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Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors

Published July 13, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:25

Effective Yesterday, I fired my campaign manager after discovering serious mismanagement and inaccuracies in campaign finance filings she prepared. An initial review, found that she filed inaccurate and incomplete campaign finance reports, and We are in contact with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission to ensure the inaccuracies are corrected. Let me be clear. I am hurt, angry and deeply disappointed by someone I trusted to run my campaign. (00:25–00:32)

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“I fired my campaign manager after discovering serious mismanagement and inaccuracies in campaign finance filings she prepared.”
Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors | Uploaded July 13, 2026 | 00:10-00:18
“There was clearly a double counting of contributions that inflated how much money we had raised.”
Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors | Uploaded July 13, 2026 | 02:40-02:47
“There was also a significant failure to report certain expenses that had been paid.”
Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors | Uploaded July 13, 2026 | 02:46-02:52
“My campaign lawyer contacted the Wisconsin Ethics Commission to report what he discovered and to make a plan to correct the mistakes and…”
Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors | Uploaded July 13, 2026 | 03:05-03:15
“We will cooperate fully with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission on any information they need.”
Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors | Uploaded July 13, 2026 | 03:25-03:32
“My campaign will be working closely with an accountant and compliance firm to rectify our reports as quickly as we can.”
Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors | Uploaded July 13, 2026 | 03:31-03:39
“Families getting crushed by health care costs not because they're irresponsible, but because the system is broken.”
Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors | Uploaded July 13, 2026 | 04:19-04:26
“We are working with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission to uncover if there are any other discrepancies within those finance reports.”
Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors | Uploaded July 13, 2026 | 06:59-07:07
“There were double counting of donations and there were expenses that were not put into that finance report.”
Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors | Uploaded July 13, 2026 | 07:08-07:17
“I met regularly with my campaign manager about how the campaign was going.”
Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors | Uploaded July 13, 2026 | 07:50-07:57
“I regret placing my trust in that individual [campaign manager].”
Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors | Uploaded July 13, 2026 | 08:11-08:15
“When I found that there were discrepancies and inaccuracies in that report, I immediately took action.”
Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors | Uploaded July 13, 2026 | 08:20-08:27
“We know that they [Wisconsinites] want us to lower costs on health care, to lower costs on housing, to lower costs on child care.”
Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors | Uploaded July 13, 2026 | 09:18-09:25
“We have about a little over $200,000 cash on hand in the bank and over the time that we have been raising, we've raised almost a million…”
Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors | Uploaded July 13, 2026 | 11:02-11:15
“We are continuing to review what is going on within those [financial reports].”
Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors | Uploaded July 13, 2026 | 14:55-15:00
“That decision [about the $1 million ad buy] was made by my campaign manager.”
Sara Rodriguez fires her campaign manager over financial errors | Uploaded July 13, 2026 | 15:33-15:37