Duffy's push for son-in-law's House campaign sparks backlash in Wisconsin

Source: msn/Axios

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is going all-out to get his 26-year-old son-in-law elected to a Wisconsin House seat, infuriating Republicans in the district who say he's abusing his office and access to President Trump.

Driving the news: The campaign of first-time candidate Michael Alfonso has Duffy's fingerprints all over it — from Trump's endorsement of him at Duffy's urging, to tens of thousands of dollars in campaign money from transportation interests that the secretary holds sway over.

What they're saying: Duffy "is exploiting his Cabinet position and fame to influence an election and hand one of the nation's highest offices to his unqualified, 26-year-old son-in-law," Meg Ellefson, a Wisconsin-based podcaster and former drive-time radio show host, told Axios.

Ellefson said she was an enthusiastic backer of Duffy's early in his political career, but that she's "utterly disgusted by this blatant manipulation of voters" and is supporting one of Alfonso's primary rivals.