FROM SUNLIGHT TO DARKNESS
Appendix
Posted: April 5, 2004
Updated: July 1, 2010
Independent Expenditures by Political Action Committees
to Candidates for Statewide Office and the Legislature in an Election Year
| NAME | INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES |
|---|---|
| WEAC PAC | $1,396,272.80 |
| Service Employee International Union WI PAC | $656,664.00 |
| Volunteers for Agriculture | $128,418.65 |
| 1199W/PAC | $47,057.55 |
| Citizens for Clean & Responsible Government | $43,409.13 |
| Service Employees Local 150 | $41,014.67 |
| NRA Political Victory Fund | $39,226.99 |
| WI Builders/Building a Better WI | $37,704.00 |
| Realtors PAC | $29,834.14 |
| WI League of Conservation Voters | $21,619.36 |
| SEIU WI State Council (formerly WI Jt Council #4) | $18,385.95 |
| Kettle Moraine Uniserv Co | $16,816.03 |
| WI Right to Life PAC | $16,737.95 |
| Hunters for Doyle | $15,917.78 |
| WI Professional Police Association | $15,812.00 |
| National Abortion & Reproductive Rights PAC | $15,039.00 |
| Planned Parenthood Advocates of WI | $13,510.00 |
| Sierra Club Wisconsin | $12,004.68 |
| Healthy Wisconsin/Friends of Health & Hospitals | $9,375.98 |
| WI Nurses PAC (WIN PAC) | $7,397.10 |
| Southwest Education Association (SWEA) | $5,433.12 |
| Milwaukee Police Assn PAC | $4,626.72 |
| Northern WI Council Carpenters/Greater Fox Valley | $1,985.50 |
| Tosans for Responsible Govt | $1,618.90 |
| Operating Engineers 139 PAC | $1,341.13 |
| Northeast Wisconsin Concerned Citizens | $1,150.79 |
| Kenosha Education Association | $1,096.56 |
| Human Rights League PAC | $1,013.92 |
| Northwest United Educators (NUEPAC) | $768.00 |
| WI People Conference (AFSCME 40 & 48) | $756.25 |
| Pro-Life WI Victory Fund | $600.20 |
| Sheboygan Education Assn PAC | $269.98 |
| Friends of Freedom | $199.68 |
| Northern WI Building Trades/Local 1050 Laborers | $87.71 |
| 2002 TOTAL | $2,603.166.22.54 |
| NAME | INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES |
|---|---|
| WEAC PAC | $1,051,369.12 |
| Independent Citizens for Democracy | $541,302.59 |
| WI Voter Education Fund | $311,500.00 |
| Volunteers for Agriculture | $231,817.89 |
| Project Vote Informed | $102,122.61 |
| Realtors PAC | $75,315.87 |
| WI Right to Life PAC | $69,417.32 |
| WI Builders/Building a Better WI | $39,829.18 |
| NRA Political Victory Fund | $25,214.42 |
| Concerned Business & Industry | $24,998.00 |
| Planned Parenthood Advocates | $14,273.52 |
| WI Nurses PAC (WIN PAC) | $6,589.44 |
| Pro-Life WI Victory Fund | $3,848.24 |
| Winnebagoland Uniserv PAC | $3,156.48 |
| Sierra Club Wisconsin | $2,318.14 |
| Southwest Education Association (SWEA) | $1,546.46 |
| Coulee Region United Educators | $1,430.66 |
| La Crosse Education Association | $870.50 |
| WI Hunters Association | $580.50 |
| Fond du Lac PAC | $173.34 |
| 2000 TOTAL | $2,507,674.28 |
| NAME | INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES |
|---|---|
| WEAC PAC | $594,976.00 |
| Independent Citizens for Democracy | $262,752.81 |
| Teddy Roosevelt Fund for WI | $76,607.69 |
| Vote November 3rd | $69,239.34 |
| Volunteers for Agriculture | $36,324.64 |
| WI Right to Life PAC | $16,336.04 |
| Southwest Education Association (SWEA) | $8,964.76 |
| MTI Voters (Voice of Teachers) | $7,845.00 |
| Sierra Club Wisconsin | $6,395.40 |
| Concerned Business & Industry | $6,320.18 |
| WisMed/WI Physicians PAC | $4,000.00 |
| First Breath Alliance Federal | $3,642.80 |
| Coulee Region United Educators | $3,026.69 |
| Planned Parenthood Advocates | $1,294.46 |
| People for Garvey/Lawton | $846.50 |
| Kenosha Education Association | $750.00 |
| Marilyn Felderman-Baldwin (Individual) | $671.40 |
| Cecil Kippenahn (Individual) | $650.00 |
| Cedar Lake United Educators | $163.96 |
