2023 Campaign Finance Profile - Janet C. Protaseiwicz

A sitting circuit court judge in Milwaukee, Justice Protaseiwicz was first elected to the Supreme Court in 2023.

She survived a four-way primary and faced former Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly in the April election.

350 Wisconsin Action Inc. ($6,116), A Better Wisconsin Together Political Fund ($6,230,876), AFT-Wisconsin ($15,551), Alliance for Justice Action Campaign ($50,611), Blue Sky Waukesha, Inc. ($27,310), Citizen Action of Wisconsin Inc. ($30,149), Climate Emergency Advocates ($49,590), Committee to Protect Health Care ($10,350), Dunn County Democratic Party ($8,222), Emerging Voters Inc. ($3,694), Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Inc. PAC ($450,203), Family Friendly Action PAC ($212,090), Freedom Action Now, Inc. ($2,522), Indivisible Action ($51,118), March On ($15,000), Minocqua Brewing Company Super PAC ($22,505), MoveOn.Org Political Action ($12,302), National Redistricting Action Fund ($17,301), One for All Committee ($450,000), Organizing Empowerment PAC ($932,500), Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin Political Fund ($562,244), Power to the Polls Action Fund ($495,334), Progress North ($25,482), Project 72 WI PAC ($122,841), Project Democracy ($150,000), SEIU Wisconsin Healthcare and Service Workers Stronger Together ($2,650), SEIU Wisconsin State Council Independent Expenditure Committee ($2,018), Service Employees International Union Committee on Political Education ($54,650), Somos PAC ($51,836), Stand Up America, Inc. ($12,291), Tech for Campaigns ($41,468), Voces de la Frontera Action Inc. ($141,451), VoteVets ($120,869), WEAC Region 6 PAC ($760), WEAC Region 7 PAC ($1,180), Wisconsin Conservation Voters Independent Expenditure Committee ($1,030,836), Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance ($11,765), Women's March Win ($15,000) and Working America ($132,302) made independent expenditures supporting Protaseiwicz. All on the Line supported Protasiewicz with independent expenditure like activity but did not report any spending.

American Majority Action ($193,245), American Principles Project PAC ($795,894), Americans for Prosperity ($820,465), Americas PAC IEO ($178,042), Fair Courts America ($5,544,661), FreedomWorks for America ($126,841), Hunter Nation Inc. ($101,250), Juneau Co Republican Party ($826), New Prosperity Foundation (Independent Expenditure Committee) ($47,000), NRA Political Victory Fund - Federal PAC ($37,978), Republican Party-Eau Claire County ($3,000), Republican State Leadership Committee - Judicial Fairness Initiative ($199,457), Rock County First Political Fund ($9,890), Volunteers for Agriculture ($2,400), Wisconsin Family Action, Inc. - 1.91 Account ($254,918), Wisconsin Right to Life PAC ($23,235), WMC Jobs Fund ($3,000) and Women Speak Out PAC ($2,222,318) made independent expenditures in support of Kelly.

BLOC PAC ($54,410), Freedom Action Now, Inc. ($10,805) and Tides Advocacy ($77,280) made independent expenditures supporting one of the primary losers and Justice for Wisconsin ($55,000) supported the other. Safe Families Wisconsin ($248,242) made independent expenditures opposing one of the primary losers, but it is unknown which candidate the committee supported.

A Better Wisconsin Together (estimated $100,000) spent undisclosed sums on "issue ads" favoring Protaseiwicz. Wisconsin Alliance for Reform ($600,000) and WMC Issues Mobilization Council (estimated $5.6 million) produced issue ads favorable to her opponent.

*All figures represent candidate income before any returns.
**Beginning of candidate's election cycle.