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</div><div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr;"><div class="mw-parser-output" style="">American Federation for Children (AFC) is a conservative 501(c)(4) dark money group that promotes the school privatization agenda via the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" title="American Legislative Exchange Council" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">American Legislative Exchange Council</a> (ALEC) and other avenues. It is the 501(c)(4) arm of the 501(c)(3) non-profit group the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alliance_for_School_Choice" title="Alliance for School Choice" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Alliance for School Choice</a>.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a> The group was organized and is funded by the billionaire DeVos family, who are the heirs to the Amway fortune.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-nichols-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a> Former Wisconsin Assembly Speaker <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Jensen" title="Scott Jensen" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Scott Jensen</a>, who was charged with multiple crimes stemming from abuse of his office, is on staff at AFC as Senior Advisor to its Government Affairs Team.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a>AFC was founded in 1998 in Milwaukee as the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Education_Reform_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="American Education Reform Foundation (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">American Education Reform Foundation</a>. It was renamed Advocates for School Choice, Inc. in 2004 and moved to Phoenix, Arizona. It later moved its headquarters to Washington, D.C., and its name was changed to AFC in 2009. <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a> American Federation for Children also evolved from the PAC "All Children Matter," another DeVos enterprise which faded from prominence after being fined for violating campaign finance laws in both Ohio and Wisconsin.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-nichols-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a>In the organization's own words, AFC is "a leading national advocacy organization promoting school choice, with a specific focus on advocating for school vouchers and scholarship tax credit programs."<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a><div id="toc" class="toc" style="background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1;"><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#Ties_to_the_American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">1Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council</a><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#An_ALEC_Ally_in_Wisconsin" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">1.1An ALEC Ally in Wisconsin</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#Model_Legislation_and_Lobbying" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">1.2Model Legislation and Lobbying</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#2014_Campaign_Spending_in_Wisconsin" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">22014 Campaign Spending in Wisconsin</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#John_Doe_II_Investigation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3John Doe II Investigation</a><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#2012_Campaign_Spending_in_Wisconsin" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.12012 Campaign Spending in Wisconsin</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#2011_Wisconsin_Recall_Election_Spending" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.22011 Wisconsin Recall Election Spending</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#Core_Finances" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4Core Finances</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#Personnel" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5Personnel</a><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#Betsy_and_Dick_DeVos" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5.1Betsy and Dick DeVos</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#Scott_Jensen" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5.2Scott Jensen</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#Board_of_Directors" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5.3Board of Directors</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#Staff_and_Advisors" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5.4Staff and Advisors</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#Contact_Information" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">6Contact Information</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#Articles_and_Resources" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">7Articles and Resources</a><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#Related_SourceWatch_Articles" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">7.1Related SourceWatch Articles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#Related_PRWatch_Articles" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">7.2Related PRWatch Articles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#External_Resources" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">7.3External Resources</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">7.4References</a></li></ul></li></ul></div><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council</h2>AFC was a "Trustee" level sponsor of the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" title="American Legislative Exchange Council" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">American Legislative Exchange Council</a> (ALEC) 2011 Annual Conference, which in 2010 equated to $5,000.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a> It also sponsored ALEC's 2013 40th Anniversary annual meeting, again at the "Trustee" level.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a> AFC is also a member of ALEC's <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Education_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Education Task Force" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Education Task Force</a>. <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Jensen" title="Scott Jensen" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Scott Jensen</a> represented the organization on the task force as of July 2011 (ALEC also lists him as representing the 501(c)(3) wing of the group, <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alliance_for_School_Choice" title="Alliance for School Choice" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Alliance for School Choice</a>). AFC sponsored the "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alec.org/model-legislation/education-savings-account-act-2/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Education Savings Account Act</a>" at ALEC's April 2011 meeting in Cincinnati. It was approved by the Education Task Force and, after sign-off by the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Board_of_Directors" title="ALEC Board of Directors" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">ALEC Board of Directors</a>, became an ALEC bill.