State GOP election review calls for seeking more out-of-state donations, direct contributions to party, candidates

The state GOP has concluded it needs more out-of-state donors and should play a bigger role in campaigns to help turn around a losing streak in off-year elections, according to the postmortem it did on the spring state Supreme Court race.

That includes encouraging donors to prioritize direct contributions to campaigns or RPW rather than outside groups and that third parties should “reinforce, rather than overshadow, candidate and party messaging.”

The party on Friday sent a summary of the report to supporters that laid out recommendations for the state party, county chapters, candidates and third parties.

Some of the recommendations were common knowledge among operatives after liberal candidates Janet Protasiewicz and Susan Crawford won Supreme Court races in 2023 and 2025, flipping the majority in liberals’ favor and then cementing it until at least 2028. That includes the assertion that contributions through the party that can be passed onto candidates are a more efficient use of donor dollars.


https://www.wispolitics.com/2025/state-gop-election-review-calls-for-seeking-more-out-of-state-donations-direct-contributions-to-party-candidates/