Libertarian Senate candidate says cheesy, misleading mailer a rotten Democratic trick

WATERTOWN, Wis.— A third-party Wisconsin Senate candidate says it’s rotten that Democrats are targeting right-leaning voters with misleading messages to get them to vote for him over Republican challenger Eric Hovde. Libertarian candidate Phillip Anderson told The Post he did not send the mailers his supporters received over the weekend and suspects they’re part of a larger effort to pull votes away from Hovde.

“I think it is a desperate, disgusting, dishonest move,” Anderson said.“Well-informed voters are the key to a functioning democracy, and while the ads didn’t lie, they’re not honest as to intent.

Further, the internet ad has a fake disclaimer, and the mailer has none at all.Highly unethical.”Anderson said he’s heard from voters in Milwaukee, Waukesha and Oshkosh since Saturday who’ve received a flyer in the mail urging voters to call Anderson and “tell him to keep standing up for our conservative principles.” The mailers do not contain a political disclaimer about who’s behind them.  Neil Harmon is an Anderson supporter who confirmed he received the mailer.

The West Allis medication-access specialist called him up and was surprised to find out the Senate candidate hadn’t sent the flyer. “I was kind of shocked, but I know sometimes there are political shenanigans going on.”Harmon, 45, whose top issue is the economy, said he plans to vote Tuesday for Anderson in the Senate race and Donald Trump in the presidential.Jordan Hansen, 30, said he received the mailer Friday and, since he knows Anderson, was pretty certain the mailer was not from the Libertarian candidate, particularly since it portrayed Anderson as “standing up for our conservative principles.”“[Phil] is running to advocate for libertarian principles, not conservative principles,” Hansen told The Post.Hansen said he was a little amused because someone was clearly spending money trying to take votes away from Hovde but “pretty pissed” that the myster...