A political campaign can have many bumps in the road, especially if people don't play fair.

Ashland county District Attorney Sean Duffy is already finding out its a tough road on the way to office.

His plans to announce a run for congress this week were marred, after someone sent out a hoax e-mail to local media, saying the time of his announcement was being pushed back.

"When you build a campaign with some great grassroots support, these kind of things happened to us and we've continued to move forward instead of looking at the negative side," said Duffy.

He says negative politics shouldn't be welcome in any political campaign.

"I think this kind of politics disgusts people," said Duffy. "It's inappropriate. I don't think anyone benefits from this kind of email."

Eric Giordano, an Assistant Political Science Professor at the University of Wisconsin Marathon County believes these type of politics can have a flip side.

"Frankly, it's kind of counter-productive for those who oppose Duffy, I mean, we can see here he's probably gotten an extensive amount of attention," said Giordano.

Duffy believes his campaign isn't the one that gets hurt the most but negative politics.

"The real effect here is on the people in the area. They are prohibited from seeing a great announcement with a great message," said Duffy.

Duffy acknowledged that he hasn't contacted law enforcement about the e-mail, but will keep it as an option in the future.