Fat Cats Dominate List of State Donors to 527s
Table: 2003-04 Contributors to 527 Groups and Their Contributions to State Campaigns
April 18, 2005
| NAME | CITY | EMPLOYER |
527 CONTRIBUTIONS 1/03 - 6/04 |
STATE CONTRIBUTIONS* 1998 - 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campaign Fund of Northwestern Mutual Life PAC | Milwaukee | Not Applicable | $5,000 | $319,263 |
| Foley & Lardner** | Milwaukee | Not Applicable | $7,500 | $301,961 |
| Miller Brewing Co | Milwaukee | Not Applicable | $42,074 | $269,900 |
| Wisconsin Energy Corp | Milwaukee | Not Applicable | $25,395 | $206,316 |
| Wisconsin Laborers District Council | Madison | Not Applicable | $177,979 | $154,448 |
| SEIU Local 1199 WI | Madison | Not Applicable | $1,231 | $98,767 |
| Broydrick & Associates | Madison | Not Applicable | $3,000 | $82,092 |
| Johnson Controls Inc** | Madison | Not Applicable | $116,945 | $53,300 |
| Eli Lilly & Co | Madison | Not Applicable | $395 | $41,570 |
| Wisconsin Insurance Alliance | Madison | Not Applicable | $20,000 | $34,750 |
| George Mitchell | Whitefish Bay | Mitchell Group | $250 | $34,200 |
| Mary Kohler | Sheboygan | Windway Capital Corp | $31,500 | $31,975 |
| Terry Kohler | Sheboygan | Windway Capital Corp | $35,000 | $31,075 |
| San Orr | Wausau | Wausau Mosinee Paper Corp | $21,500 | $27,025 |
| Lynde Uihlein | Milwaukee | Time Out Enterprises | $151,000 | $25,675 |
| Phillip Prange | Madison | Gateway Ventures Inc | $1,958 | $25,210 |
| Julilly Kohler | Milwaukee | JWK Real Estate | $200 | $22,575 |
| Michael Grebe | Milwaukee | Foley & Lardner | $5,000 | $19,000 |
| Wisconsin Public Service Corp | Green Bay | Not Applicable | $10,000 | $17,388 |
| American Family Insurance | Madison | Not Applicable | $3,000 | $14,865 |
| Scott Tyre | Madison | Foley & Lardner | $350 | $14,035 |
| James Coburn | Whitewater | Coburn Co. | $200 | $11,125 |
| Fred Young | Racine | Retired | $25,000 | $10,450 |
| James Callan | Whitefish Bay | James Callan Inc | $2,500 | $10,400 |
| Maurice Reese | Madison | Maurice Reese Associates | $100 | $9,725 |
| Kohls Corp | Menomonee Falls | Not Applicable | $20,000 | $9,600 |
| Windway Capital Corp** | Sheboygan | Not Applicable | $10,000 | $8,660 |
| CUNA Mutual Group | Madison | Not Applicable | $7,500 | $8,552 |
| Mrs. Peter D Humleker | Fond du Lac | Retired | $200 | $8,000 |
| Glen Oak Lumber & Milling Inc | Montello | Not Applicable | $10,000 | $7,970 |
| James Wiechmann | Milwaukee | Wiechmann Enterprises | $100 | $7,725 |
| Roger Hoffman | Madison | None Listed | $2,450 | $7,325 |
| Direct Supply Inc | Milwaukee | Not Applicable | $10,000 | $7,300 |
| John C Koss | Milwaukee | Koss Corp. | $300 | $7,000 |
| Altria Corporate Services Inc | Madison | Not Applicable | $395 | $6,150 |
| Burleigh Jacobs | Elm Grove | Retired | $300 | $6,150 |
| James Carter | Eleva | Self-employed | $800 | $5,585 |
| West Bend Mutual Insurance Co | West Bend | Not Applicable | $2,000 | $5,496 |
| Marjorie Reinhart | La Crosse | Reinhart Co | $200 | $5,000 |
| Joe E Richardson II | Oostburg | Richards Industries Inc | $20,000 | $4,250 |
| Stephen Kieffer | Kohler | Kieffer and Co | $200 | $4,000 |
| Society Insurance | Fond du Lac | Not Applicable | $1,000 | $3,475 |
| Donald K Mundt | Elm Grove | Retired | $700 | $3,250 |
| Robert West | Madison | University of Wisconsin-Madison | $500 | $2,750 |
| L Namowicz | Greenfield | Retired | $200 | $2,725 |
