Michael Alfonso, Trans Secretary Sean Duffy's son-in-law, has raised $1.35 million in his campaign to fill Duffy's old seat in Congress. But only 5% of that money came from small donors who gave $200 or less.
Per a report from The Bulwark, much of Alfonso's money came from transportation CEOs, lobbyists, and PACs. And what is surely a massive coincidence, each of those big-money donors who gave to Alfonso received a large favor from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Funny how that works, isn't it?
For example, David Parker, chairman and CEO of the trucking company Covenant Logistics, and his wife each gave Alfonso $10,000. Just a few weeks later, just long enough for the checks to clear, USDOT granted another five-year exemption from driver supervision requirements. As I said, I'm sure it's just an amazing coincidence.
Just like all the other times that have happened, too, with other companies.
In another example of sheer coincidence, Duffy's dormant campaign donated $1.5 million to a Super PAC supporting Alfonso. That is more money than Alfonso got through those other happenstance donations and rewards put together.
Alfonso says that all these big donations won't influence him and is only answerable to God and the voters. Yeah, right. Just like how Duffy said that he has had nothing to do with Alfonso's string of luck in raising funds for his campaign.
NEW: Donors w/ no ties Wisconsin, who never given to Republicans, or have not really given at all are sending big $ to Michael Alfonso, who's running in the state's 7th district.
Why? Because they're transportation big wigs and his father-in-law is Sean Duffy…— Sam Stein (@samstein) September 17, 2026
