbrook, Waukesha, New Berlin and Germantown school districts.
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