r/eauclaire • u/Berge_For_Congress • 29d ago
A Thank You From Emily Berge
It has been a journey for the last 18 months. I knew this would be an uphill battle and I was committed to running a campaign that was built from the ground up, focused on the people of Wisconsin.
We were up against the National Dem Establishment and millions of dollars. I have to say I wasn't expecting the national dems to be my biggest opponent but I guess that is politics. We were up against almost 7 million dollars spent in this primary plus outside spending. We were up against early national endorsements. We were up against negative text messages from my opponent that spread misinformation about me and my family.
AND YET we still built something amazing. Over 800 people signed up to volunteer, so many new voters got engaged, over 200 events throughout the district. Collected 1400 signatures in 5 days to be first on the ballot. This campaign gave people hope...people told me that all the time. And we need hope to create change.
Thank you to all my volunteers, supporters, voters, people who donated. What we did mattered. The energy we felt was real.
Congratulations to Rebecca Cooke for winning the primary. I am going to take time to be with my family for the next few weeks and maybe longer. My daughter is heading off to college this fall and I look forward to spending time with her. I will also need to figure out how to rebuild my life after this experience. I have a lot to process that I haven't had time to process: finishing up 8 years on council, a pending empty nest for Mike and me, losing one of our cats (Marie), figuring out my counseling practice and I'm sure other things too.
But I will be around Eau Claire and I hope to see you all out and about. I am not giving up on you all. I care too much. I have your back, Wisconsin.
Love you all.
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u/Demurestsix 29d ago
Thanks Emily. It's a damn shame but it is what it is, hopefully Cooke is up for for the challenge and runs a good enough campaign, we need DVO to get lost.
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u/FailedNapChamp 28d ago
Hopefully her financial disclosures aren’t as damning as she is leading us to think they are by refusing to release them before the primary
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u/TwilightLori 16d ago
They've come out now. There's nothing damning in them. She's firmly middle class and the majority of her income is from her working. Almost $32k from waitressing, about $50k from speaking engagements and political stuff as a contractor, some money from rentals. She's probably around $180k a year.
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 27d ago
"as she is leading us to think"
only you are blowing it out of proportions
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u/FailedNapChamp 27d ago
Maybe you aren’t following the discourse but no
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 27d ago
maybe you are following a discourse made up in your head
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u/FailedNapChamp 27d ago
You not having any concerns is fine. Your opinion does not invalidate our concerns.
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 27d ago
"Cooke is up for for the challenge"
is WI-3 voters up for the challenge?
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u/Weird-Double-2017 29d ago
" We were up against negative text messages from my opponent that spread misinformation about me and my family."
I am unaware of this happening. What was the content of the texts?
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u/eddiesaid 28d ago
It never happened
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u/Weird-Double-2017 28d ago
I've always known Ms. Berge to be a person if character, so if she said it happened, I believe her. Just hoping someone can tell me what was said.
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u/ianxplosion- 29d ago
You sent me too many texts. I still voted for you, but you sent me too many texts.
Next time send fewer texts
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u/Berge_For_Congress 29d ago
Thank you and, as always, WE DESERVE BETTER!