| Donata Oertel Sugden | Madison | University of Wisconsin-Madison | $500 | $2,700 |
| Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin | Oneida | Not Applicable | $10,000 | $2,430 |
| Joan Robertson | Milwaukee | Homemaker | $10,000 | $2,050 |
| Linda Melski | Marshfield | Marshfield Clinic | $150 | $2,039 |
| Joseph Haban | Racine | Retired | $865 | $1,900 |
| Charles McGinnis | Madison | Johnson Controls | $350 | $1,550 |
| Thomas Berreman | Amery | Retired | $1,000 | $1,500 |
| National Funeral Directors Association PAC | Brookfield | Not Applicable | $1,000 | $1,500 |
| Lena Federman | Baraboo | Retired | $9,067 | $1,297 |
| Judith Frohboese | Cedarburg | JN Consulting LLC | $1,500 | $1,200 |
| Jack Steinhilber | Oshkosh | Steinhilber, Swanson, et al | $200 | $1,100 |
| Elizabeth Brenckle | Waukesha | Retired | $409 | $1,065 |
| Jim Shropshire | Monona | University of Wisconsin-Madison | $200 | $1,050 |
| Risk Management Planning LLC | Wild Rose | Not Applicable | $10,000 | $1,000 |
| Bob Cervenka | Phillips | Phillips Plastics Corp. | $750 | $1,000 |
| Edwin Sauey | Baraboo | Retired | $175 | $950 |
| Wisconsin Mutual Insurance | Madison | Not Applicable | $250 | $925 |
| Barbara Angermeier | Waukesha | None Listed | $200 | $850 |
| Harriet B Llewellyn | Delavan | None | $500 | $785 |
| Secura Mutual Insurance Co | Appleton | Not Applicable | $2,000 | $750 |
| Jim Sturm | Madison | State of Wisconsin | $35 | $700 |
| Wisconsin Citizen Action Inc | Madison | Not Applicable | $300 | $650 |
| Darlene Ross | Shawano | Ross Carbide & Supply | $1,500 | $600 |
| Peder Moren | Madison | M & M Real Estate Investments Inc | $300 | $600 |
| Ken Tilsen | Hudson | Retired | $200 | $600 |
| Gregory Bachhuber | Tomahawk | Retired | $1,173 | $595 |
| Johnson Diversey Inc | Sturtevant | Not Applicable | $5,645 | $500 |
| Marjorie F Shepherd | Madison | Retired | $225 | $500 |
| Pamela Vesta | Green Bay | Packerland Packing Co | $150 | $410 |
| Carolyn Gusmer | Waupaca | None Listed | $200 | $400 |
| Germantown Mutual Insurance Co | Germantown | Not Applicable | $500 | $375 |
| Ellenore Niccum | Baldwin | Retired | $375 | $370 |
| Daniel Promen | Fond du Lac | Retired | $260 | $350 |
| John R Thomson | Madison | Retired | $25 | $345 |
| Dorothy Owen | Eau Claire | Retired | $1,250 | $325 |
| Timm Driscoll | Waukesha | Local Union 2150 | $5,801 | $320 |
| Oscar Treland | Hayward | USAF/Self-Employed | $725 | $320 |
| Jim and Eldeen Carpenter | Milwaukee | Milwaukee Area Technical College | $1,000 | $300 |
| JoAnn Martens | Waunakee | Martens Dental Clinic | $200 | $300 |
| Miriam Reading | Milwaukee | Retired | $200 | $300 |
| Anne Sheridan | Eau Claire | Eau Claire Area School District | $200 | $275 |
| Margaret Mae Kuehl | Waupaca | None Listed | $250 | $212 |
| Donald Cieslak | Milwaukee | Diamler Chyrsler Assembly Plant | $138 | $205 |
| RM Neumann | Sheboygan | None Listed | $1,000 | $200 |
| Ford Ballantyne III | Verona | University of Wisconsin-Madison | $250 | $200 |
| Peter Livingston | Spring Green | Stark/Livingston Inc | $200 | $200 |
| Joseph Salmons | Madison | University of Wisconsin-Madison | $200 | $200 |
| John Francisco | Oak Creek | Self-employed | $100 | $200 |
| Velda M Rohde | Marion | Retired | $573 | $190 |
| Anne K Ball | Wauwatosa | None | $225 | $182 |
| Lisa Jindrich | Wausau | Wausau School District | $200 | $150 |
