Dakota Hall

Youth vote strategist building the progressive field’s next infrastructure | Black & Indigenous | The Ground Game 📝 | Brewers ⚾ Bucks 🏀 Bears 🏈

[AFSCME @AFSCME]

Thanks to the Trump administration’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 1 million children have been kicked off food aid. When families are already struggling to make ends meet, working people deserve better. https://t.co/ddctG73SaP

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

Good forum yesterday. But Wisconsin voters deserve better than one televised debate to hear these candidates lay out their vision for the state.

[Dan Shafer @DanRShafer]

- This felt more like a forum than a debate
- Hong got on base
- Mandela Barnes reminded us that he’s a strong debater
- The non-Hong candidates each make their cases on leadership and experience
- Campaign chaos aside, this is still a tremendously qualified group, and any of them would be better than Tom Tiffany

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

Two of them are polling at 2%. In Wisconsin, that's milk, not a movement.

[Dan Shafer @DanRShafer]

NEW MARQUETTE POLL, DEM PRIMARY

Hong: 38
Barnes: 16
Crowley: 7
Roys: 2
Brennan: 2

Undecided: 34

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

This might be the tweet of the primary.

[Mandela HQ @mandelaHQ]

Being propped up by special interests… and a step stool 😬

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

19.6 PPG.

[SleeperBucks @SleeperBucksNBA]

Ryan Rollins will average _____ PPG for the Bucks this upcoming season.

Fill in the blank!

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Elon Musk Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2026: $719 billion

Jeff Bezos Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2026: $255 billion

Mark Zuckerberg Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2026: $212 billion

Federal Minimum Wage
2009: $7.25
2026: $7.25

Obscene. We must raise the minimum wage to a living wage.

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

That was an execution, plain and simple.

There is no world where this is an acceptable outcome.

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

@TobyMGData @joeltbrennan @BarackObama @tammybaldwin @KamalaHarris Which ad?

[Dan Shafer @DanRShafer]

NEWS: Marquette will be doing one more poll before the Aug. 11 primary, results will be released on July 29 at 11 a.m.

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

Don't sleep on the undecideds in this race. No matter the head to head, that bloc is still wide open.

Good news for Barnes: the fundraising haul and the momentum are real.

Now the job is simple. Define Tom Tiffany for exactly what he is: an extremist who cares more about staying in Trump's good graces than the pocketbooks of working families.

[Jason Calvi @JasonCalvi]

WISCONSIN GOP VS. DEMS:

Mandela Barnes: 44%
Tom Tiffany: 40%
Undecided: 16%

Francesca Hong: 40%
Tom Tiffany: 43%
Undecided: 17%

Kelda Roys: 38%
Tom Tiffany: 42%
Undecided: 21%

Joel Brennan: 39%
Tom Tiffany: 42%
Undecided: 19%

-Marquette Poll, registered voters, +/-4.5

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

Turning Point PAC raised $5.7M through June 2026, sitting on $2.5M cash on hand.

And that's just the PAC - their c3 and c4 arms likely dwarf it many times over, probably 10x on the c4 side and 15x on the c3 side.

The left needs an answer for this infrastructure, not just this cycle but the whole machine.

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

HOU SHALT NOT confuse Wisconsin, the greatest state in the midwest, with some mitten shaped imposter

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

The asymmetry in the current factional battle is that Bernie & AOC are actually in Wisconsin supporting the candidate they prefer.

Tons of Dem electeds — almost certainly most of them — prefer Stevens, but nobody wants to put in the time or effort to do anything about it.

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

ACT 12 is a mixed bill in my opinion

- City is barred from spending property tax or sales tax revenue on any position whose principal duties are promoting diversity
- Required Milwaukee Public Schools to put police officers back in schools
- Stripped some of the Fire & Police Commission authority and reshaped its board (once used to be one of the more powerful citizen boards)

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

Asked what policy he's most proud of, candidate for governor of Wisconsin, David Crowley, points to a regressive sales tax hike (Act 12) and a property tax cut he pushed through.

"We helped to cut taxes, the largest property tax cut in our, in our county's history."

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

Highest risk, lowest reward play I’ve seen in Wisconsin politics.

Best case they win, and inherit a base of upset Fran and Mandela voters who won’t volunteer or won’t donate monthly.

Worst case Tony Evers spends his endorsement on a loser and walks away with a lot less influence in this state.

[Matt Smith @mattsmith_news]

"People are frustrated with our politicians ... so the risk is that this looks like the establishment once again deciding for voters."

Democratic strategist Joe Zepecki on Crowley re-entering, the gov endorsing and what it means for the final days of the primary:

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

welcome to the light.

[Sophie Cunningham @sophaller]

so how do we save our farm land and stop all these dumb data centers?

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

Her campaign is

[Dan Shafer @DanRShafer]

If there's an actual path forward for Sara Rodriguez in this race, I haven't seen it. Finances seem to be in even worse shape than what she shared in that awful press conference on Monday. Just a stunning implosion.

[Bobby Marks @BobbyMarks42]

Trent Jr. contract timeline

- July 2024: Signed a 2 year vet minimum with a player option

- July 2025: Opted out and signed a 2 year non-bird with a player option

- July 2026: After establishing bird rights, signed a 4 year/$64M contract with Milwaukee.

Certainly a gray area considering Milwaukee is on the books for $64m over 4 seasons.

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

Sara Rodriguez going to have to pull out one of these moments

[Secular Talk ([email protected]) @KyleKulinski]

You can’t convince me this isn’t Druski

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

Francesca Hong

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

ranked the WI gov candidates as candy

[Dakota Hall @Dakota__Ray]

Joel Brennan - IFYKYK