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{{#ev:youtube|v=AAHVjrVwLqk|200|right|Reform America Fund: "Feingold Supports Iran Nuclear Deal"|frame}}
{{#ev:youtube|v=zic6LYLGoOs|200|right|Reform Wisconsin Fund: "Russ Feingold Supports Partial Birth Abortions"|frame}}
{{#ev:youtube|v=MO8xglTk82I|200|left| Reform America Fund: "Obamacare was a lie."|frame}}
Two groups, Reform America Fund and Reform Wisconsin Fund began spending in Wisconsin in late September, 2016 criticizing Democrats [[Russ Feingold]] and Hillary Clinton.
{{#ev:youtube|v=ERzVXhmY8tg|200|left|Reform Wisconsin Fund: "Feingold Supports Funding Terrorists"|frame}}Reform America Fund is funded primarily through Diane Hendricks' fortune, she contributed over $1.3 5 million to the super PAC on September 16, between Septmeber and October 2016. The Super PAC dropped a seven-figure ad buy criticizing Feingold for voting in favor of the 2009 federal stimulus bill on October 17, 2016.<ref name="new PACs"> Mark Sommerhauser, [http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/super-pacs-drop-millions-to-target-russ-feingold/article_561bd53c-ba91-5a01-9f32-1da68ff26534.html Super PACs drop millions to target Russ Feingold], ''Wisconsin State Journal'', October 18, 2016.</ref> A second ad, released October 25 shows children counting down from ten in various languages before a bomb explodes revealing text that reads, "A nuclear Iran is a threat the world. Russ Feingold supports the Iran nuclear deal." The group, which has also spent on advertising criticizing Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, also received contributions from [[Richard Uihlein]], David Humphreys, [[Terry Kohler|Mary Kohler]] and Jere Fabick.<ref> Federal Election Commission, [http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/686/201610209034488686/201610209034488686.pdf Reform America Fund, October Monthly Filing], FEC filing, October 20, 2016.</ref><ref> Federal Election Commission, [http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/278/201610279036715278/201610279036715278.pdf Reform America Fund, Pre General Filing], FEC filing, October 27, 2016.</ref>
Reform Wisconsin Fund released a six-figure ad buy on September 28, 2016 attacking Feingold for "vot[ing] to allow partial birth abortions," and for spending 30 years as a "radical politician." The organization also launched the website russiswrong.com.<ref> Reform Wisconsin Fund, [http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=378985 Reform Wisconsin Fund: Launches ad against Russ Feingold for supporting partial-birth abortion], press release, September 28, 2016.</ref>
{{#ev:youtube|v=OY7vkSZxD5M|200|leftright|Reform America Fund: "Feingold's Foreign Job Stimulus"|frame}}
The organization was registered in September, 2016 as a separate group from [[Reform America Fund]], however both groups have the same Treasurer, [[Lorri Pickens]] and the same spokesperson, Chris Martin. Both entities are also registered to the same address in Black Creek, Wisconsin.<ref> Mark Sommerhauser, [http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/national-democrats-nix-wisconsin-u-s-senate-ads-say-they/article_b12dab49-f590-528a-acf3-32c011b754af.html National Democrats nix some Wisconsin U.S. Senate ads, super PAC hits Russ Feingold on abortion], ''Wisconsin State Journal'', September 29, 2016.</ref>