| Catherine Panak | Mequon | Retired | $4,657 | $125 |
| Acuity | Sheboygan | Not Applicable | $2,000 | $125 |
| Richard Therkelsen | Racine | Local Union 430 | $5,000 | $100 |
| Charles Hyde | Oshkosh | None Listed | $250 | $100 |
| Carolyn Benepe | Hudson | Retired | $200 | $100 |
| Randal Middleton | Big Bend | Local Union 663 | $92 | $50 |
| Credit Union National Association | Madison | Not Applicable | $30,000 | $0 |
| Ironworkers Local 383 | Madison | Not Applicable | $14,731 | $0 |
| Joyce Heinrich | Watertown | Retired | $14,354 | $0 |
| Wisconsin Laborers Vacation Fund | Madison | Not Applicable | $12,060 | $0 |
| Sheboygan Oral & Maxillofacial Association | Sheboygan | Not Applicable | $9,000 | $0 |
| Dorothy Kuettner | Oshkosh | Retired | $7,783 | $0 |
| Laura Leahy | Cochrane | Retired | $6,229 | $0 |
| Doyle for Governor | Madison | Not Applicable | $3,500 | $0 |
| George Adams | Burlington | General Finishes | $3,500 | $0 |
| Nello P Castelvecchi | Whitewater | Retired | $3,275 | $0 |
| John Marincel | Eau Claire | Local Union 953 | $3,000 | $0 |
| Florence Owen | Portage | Retired | $1,939 | $0 |
| Bishop Lewis | Milwaukee | None Listed | $1,600 | $0 |
| Sue Lynch | West Salem | None | $1,500 | $0 |
| George Rank | Rhinelander | Retired | $1,400 | $0 |
| Edwin Knauf | River Falls | Retired | $1,305 | $0 |
| Patricia Riedy | Milwaukee | International Organization | $1,030 | $0 |
| Badger Mutual Insurance Co | Milwaukee | Not Applicable | $1,000 | $0 |
| Nancy Pilmonas | Manitowish Waters | None | $1,000 | $0 |
| Sharon Vogt | Madison | Self-employed | $950 | $0 |
| Marjorie Read | Madison | Retired | $825 | $0 |
| Gordon L Miller | Brookfield | Mid-Towne Insurance Center Inc | $800 | $0 |
| Sofia Rivelis | Milwaukee | Retired | $772 | $0 |
| Jeanne Martin | Milwaukee | None | $770 | $0 |
| Jane Krenkel | Brookfield | Retired | $725 | $0 |
| Kerry | Beloit | Not Applicable | $600 | $0 |
| Roger Riedel | Portage | None | $578 | $0 |
| Mary Weitner | Milwaukee | None | $545 | $0 |
| Steven Standiford | Marshfield | Marshfield Clinic | $500 | $0 |
| Lesaffre Yeast Corp | Milwaukee | Not Applicable | $500 | $0 |
| Milwaukee Mutual Insurance Co | Milwaukee | Not Applicable | $500 | $0 |
| Nancy Wessling | Oconomowoc | City of Delafield | $500 | $0 |
| Wilson Mutual Insurance Co | Sheboygan | Not Applicable | $500 | $0 |
| Steve Dye | Fall Creek | Senesys | $500 | $0 |
| Lisa Stearns | Madison | Scott Stearns/Strand Associates | $500 | $0 |
| Grace E Novinska | Fennimore | Retired | $479 | $0 |
| Kenneth Berg | Porterfield | Retired | $455 | $0 |
| Alta L Jensen | Oregon | None Listed | $432 | $0 |
| Bernard Friedlund | McFarland | Retired | $420 | $0 |
| Nancy Carlson | Hudson | Fair Issac | $420 | $0 |
| Irene A Looser | Marinette | Retired | $402 | $0 |
| Robert Greenler | Madison | Retired | $400 | $0 |
| Pgande Corp | Madison | Not Applicable | $395 | $0 |
| Billy C Harrelson | Madison | Local Union 159 | $389 | $0 |
| William Koenig | Genoa City | None Listed | $365 | $0 |
| Toby Spangler | Madison | Altria Corporate Services | $350 | $0 |
| Bahri O Gungor | Neillsville | Retired | $340 | $0 |
| Daniel Roberts | Madison | Retired | $335 | $0 |
| Christine A Yell | Oshkosh | Retired | $315 | $0 |
| Lucille M Nedrebo | Madison | Retired | $310 | $0 |
| Harold Smith | Sun Prairie | Retired | $300 | $0 |
