Wisconsin Conservation Voters IEC launches campaign against Tom Tiffany's data center and environmental record

Wisconsin Conservation Voters IEC has initiated a significant $2 million electoral program aimed at defeating Tom Tiffany and establishing a "pro-conservation, pro-democracy trifecta" in Wisconsin. The campaign's first phase targets electing David Crowley as governor and flipping both the state senate and assembly.

The group released a digital advertisement highlighting Tom Tiffany's congressional voting record, which includes supporting measures to expedite data center development, weaken environmental protections, and provide substantial tax breaks to data center developers. Furthermore, the campaign criticizes Tiffany's past as a state legislator, where he authored bills that would allegedly prevent local communities from safeguarding themselves against corporate polluters. Deputy Director Seth Hoffmeister described Tiffany as potentially the "most anti-environmental candidate" to seek statewide office in Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Conservation Voters IEC plans to allocate $300,000 to this initial ad and will implement a broader program involving digital ads, door-to-door canvassing in key legislative districts (Senate Districts 21, 31, and Assembly Districts 30, 61, 88, 92, 94), and mailers to voters. The organization is also partnering with LCV Victory Fund for canvassing in Congressional District 3, aiming to elect Rebecca Cooke, David Crowley, Jeff Smith, and Jeremiah Fredrickson to various offices, asserting that defeating incumbents like Tiffany would benefit all Wisconsinites by challenging those perceived to answer only to special interests and corporate polluters.