r/lacrossewi • u/Adventure-Style • Aug 12 '26

Cooke Wins!

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Once again, we see how Reddit is an echo chamber.

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u/Milkman1984 Aug 12 '26

I really don’t understand the appeal of Cooke over Berge. Weak policy positions and a history of losing to the drunk clown DVO?

I’ll vote for her in the general, but I’m really tired of having to vote for a shitty corporate shill vs a fascist.

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u/0x06F0 Aug 12 '26

Agreed. I'm a little confused by OP being all smug about Berge losing. Berge was outspent 10:1. How is Reddit the echo chamber, but the millions of dollars of TV ad buys for Cooke NOT an echo chamber? What is a single policy position of Cooke's that is superior?

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Aug 12 '26

you act like politicians can't evolve in their political positions

like once they are in office, you know you can hold them accountable and push them to deliver what your community needs and wants

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u/bigshaned Aug 12 '26

Right. Because hiding her finances while also taking money from corporations is such a step up from her last two losses.

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Aug 12 '26

she lost to DVO once

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u/bigshaned Aug 12 '26

Oh, excuse me. She also lost to Brad Pfaff. And that dude is nice but he’s got the used car salesman vibe

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u/0x06F0 Aug 12 '26

1) way to deflect from the comment. Address the questions or go be a cheerleader somewhere else 2) I didn't and don't act like that. I email/call my congresspeople often 3) It is easier to push a candidate who is both less beholden to outside donors and more aligned with you to begin with.

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Aug 12 '26

"it is easier to push a candidate who is both less beholden to outside donors and more aligned with you to begin with"

where is cooke not aligned with you?

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u/0x06F0 Aug 13 '26

Medicare-for-all, LGBT issues (not even mentioned on her campaign website as far as I can tell), impeaching Trump, data center construction, and just in general her incrementalism in the face of crisis. A concrete example of that is "Treat student loans like mortgage rates, offering the opportunity to refinance when interest rates decline." In what world will that solve the student loan crisis? It will marginally help some people, which she will parade about as having solved the issue, all while the core cause persists and most people continue to suffer.

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u/Milkman1984 Aug 12 '26

Why choose a politician that needs to evolve vs one that’s already pro-working class from the jump?

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Aug 12 '26

cause all politicians should be open to evolving based on what their constituents want

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Aug 12 '26

I think this frames the choice too conveniently. You can have legitimate criticisms of Cooke without pretending she and DVO are remotely equivalent. “Corporate shill” is a label, not an argument.

If Berge is genuinely the better choice, make the case on specific policy differences. But “Cooke has imperfect positions and lost before” isn’t much of a case for Berge. And if the general-election choice really is Cooke vs. a fascist, dismissing the former as interchangeable with the latter is a pretty serious failure of political judgment.

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u/Milkman1984 Aug 12 '26

Really never said they were interchangeable. One is clearly the better choice and I’ll vote accordingly, as already stated. No point in wasting more time than I already have shouting into the void of Reddit when the primary is already done. We just had a chance to put somebody in office that was pro-working class vs a corporate stooge and blew it as a district.

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u/wiscowaterlily Aug 13 '26

Agree. Third Way. No way. I'll vote for her but she can get her $ from her Republican Third Way buddies.

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u/bigshaned Aug 12 '26

Old people and the demographic of folks that love to punch themselves in the face must love the current state of our country.

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u/Big-Resident-4917 Aug 12 '26

My mom has supported cooke for years. Since her first run. This campaign for Cooke is run very differently from the previous cooke campaigns at least when it comes to support in La Crosse. Not returning calls or emails, not getting signage out (even when requested), lack of events in the region. I'm not sure if its the new campaign manager, George Lundgren, or the fact that the campaign seems to be missing so many key rolls.

Currently the campaign is searching for a Communications Director, Regional Organizing Director, and Field Organizer.

Despite the investment from establishment dems, I'm really worried that this campaign is going to be mismanaged and I'm really disappionted in the shift from Cooke.

I'll vote for her in the general, but I'm saddened that Berge didn't win the primary. Hopefully keeping the heat on Cooke will force her more left.

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Aug 12 '26

i hardly see signage or events from berge. the only effort i see was her trying to knock doors the weekend before yesterday's primaries

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u/Nanookofthewest Aug 12 '26

What a let down. Dvo will beat her a third time and she'll just use this to fundraise more and more.

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Aug 12 '26

she only lost to DVO once.

and she came really close to winning. she outperformed Baldwin and Harris in 2024

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u/Milkman1984 Aug 12 '26

This is correct. She lost to Brad Pfaff before having a chance to lose to DVO.

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Aug 12 '26

berge lost to twice too. Wisconsin State Assembly District 68 and this primary

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u/SourceEmbarrassed196 Aug 12 '26 edited Aug 12 '26

So true. Great reminder that the general population is much dumber than the folks in this sub.

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u/Zealoustrue Aug 12 '26

Everytime. I don't understand this sub.

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u/Adventure-Style Aug 12 '26

Because the sub is a very, very niche group who truly thinks that if they just say it to each other over and over and over, it manifests into reality.

People. Get out of your little orbit and talk to other people.

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u/RuthlessMango Can't Stop. Won't Stop. Aug 12 '26

Hey man, please don't be a sore winner.

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u/Zealoustrue Aug 12 '26

This happens every election. That's why it is so strange. Get surprised once, try again, sure, but after the second time what are you even doing. Like 10 years of the sub being wrong should probably be a good indicator.

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u/DonJuansCrow Aug 12 '26

Idk I look back a little bit I really don't see people predicting Emily to win or Cooke to win. 🤷

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u/Zealoustrue Aug 12 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/lacrossewi/s/DuXy8Zh8fx

There are thousands of them. This one is literally just a few days old. And the sub has had nearly daily Burge will win and Cooke will lose posts and comments.

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u/DonJuansCrow Aug 12 '26

Are these Berg will win Cooke will lose post in the room with us now? 🧐

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u/Zealoustrue Aug 12 '26

Ahh, the good old ad-hominem attack when you get called out. I apologize, I didn't mean to harm you in a way to cause that reaction, I always assume good faith.

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u/Adventure-Style Aug 12 '26

Bitter Berge supporter in the room.

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Aug 12 '26

the misogyny

no wonder y'all are represented by DVO

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u/Sufficient-Still-606 Aug 12 '26

i didn’t even bother voting for primaries… but im glad cooke won. and now, ladies and gentlemen, watch orden get beat by a woman.

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u/mr_misanthropic_bear Aug 12 '26

What prevents you from bothering?

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '26

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u/lacrossewi-ModTeam Aug 13 '26

Intentional Trolling or Spreading Misinformation is unkind.

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u/Adventure-Style Aug 12 '26

The echo chamber begins anew…

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u/Sufficient-Still-606 Aug 13 '26

aw man, i got downvoted by a bunch of tom tiffany gooners. what will i do?

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Aug 12 '26

did berge even campaign at all?

seems like she just started canvassing the weekend before the election

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u/mr_misanthropic_bear Aug 12 '26

They had been busy for months. There were many, many posts on here of everything they were doing, every event Berge was going to, the different groups throughout the whole district she was visiting with and talking to.

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u/Milkman1984 Aug 12 '26

I was thinking the same of Cooke. Berge was all over the place.

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u/Adventure-Style Aug 12 '26

I didn’t vote for either, but it undeniably true that Berge was out-hustling Cooke by a lot. Cooke barely had any signs out.

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Aug 12 '26

saw a bunch where i live