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-EduNOLA-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a><table style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170);"><tbody><tr><th style="background: rgb(41, 102, 184); border: 1px solid rgb(46, 114, 205); text-align: left; padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">About ALEC</th></tr><tr><td><div style="padding: 2px 5px;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC" class="mw-redirect" title="ALEC" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">ALEC</a> is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://alecexposed.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">ALECexposed.org</a>, and check out breaking news on our <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">PRWatch.org site</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">An ALEC Ally in Wisconsin</h3>AFC is an <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC" class="mw-redirect" title="ALEC" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">ALEC</a> member and is represented by former Rep. Scott Jensen on the ALEC <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Education_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Education Task Force" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Education Task Force</a>. Jensen has proposed bills to ALEC on behalf of AFC/ASC that were adopted as “model” legislation. For example, in March 2011, Jensen presented to the ALEC Education Task Force the “Education Savings Account Act,” which creates financial incentives for families to take their children out of the public school system and put them in for-profit primary and secondary schools.AFC was a "Trustee" level sponsor of ALEC’s 2011 Annual Conference – which, according to data from 2010, equated to a $5,000 payment to ALEC.<h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Model Legislation and Lobbying</h3>AFC works alongside the American Legislative Exchange Council (<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC" class="mw-redirect" title="ALEC" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">ALEC</a>) to draft and support model legislation promoting "school choice" and tax reform for schools. Regarding education, both ALEC and AFC want to expand funding for charter schools while defunding public schools. You can see the model legislation <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.federationforchildren.org/model-legislation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">HERE</a>.<h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">2014 Campaign Spending in Wisconsin</h2>The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.federationforchildren.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AFC_EIR_2014_FINAL.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") right center no-repeat; padding-right: 16px;">2014 Election Impact Report</a> released by AFC denotes Wisconsin as a "major victory," citing victory for AFC-backed candidates in 18 out of 20 races and praising Governor Walker for his "unapologetic leadership for school choice." Furthermore, the group boasts of the $850,000 spent by its independent expenditure committee on behalf of candidates backing school privatization. Notable candidates backed by AFC included Rep. Dave Heaton who unseated school choice critic Mandy Wright, Rep. Todd Novak, Rep. Nancy VanderMeer, Sen. Howard Marklein, Gov. Scott Walker, and Rep. Leon Young who is a Democrat.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">John Doe II Investigation</h2>The AFC is part of the web of dark money which flowed into the 2011 and 2012 Wisconsin recall elections. AFC received substantial sums both directly and indirectly in 2011 and 2012 from the Wisconsin Club for Growth, whose director Eric O'Keefe received a subpoena in the second John Doe case investigating potential campaign finance violations.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a> In 2011, Wisconsin Club for Growth gave $425,000 to the "Jobs First Coalition," a right-wing spending group with ties to AFC senior advisor Scott Jensen, according to his LinkedIn profile.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a> The Jobs First Coalition then gave $245,000 of this to AFC.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a> The Jobs First Coalition was also an active player in the 2011 recall elections, where it spent $100,000 and sponsored numerous mailings to attack Democratic candidates in contested districts.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a> In 2012, WI Club for Growth gave $250,000 directly to AFC.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">2012 Campaign Spending in Wisconsin</h3>AFC reported $345,000 worth of spending to the elections board in Wisconsin for 2012.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a> This directly contradicts the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.jsonline.com/documents/ASC1290_FINAL_3.25.13UPDATED.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") right center no-repeat; padding-right: 16px;">impact brochure</a> released after the elections which boasts spending of almost $2.4 million for the state in 2012, nearly one third of its total national spending of $7.2 million. The difference is likely due to the "issue advocacy" loophole, which requires only limited disclosure for ads that don't explicitly urge viewers to vote for or against a candidate. The clear exploitation of the loophole by AFC <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/05/12101/issue-ad-charade-american-federation-children-uncovered-wisconsin" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">sparked controversy and complaints</a>, but was ultimately upheld by Wisconsin's Elections Board.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-isthmus_afc-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a>The impact brochure states that $1.6 million was spent solely on the recall elections. These funds were spent primarily on behalf of Governor Walker but also for additional recall campaigns, notably <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/06/11548/plan-b-recalls-will-determine-control-wisconsin-senate" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">to defend Sen. Wanggaard</a> who is a member of ALEC.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-isthmus_afc-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a>In the primaries before the 2012 fall election, AFC <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/08/11702/conservative-school-choice-group-spends-big-supporting-pro-school-choice-democrat" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">spent more than $113,000</a> supporting five Milwaukee Democrats running for State Assembly and Senate who supported expanding school privatization. None of the five AFC-backed candidates won their primary, due in part to their unpopular stances on education.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a>During the fall election AFC spent $535,000 on 3 Senate and 6 Assembly candidates, according to their impact brochure. $325,000 of this was spent solely in favor of Rick Gudex, a staunchly pro-voucher Republican candidate locked in a competitive Senate race against an anti-voucher Democrat.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-isthmus_afc-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a> Only $145,000 of this sum was reported as independent expenditures to Wisconsin's Elections Board.