From Medicare for All to Wisconsin Roots to Labor Love – Surging Grassroots Candidate Emerging as Best Choice for Wisconsin Dems

Appleton, Wis. – Outagamie County Executive and grassroots candidate for U.S. Senate Tom Nelson is checking ALL THE BOXES for Democrats seeking to defeat billionaire son-in-law U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson in a new scorecard released today (attached).

Nelson, a fifth-generation Wisconsinite and preacher’s kid who has won SIX TIMES in a Trump-won county, is the ONLY candidate who has walked the walk when it comes to the issues most important to the Badger State and which set him apart as the best choice to take on Johnson.

Including:

  • Support from labor (he helped save a century-old paper mill in his home county)

  • Advocacy for Medicare for All

  • Never being tied to corporate interests or millionaire wealth

  • Signing the Green New Deal pledge

  • Deep Wisconsin roots

No other candidate in the race has the experience, track record or background as Nelson (background below).

The Nelson campaign also released a tweet about the scorecard.

 

SCORECARD REFERENCES

 

ELECTED EXPERIENCE

 

Dave Cieslewicz, “Handicapping the Senate Race,” 4/16/21

 

LIVED MOST OF LIFE IN WISCONSIN

 

Daniel Bice, “U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Godlewski says she saved taxpayers ‘tens of millions of dollars.’ She just can’t prove it,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5/24/21

 

Daniel Bice, “U.S. Senate candidate Alex Lasry’s ritzy roots include elite schools, Michael Jackson home, $50 million-plus trust,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8/13/21

 

Bill Glauber, “Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson embraces underdog role in his 2022 run for U.S. Senate,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/30/21

 

Matthew Kassel, “Milwaukee’s son makes a Senate run,” Jewish Insider, 12/15/21

 

VOTED IN 2016 GENERAL ELECTION

 

Dan Bice, “U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Godlewski didn’t vote in 2016 election despite working on Hillary Clinton campaign,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6/29/21

 

ISN’T A SELF-FUNDING MILLIONAIRE OR BILLIONAIRE

 

Bridget Bowman, “The top 10 Senate self-funders so far,” Roll Call, 11/3/21

 

Alex Lasry – Financial summary, FEC, 1/9/22

 

Sarah Godlewski – Financial summary, FEC, 1/9/22

 

Tom Nelson – Financial summary, FEC, 1/9/22

 

Mandela Barnes – Financial summary, FEC, 1/9/22

 

LABOR ENDORSEMENTS

 

Wikipedia, “2022 United States Senate election in Wisconsin, Democratic Primary, Endorsements,” 1/9/22

 

ELECTED/LIVES IN A TRUMP COUNTY

 

Dave Cieslwicz, “Is Nelson ’22 Like Feingold ‘92?,” Yellow Stripes & Dead Armadillos, 10/29/21

 

CAMPAIGNS FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL

 

Nelson For Wisconsin, “Medicare For All March Speech,” YouTube, 10/22/21

 

Nelson For Wisconsin, “Medicare for All: Tom & Maria,” YouTube, 6/30/21

 

Nelson For Wisconsin, Medicare For All,” YouTube, 1/29/21

 

Riley Vetterkind, “Democratic U.S. Senate candidates show differing approaches on health care, student debt,” Wisconsin State Journal, 6/30/21

 

Twitter Advanced Search, @NelsonForWI “Medicare for all,” 1/9/22

 

Twitter Advanced Search, @TheOtherMandela “Medicare for all,” 1/9/22

 

SIGNED THE GREEN NEW DEAL PLEDGE

Anders Hanhan, Tweet, Sunrise Wisconsin, 1/10/22

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