| La Crosse Education Association | $33.00 |
| 1998 TOTAL | $1,100,840.67 |
Top 25 Political Action Committee Contributions
to Candidates for Statewide Office and the Legislature in an Election Year
| NAME | CONTRIBUTIONS |
|---|---|
| WEAC PAC | $111,300.00 |
| Service Employee International Union WI PAC | $81,067.00 |
| Realtors PAC | $78,600.00 |
| WI Laborers District Council | $61,500.00 |
| UAW WI State PAC | $61,000.00 |
| WI People Conference (AFSCME 40 & 48) | $54,650.00 |
| EMILYs List - WI | $50,628.00 |
| SEIU Local 434-B (Los Angeles, CA) | $43,000.00 |
| Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance | $33,150.00 |
| Operating Engineers 139 PAC | $31,178.00 |
| WI State Council of Carpenters | $31,000.00 |
| WisMed/WI Physicians PAC | $30,178.12 |
| SEIU Local 1 Wisconsin Workers Fund | $30,000.00 |
| D R I V E (Teamsters) | $30,000.00 |
| WI Teamsters Joint Council 39 | $28,000.00 |
| WI Bankers Assn State PAC | $27,500.00 |
| WI Credit Union Leg Action | $27,200.00 |
| WI Bankers Association PAC | $25,585.93 |
| American Federation of Teachers | $25,100.00 |
| Professional Firefighters of WI | $24,500.00 |
| MTI Voters (Voice of Teachers) | $24,500.00 |
| Thrivent/Aid Association for Lutherans PAC | $24,200.00 |
| Tavern Industry PAC | $22,950.00 |
| WI Insurance & Financial Advisers/LUPAC | $22,200.00 |
| WI Federation of Teachers | $22,050.00 |
| NAME | CONTRIBUTIONS |
|---|---|
| Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance | $31,250.00 |
| WEAC PAC | $29,838.00 |
| WI Bankers Association PAC | $27,400.00 |
| Realtors PAC | $24,100.00 |
| WI Insurance & Financial Advisors/LUPAC | $22,000.00 |
| CAR PAC/Council of Auto & Truck Retailers | $17,500.00 |
| Thrivent/Aid Association for Lutherans PAC | $17,275.00 |
| WisMed/WI Physicians PAC | $17,100.00 |
| WI Restaurant Assn PAC | $15,650.00 |
| Plumbers & Gasfitters Local 75 | $14,550.00 |
| WI Credit Union Leg Action | $14,400.00 |
| WI Dental PAC (WIDPAC) | $13,750.00 |
| WI Truck Operators (Wis TON) | $13,300.00 |
| Tavern Industry PAC | $11,818.00 |
| ABCPAC-WIS | $11,700.00 |
| Concerned Business & Industry | $10,549.49 |
| WI People Conference (AFSCME 40 & 48) | $10,298.00 |
| ACRE- Action Committee for Rural Electrification | $10,250.00 |
| WI Bankers Assn State PAC | $10,100.00 |
| Banc One WI PAC | $10,000.00 |
| Verizon Good Government Club (formerly GTE) | $8,800.00 |
| Professional Firefighters of WI | $8,400.00 |
| FONEPAC | $7,300.00 |
| SBC/Ameritech WI State PAC | $7,105.00 |
| Metro Milwaukee Association of Commerce | $6,925.00 |
| NAME | CONTRIBUTIONS |
|---|---|
| WEAC PAC | $104,034.00 |
| WI Builders/Building a Better WI | $55,520.00 |
| WI People Conference (AFSCME 40 & 48) | $42,099.00 |
| Realtors PAC | $40,675.00 |
| WisMed/WI Physicians PAC | $30,250.00 |
| WI Bankers Association PAC | $28,150.00 |
| Waste Management Employees | $27,250.00 |
| WI Truck Operators (Wis TON) | $24,250.00 |
| US Bancorp/Firstar Corp Civic Affair | $23,600.00 |
| Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance | $23,550.00 |
| Tavern Industry PAC | $21,530.21 |
| WI Insurance & Financial Advisors/LUPAC | $20,950.00 |
| Volunteers for Agriculture | $18,498.55 |
| WI Credit Union Leg Action | $17,272.00 |
| Professional Firefighters of WI | $17,260.00 |
| ABCPAC-WIS | $16,464.30 |
| WI Better Government Action (Altria Corp) | $16,300.00 |
| Banc One WI PAC | $16,200.00 |
| WI Laborers District Council | $15,548.00 |
| D R I V E (Teamsters) | $15,100.00 |
| SBC/Ameritech WI State PAC | $14,775.00 |
| WI Wholesale Beer Dist PAC | $14,475.00 |
| Milwaukee Police Assn PAC | $14,450.00 |
| CAR PAC/Council of Auto and Truck Retailers | $14,450.00 |
| Transportation Political Education League | $14,000.00 |