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[20]</a><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">2011 Wisconsin Recall Election Spending</h3>The AFC invested heavily in the 2011 Wisconsin recall elections to maintain Scott Walker's GOP Senate Majority. In March 2011 the AFC sanctioned automated telephone calls to the districts of eight republican state senators whose recall petitions were being distributed.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-wdc_2011_recall-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a> Some of these recorded calls did not discuss education reform at all, instead arguing that the recall process was inappropriate. One such example was a recorded call sent to voters in Wisconsin's 10th Senate District, which stated that the recall process should take place only in "extreme situations, where an elected official has committed a crime, or engaged in unethical or immoral conduct." The recorded call then urges voters to "let the special interests know it's wrong to recall an elected official just because you disagree with them."<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-wdc_2011_recall-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a>After the petitions against six of these eight senators succeeded, AFC spent $500,000 to defend several of them including Sen. Luther Olsen, Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, and Sen. Alberta Darling.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[22]</a> Of this sum, nearly half ($230,000) was spent in favor of Sen. Darling, who as the co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee was a primary architect of the massive $800 million cuts to Wisconsin's public schools and increases in funding of private voucher programs.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[23]</a><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[24]</a> Darling tried to hide her correspondence with AFC by denying an open records request by liberal group One Wisconsin Now, who brought the issue to court and prevailed.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Core Finances</h2>2016:<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-AFC9902016-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[26]</a><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%225%22 height=%2213%22%3E %3Ccircle cx=%222.5%22 cy=%229%22 r=%222.5%22 fill=%22%23222%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Revenue: $5,809,956</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Expenses: $7,464,192</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Net Assets: $926,586</li></ul>2015:<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-AFC9902016-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[26]</a><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%225%22 height=%2213%22%3E %3Ccircle cx=%222.5%22 cy=%229%22 r=%222.5%22 fill=%22%23222%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Revenue: $6,114,353</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Expenses: $6,105,796</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Net Assets: $2,580,811</li></ul>2014:<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[27]</a><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%225%22 height=%2213%22%3E %3Ccircle cx=%222.5%22 cy=%229%22 r=%222.5%22 fill=%22%23222%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Revenue: $3,664,953</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Expenses: $6,247,366</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Net Assets: $2,572,254</li></ul>2013:<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[28]</a><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%225%22 height=%2213%22%3E %3Ccircle cx=%222.5%22 cy=%229%22 r=%222.5%22 fill=%22%23222%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Revenue: $6,126,381</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Expenses: $4,817,968</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Net Assets: $5,154,667</li></ul>2012:<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-29" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[29]</a><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%225%22 height=%2213%22%3E %3Ccircle cx=%222.5%22 cy=%229%22 r=%222.5%22 fill=%22%23222%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Revenue: $7,707,017</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Expenses: $5,955,309</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Net Assets: $3,846,254</li></ul>2011:<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-30" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[30]</a><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%225%22 height=%2213%22%3E %3Ccircle cx=%222.5%22 cy=%229%22 r=%222.5%22 fill=%22%23222%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Revenue: $6,836,681</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Expenses: $6,341,822</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Net Assets: $2,094,546</li></ul>2010:<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-31" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[31]</a><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%225%22 height=%2213%22%3E %3Ccircle cx=%222.5%22 cy=%229%22 r=%222.5%22 fill=%22%23222%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Revenue: $3,638,804</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Expenses: $3,843,846</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Net Assets: $1,599,687</li></ul><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Personnel</h2><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Betsy and Dick DeVos</h3><div class="thumb tright" style="background-color: transparent; clear: right; float: right; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em; width: auto;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); padding: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); text-align: center; overflow: hidden; width: 297px;">
<div class="thumbcaption" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; text-align: left;">From left to right: Karl Rove, Dick DeVos, and Betsy DeVos</div></div></div><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Betsy_DeVos" title="Betsy DeVos" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Betsy DeVos</a> was the chairman of AFC's board of directors as of July 2016.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-staff-32" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[32]</a> She is the former chair of the Michigan Republican Party and older sister to <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Eric_D.Prince&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eric D. Prince (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Eric D. Prince</a>, the founder of the notorious mercenary company <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blackwater_USA" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackwater USA" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Blackwater USA</a>.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-33" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[33]</a> Betsy's husband <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Dick_DeVos" title="Dick DeVos" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Dick DeVos</a> is the former president of Amway (a direct sales company) and its parent company <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alticor" title="Alticor" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Alticor</a>. He ran for governor in 2006, but was defeated.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-34" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[34]</a> In addition to their organization of the AFC, the DeVos family is a major player in the conservative donor class, heavily funding conservative think tanks, Republican candidates, right-wing evangelical organizations, and school-privatization advocacy groups.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-35" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[35]</a><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Scott Jensen</h3><div class="thumb tright" style="background-color: transparent; clear: right; float: right; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em; width: auto;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); padding: 3px; background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); text-align: center; overflow: hidden; width: 242px;">
