Wisconsin GOP leaders encouraging colleagues to place fake Democrats on recall ballots
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"It's something being coordinated by the RPW," he said, referring to the Republican Party of Wisconsin.
Officials with the state party could not be reached for comment.
Local GOP officials in La Crosse were also secretly recorded on May 25 discussing getting a spoiler Democratic candidate in the recall election tentatively scheduled for Republican Sen. Dan Kapanke of La Crosse. During that discussion, La Crosse County Republican officials mention Mark Jefferson, the former head of the state GOP , and Kapanke's campaign manager .
Kapanke's campaign has denied any involvement in the matter. Jefferson, who stepped down to take a job with the national party last week, has not commented.
In an interview Sunday, Hopper said he also had no involvement in the attempt to get a fake Democrat on the ballot in his race.
"I have absolutely zero to do with it," said the first-term Republican.
A total of nine senators - six Republicans and three Democrats - could face recall elections for their actions on Gov. Scott Walker's budget-repair measure. Hopper, Olsen and Kapanke have gone to court to appeal the Government Accountability Board's ruling that their elections should be held later this summer.
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