The top Democratic candidate in Wisconsin’s most competitive congressional district is being accused of self-interested double-dealing after financial disclosures revealed she worked at one of the small businesses that her nonprofit gave a grant to.
Wisconsin primary voters go to the polls on Tuesday.
Rebecca Cooke, a former political fundraiser and strategist, who has out-raised her primary opponents, is considered by many political observers as the strongest candidate to face Trump-endorsed Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden in November.
Cooke founded and runs the nonprofit Red Letter Grant to “support and empower female entrepreneurs, which awards $2,000 startup grants to women-owned businesses.
She also works at The Good Wives restaurant — which received a $2,000 grant from Cooke’s nonprofit in 2022, according to public records.