<div class="thumbcaption" style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; text-align: left;">Convicted former Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen</div></div></div>Former State Representative Scott Jensen was convicted of three felonies for misuse of his office for political purposes and banned from the state Capitol for five years (though the charges were later reversed and dropped as part of a plea agreement).<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-36" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[36]</a> Jensen has remained involved in state politics by advising and lobbying on behalf of the pro-business Jobs First Coalition and the AFC. Jensen is one of AFC’s registered lobbyists in Wisconsin.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-37" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[37]</a><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Board of Directors</h3>As of June 2016:<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-staff-32" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[32]</a><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%225%22 height=%2213%22%3E %3Ccircle cx=%222.5%22 cy=%229%22 r=%222.5%22 fill=%22%23222%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Betsy_DeVos" title="Betsy DeVos" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Betsy DeVos</a>, Chairman</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_F.Kirtley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John F. Kirtley (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">John F. Kirtley</a>, Vice Chairman</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=H.Lee_Barfield,II&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="H. Lee Barfield, II (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">H. Lee Barfield, II</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Campbell_Brown" title="Campbell Brown" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Campbell Brown</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kevin_P.Chavous&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kevin P. Chavous (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Kevin P. Chavous</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kathy_Hubbard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kathy Hubbard (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Kathy Hubbard</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joseph_Lieberman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph Lieberman (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Joseph Lieberman</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=William_B.Oberndorf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William B. Oberndorf (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">William B. Oberndorf</a>, Chairman Emeritus</li></ul><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Staff and Advisors</h3>As of June 2016:<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_note-staff-32" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[32]</a>Executive Team:<ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%225%22 height=%2213%22%3E %3Ccircle cx=%222.5%22 cy=%229%22 r=%222.5%22 fill=%22%23222%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Greg_Brock&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greg Brock (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Greg Brock</a>, Executive Director</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Schilling" title="John Schilling" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">John Schilling</a>, Chief Operating Officer</li></ul>Other Leaders:<ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%225%22 height=%2213%22%3E %3Ccircle cx=%222.5%22 cy=%229%22 r=%222.5%22 fill=%22%23222%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jonathan_Nikkila&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jonathan Nikkila (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Jonathan Nikkila</a>, Government Affairs Director</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Michael_Benjamin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Benjamin (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Michael Benjamin</a>, National Director of Grassroots Advocacy & Outreach</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sean_Bradley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sean Bradley (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Sean Bradley</a>, National Outreach Advisor</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_Jensen" title="Scott Jensen" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Scott Jensen</a>, Senior Advisor</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Zack_Dawes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zack Dawes (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Zack Dawes</a>, National Director of Development</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Elisa_Clements&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elisa Clements (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Elisa Clements</a>, Managing Director of Development</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jana_Gregg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jana Gregg (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Jana Gregg</a>, Summit Manager</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lindsey_Rust&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lindsey Rust (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Lindsey Rust</a>, National Director of Implementation</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Whitney_Marcavage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Whitney Marcavage (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Whitney Marcavage</a>, National Policy Director</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Matthew_Frendewey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Matthew Frendewey (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Matthew Frendewey</a>, National Communications Director</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jennifer_Miller&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jennifer Miller (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Jennifer Miller</a>, Chief Financial Officer</li></ul><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Contact Information</h2>1660 L Street, NW Suite 1000