| John Welsh | Madison | American Family Insurance | $300 | $0 |
| George Zaferos | Watertown | None Listed | $300 | $0 |
| George F Massman | Three Lakes | Retired | $295 | $0 |
| Dorothy Keegan | Wausau | None | $287 | $0 |
| Edna Burt | Marshfield | None | $286 | $0 |
| Kathryn A Kolquist | Arpin | Marshfield Clinic | $280 | $0 |
| Robert Lowery | Brooklyn | Self-employed | $275 | $0 |
| Harold Benson | Ogema | Retired | $264 | $0 |
| Wisconsin American Mutual Insurance Co | Juneau | Not Applicable | $250 | $0 |
| Michael Steffens | Waterford | Jim Steffens & Associates Inc | $250 | $0 |
| Mary Weiss | Milwaukee | None Listed | $250 | $0 |
| Jason Yaeger | Madison | University of Wisconsin-Madison | $250 | $0 |
| Joe Deane | Madison | University Audio Shop | $250 | $0 |
| Mildred Nelson | Medford | None Listed | $236 | $0 |
| Earle Cork | Chippewa Falls | Retired | $232 | $0 |
| Jane Rundell | Mazomanie | Impressions Book & Journal Service | $230 | $0 |
| James Onnink | Oostburg | Self-employed | $225 | $0 |
| Stuart Campbell | LaPointe | Retired | $225 | $0 |
| Mary D Kennedy | Three Lakes | Retired | $225 | $0 |
| Nicoletta Dicello | Kenosha | Retired | $202 | $0 |
| Marilyn Verick | Cleveland | Retired | $200 | $0 |
| Gloria Foster | Milwaukee | Hamilton School District | $200 | $0 |
| Veronica Anderson | Verona | Self-employed | $200 | $0 |
| Sheila DiUlio | Waukesha | None Listed | $200 | $0 |
| Edmond J Mercier | Hudson | Nuclear Management Co | $200 | $0 |
| Lorain Olsen | Hayward | Retired | $200 | $0 |
| Roger Hill | Hartford | HED Inc | $200 | $0 |
| Kate Stout | Prairie Farm | Self-employed | $200 | $0 |
| Thomas Katz | Columbus | Self-Employed | $200 | $0 |
| Irma M Brayer | Marshfield | St Vincent De Paul Thrift Store | $179 | $0 |
| Helen Sieg | Woodruff | Retired | $175 | $0 |
| Daniel W Palmer | Junction City | Retired | $173 | $0 |
| William D Ehm | Greenview | Retired | $165 | $0 |
| Inez E Schanel | McFarland | None Listed | $160 | $0 |
| William Kraft | Madison | Retired | $150 | $0 |
| John H Nelson | Lake Mills | MPS | $140 | $0 |
| Maxine O Turk | Tomah | None Listed | $128 | $0 |
| Anieta Klinzing | Sextonville | Retired | $125 | $0 |
| Evelyn Braaksma | Randolph | None | $125 | $0 |
| Marian E Schlueter | Butler | Retired | $120 | $0 |
| Catherine Waters | Appleton | Retired | $115 | $0 |
| Richard Huth | Brookfield | None Listed | $107 | $0 |
| Joel E Taxman | Milwaukee | Retired | $105 | $0 |
| Leigh Taylor | Fox Lake | Retired | $100 | $0 |
| James L Ray | Eau Claire | Retired | $95 | $0 |
| Florence Doyle | Medford | Retired | $85 | $0 |
| Mary Jean Robichaud | Ripon | Retired | $75 | $0 |
| Florence Spohr | Pleasant Praire | None Listed | $46 | $0 |
| Germaine M Shuster | Salem | Retired | $25 | $0 |
| Wayne E Massie | Chetek | Retired | $20 | $0 |
| TOTALS | $1,002,340 | $2,027,368 | ||
*Includes individual contributions and union and company employee and political action committee contributions.
**Johnson Controls’ employee contributions to state candidates do not include those of Charles McGinnis ($1,550), which are listed with his name. Windway Capital’s employee contributions to state candidates do not include those of Terry and Mary Kohler ($63,050), which are listed with their names. Foley & Lardner’s employee contributions to state candidates do not include those of Michael Grebe and Scott Tyre ($33,035), which are listed with their names.
