Dark money spent in the Aug. 13 GOP primary election has further divided grassroots from establishment Republicans in Wisconsin.
A group of conservative Republican candidates are complaining that their political futures and reputations were harmed by a last-minute infusion of independent expenditures—known as dark money—into their primary election contests.
An independent expenditure is money spent by an independent entity to advocate for or against the election of a candidate, without disclosing the names and addresses of the original donors.
Collaboration with a campaign is against the law.
Defenders of independent expenditures say the TV, radio, online, and direct mail advertising is voter education….