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padding-right: 13px;">Scott Walker, GOP Slip ALEC Education Agenda Into Wisconsin Budget</a>, PRWatch, May 23, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Brendan Fischer, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/05/12101/issue-ad-charade-american-federation-children-uncovered-wisconsin" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">"Issue Ad" Charade by American Federation for Children Uncovered in Wisconsin</a>, PRWatch, May 8, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Harriet Rowan, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/08/11702/conservative-school-choice-group-spends-big-supporting-pro-school-choice-democrat" style="text-decoration-line: none; 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padding-right: 13px;">Front Groups Dive Into Wisconsin Recall Elections</a>, PRWatch, August 4, 2011.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Anne Landman, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.prwatch.org/spin/2011/05/10778/wealthy-families-corporate-backed-foundations-behind-push-school-vouchers" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Wealthy Families, Corporate-Backed Foundations Behind Push for School Vouchers</a>, PRWatch, May 27, 2011.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Dustin Beilke, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/03/11325/wisconsin-education-reform-only-alec-could-love" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Wisconsin Education Reform Only ALEC Could Love</a>, PRWatch, March 1, 2012.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Jennifer Page, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/05/10724/walker-promotes-education-privatization-dc-amid-protests" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Walker Promotes Education Privatization in D.C. Amid Protests</a>, PRWatch, May 11, 2011.</li></ul><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">External Resources</h3><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%225%22 height=%2213%22%3E %3Ccircle cx=%222.5%22 cy=%229%22 r=%222.5%22 fill=%22%23222%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E");"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">John Nichols, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/162613/right-wing-billionaires-invest-wisconsins-recall-elections-save-school-privatization-age" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Right-Wing Billionaires Invest in Wisconsin's Recall Elections to Save School Privatization Agenda</a>, The Nation, August 8, 2011</li></ul><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">References</h3><div class="references-small" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); column-count: 2;"><div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns" style="column-width: 30em;"><ol class="references" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-1" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Lisa Graves, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11883/taxpayer-enriched-companies-back-jeb-bushs-foundation-excellence-education-its-bu" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Taxpayer-Enriched Companies Back Jeb Bush's Foundation for Excellence in Education, its Buddy ALEC, and Their "Reforms"</a>, PRWatch, November 28, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-nichols-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;">↑ <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-nichols_2-0" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up to:2.0</a> <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-nichols_2-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.1</a> John Nichols, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thenation.com/article/right-wing-billionaires-invest-wisconsins-recall-elections-save-school-privatization-age/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;"> Right-Wing Billionaires Invest in Wisconsin’s Recall Elections</a>," The Nation, August 8, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-3" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Alliance for School Choice, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://federationforchildren.org/leadership" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Leadership</a>, organizational website, accessed September 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-4" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/c/cd/ALEC_Exposed_in_Wisconsin.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") right center no-repeat; padding-right: 16px;">ALEC Exposed in Wisconsin: The Hijacking of a State</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.alecexposed.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">ALEC Exposed</a>, May 2012</li><li id="cite_note-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-5" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/03/school_choice_expanding_as_rec.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">School choice expanding as record fine languishes</a>," The Associated Press, March 28, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-6" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> American Federation for Children, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://federationforchildren.org/mission" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Mission</a>, organizational website, accessed September 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-7" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> [American Legislative Exchange Council, 2011 Conference Sponsors, conference brochure on file with CMD, August 11, 2011]</li><li id="cite_note-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-8" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Lisa Graves, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12212/alecexposed-list-corporations-and-special-interests-underwrote-alecs-40th-anniver" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">ALECexposed: List of Corporations and Special Interests that Underwrote ALEC's 40th Anniversary Meeting</a>, PRWatch, August 15, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-EduNOLA-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-EduNOLA_9-0" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> American Legislative Exchange Council, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/education_35-day_mailing%20-%20new%20orleans.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") right center no-repeat; padding-right: 16px;">Education As of 7/1/2011</a>, organizational task force membership roster, July 1, 2011, obtained and released by Common Cause, April 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-10" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Bill Lueders, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://isthmus.com/news/news/american-federation-for-children-played-major-role-in-wisconsins-2014-elections-by-exploiting-other-issues/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">American Federation for Children played major role in Wisconsin's 2014 elections by exploiting other issues</a>," Isthmus, December 3, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-11" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wisdc.org/ind14-1100001.php" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Hijacking Campaign 2014 | American Federation for Children Action Fund IE Committee Inc</a>," Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, November 3, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-12" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304799404579155953286552832" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Wisconsin Political Speech Raid</a>," Wall Street Journal, November 18, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-13" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> "[www.linkedin.com/in/scott-jensen-17855a6 Scott Jensen LinkedIn Profile]," LinkedIn, accessed July 15, 2016.