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John Leiber: “What's left is about 70,000 acres [of state land].”

Featuring: John Leiber, Republican | Wisconsin Treasurer

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Ep.32 - Candidate Spotlight: John Leiber for Treasurer | 12/8/25

Published | Video Starts at 07:57

Not the good land, either. The act to transfer most of it was called the Swamp Act. Swamp Land Act. So it was basically land that nobody wanted. And What's left is about 70,000 acres [of state land]. And as you can imagine, it's not the greatest land because that's land that nobody has wanted for over 170 years. So we actually. Yeah, we actually do make some money. (07:57–08:01)

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Asserts that approximately 70,000 acres of state land remain from the original 3 million acres.

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