</li><li id="cite_note-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-14" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Brendan Fischer, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/11/12309/new-john-doe-investigation-probes-dark-money-wisconsin-recall-elections-club" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">WI Club for Growth, Target of Walker Recall Probe, at Center of Dark Money Web</a>," Center for Media and Democracy, November 18, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-15" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> "[<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.wisdc.org/jobsfirst2011.php" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">http://www.wisdc.org/jobsfirst2011.php</a> Hijacking Special Elections and Recall 2011|Jobs First Coalition]," Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, January 16,2014.</li><li id="cite_note-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-16" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Wisconsin Club for Growth, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/113/723/2012-113723921-09e05b38-9O.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") right center no-repeat; padding-right: 16px;">2012 Form 990</a>," organizational IRS filing, accessed July 5, 2016.</li><li id="cite_note-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-17" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Brendan Fischer, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/05/12101/issue-ad-charade-american-federation-children-uncovered-wisconsin" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">"Issue Ad" Charade by American Federation for Children Uncovered in Wisconsin</a>," Center for Media and Democracy, May 8, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-isthmus_afc-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;">↑ <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-isthmus_afc_18-0" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up to:18.0</a> <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-isthmus_afc_18-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">18.1</a> <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-isthmus_afc_18-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">18.2</a> Bill Lueders, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://isthmus.com/news/news/american-federation-for-childrens-campaign-donations-grease-skids-for-school-vouchers-in-wisconsin/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">American Federation for Children's campaign donations grease skids for school vouchers in Wisconsin</a>," Isthmus, May 22, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-19" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Larry Miller, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://schoolmattersmke.com/augprimary/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">PRIMARY RESULTS ARE A MAJOR WIN FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION</a>," School Matters MKE, August 15, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-20" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wisdc.org/afc2012fall.php" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Hijacking Campaign 2012 | American Federation for Children</a>," Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, January 17, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-wdc_2011_recall-21" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;">↑ <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-wdc_2011_recall_21-0" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up to:21.0</a> <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-wdc_2011_recall_21-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">21.1</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wisdc.org/ind11-1100001.php" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Hijacking Special Elections and Recall 2011 | American Federation for Children Action Fund Inc</a>," Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, January 13, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-22" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-22" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wisdc.org/afc2011.php" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Hijacking Special Elections and Recall 2011 | American Federation for Children</a>," Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, January 16, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-23" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-23" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Tome Tolan, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/sen-darling-settles-records-dispute-with-democraticleaning-group-132822798.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Sen. Darling settles records dispute with Democratic-leaning group</a>," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, accessed June 27, 2016.</li><li id="cite_note-24" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-24" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> John Nichols, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thenation.com/article/right-wing-billionaires-invest-wisconsins-recall-elections-save-school-privatization-age/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;"> Right-Wing Billionaires Invest in Wisconsin’s Recall Elections</a>," The Nation, August 8, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-25" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-25" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://onewisconsinnow.org/press/one-wisconsin-now-prevails-in-open-records-lawsuit-against-alberta-darling/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">One Wisconsin Now Prevails in Open Records Lawsuit Against Alberta Darling</a>," One Wisconsin Now, October 27, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-AFC9902016-26" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;">↑ <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-AFC9902016_26-0" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up to:26.0</a> <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-AFC9902016_26-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">26.1</a> American Federation for Children [on file with CMD, Form 990], organization annual IRS filing, November 11, 2017.</li><li id="cite_note-27" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-27" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> American Federation for Children <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2014/330/627/2014-330627955-0c42c407-9O.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") right center no-repeat; padding-right: 16px;">Form 990</a>, organization annual IRS filing, November 12, 2015.</li><li id="cite_note-28" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-28" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> American Federation for Children <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2013/330/627/2013-330627955-0b0dac63-9O.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") right center no-repeat; padding-right: 16px;">Form 990</a>, organizational annual IRS filing, November 14, 2014</li><li id="cite_note-29" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-29" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> American Federation for Children <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/330/627/2012-330627955-09cea388-9O.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") right center no-repeat; padding-right: 16px;">Form 990</a>, organizational annual IRS filing, September 13, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-30" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-30" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> American Federation for Children <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2011/330/627/2011-330627955-08b13f1b-9O.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") right center no-repeat; padding-right: 16px;">Form 990</a>, organizational annual IRS filing, November 2, 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-31" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-31" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> American Federation for Children <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2010/330/627/2010-330627955-07791fc1-9O.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif") right center no-repeat; padding-right: 16px;">Form 990</a>, organizational annual IRS filing, August 15, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-staff-32" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;">↑ <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-staff_32-0" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up to:32.0</a> <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-staff_32-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">32.1</a> <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-staff_32-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">32.2</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.federationforchildren.org/about-us/leadership/" style="text-decoration-line: none; 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background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">School Choice, But Much More: Making Sense of DeVos Family Philanthropy</a>," Inside Philathropy, March 1, 2016.</li><li id="cite_note-34" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-34" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dickdevos.com/biography/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Dick DeVos Biography</a>," Dick DeVos's personal website, accessed July 2016.</li><li id="cite_note-35" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-35" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Andy Kroll "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/devos-michigan-labor-politics-gop" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Meet the New Kochs: The DeVos Clan's Plan to Defund the Left</a>," Mother Jones, accessed July 2016.</li><li id="cite_note-36" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-36" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Mike Johnson, Jason Stein "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/112195794.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Jensen settles misconduct case; felonies dropped; He is likely barred from running for office, must pay fine, court costs</a>," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 20, 2010</li><li id="cite_note-37" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children#cite_ref-37" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lobbying.wi.gov/Who/LobbyistInformation/2015REG/Information/7607?tab=Profile" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">Eye on Lobbying | Wisconsin Ethics Commission</a>," Wisconsin Ethics Commission, accessed July 6, 2016.</li></ol></div></div>This is a list of groups or individuals associated in some capacity with the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alecexposed.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 width=%2212%22 height=%2212%22%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 stroke=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M1.5 4.518h5.982V10.5H1.5z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%2336c%22 d=%22M5.765 1H11v5.39L9.427 7.937l-1.31-1.31L5.393 9.35l-2.69-2.688 2.81-2.808L4.2 2.544z%22/%3E %3Cpath fill=%22%23fff%22 d=%22M9.995 2.004l.022 4.885L8.2 5.07 5.32 7.95 4.09 6.723l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z%22/%3E %3C/svg%3E"); padding-right: 13px;">American Legislative Exchange Council</a> (ALEC).</div></div><div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); padding: 5px; margin-top: 1em; clear: both;"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Categories</a>: <ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style: none none; display: inline;"><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0.5em 0px 0.25em; zoom: 1;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:ALEC_Exposed" title="Category:ALEC Exposed" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">ALEC Exposed</a></li><li style="margin: 0.125em 0px; display: inline-block; line-height: 1.25em; border-left: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:ALEC_Non-Profits" title="Category:ALEC Non-Profits" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">ALEC Non-Profits</a></li></ul></div></div><div>
</div><div>=</div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; line-height: 1.5;">Betsy, former chair of the Michigan Republican Party, is married to Richard’s son Dick, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in Michigan in 2006. She has been a board member of Advocates for School Choice and headed All Children Matter, which <a href="http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/3/1/school-choice-but-much-more-making-sense-of-devos-family-phi.html" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em;">“has pumped contributions into state elections since its inception in 2003.”</a>  She played a central role in All Children Matter, its successor the American Federation for Children and AFC-affiliated state political action committees, like one that raised more than $6 million for the 2010 election cycle in Pennsylvania alone. The American Federation for Children also <a href="https://millermps.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/who-is-the-right-wing-american-federation-for-children-2/" style="text-decoration: none; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em;">spent heavily helping Wisconsin Republicans who faced recall elections.</a> AFC is affiliated with the Alliance for School Choice.<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; line-height: 1.5;">Researcher Rachel Tabachnik noted in <a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/150868/the_devos_family:_meet_the_super-wealthy_right-wingers_working_with_the_religious_right_to_kill_public_education" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: background-color, border-color, box-shadow, color, opacity, text-shadow, transform, -webkit-transform; transition-timing-function: linear; outline-offset: 0.111111em;">a 2011 Alternet profile of the DeVos family’s school privatization efforts</a>  that after voucher initiatives were consistently defeated by voters, the DeVos family shifted their strategy to a legislative one, and began spending millions on both campaign contributions and lobbying.</div><div>==</div></div>