December 11, 2012
Madison – Two-thirds of the nearly $101 million candidates and special interest smear groups reported spending for campaign services in the 2011 and 2012 recall elections was paid to vendors outside Wisconsin, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign review shows.
September 17, 2012
Madison – Over half of the money raised by special interest smear groups that spent more than $75 million to influence the 2011 and 2012 recall elections came from undisclosed sources, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign review found.
September 11, 2012
At events in Milwaukee, Green Bay and Madison, clean government advocates and non-profit groups announced an initiative to end the legal bribery of Wisconsin politicians. Decades-old Wisconsin ethics laws designed to prevent wealthy special interests from corrupting the legislative process have not been updated to take into account the huge amounts of money coursing through the electoral system.
August 14, 2012
Madison – Legislative officeholders running for reelection this fall had a $10 to $1 advantage over their challengers – the largest midyear cash edge in 10 years, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign review found.
Posted: July 25, 2012
Updated: January 31, 2013
Madison – Candidates, special interest groups and political committees spent nearly $81 million in the failed attempt to recall Republican Governor Scott Walker in June – more than double the record $37.4 million spent for a statewide office in the 2010 governor’s race, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign analysis shows.
July 10, 2012
Twenty citizen groups including the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign signed a letter that was delivered today to legislative leaders calling on them to hold public hearings this summer on ways to create more transparency and accountability in Wisconsin elections.
Posted: July 6 , 2012
Updated: May 31, 2013
Individual contributions of more than $1,000 to Tom Barrett's gubernatorial campaign between May 22, 2012 and June 30, 2012 (the post-election and July reporting period) as reported by his campaign committee to the Government Accountability Board. A similar list is available for earlier reports filed in April and May.
Posted: July 6, 2012
Updated: May 31, 2013
Individual contributions of more than $1,000 to Governor Scott Walker between May 22, 2012 and June 30, 2012 (the recall post-election and July reporting periods) as reported by the governor's campaign committee to the Government Accountability Board. A similar list is available for earlier reports filed in December, January, April and May.
June 5, 2012
May 31, 2012
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Madison – A coalition of Wisconsin leaders and organizations is calling on Republican Governor Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Tom Barrett to pledge to the people of Wisconsin that they will take action, call a special session and provide Wisconsinites full disclosure of the source of campaign dollars and issue ads for state races and close loopholes that allow unlimited campaign fundraising.
Posted: May 30, 2012
Updated: May 31, 2013
Individual contributions of more than $1,000 to Tom Barrett's gubernatorial campaign between April 24, 2012 and May 21, 2012 (the pre-election reporting period) as reported by his campaign committee to the Government Accountability Board. A similar list is available for an earlier report filed in April.
Posted: May 29, 2012
Updated: May 31, 2012
Individual contributions of more than $1,000 to Governor Scott Walker between April 24, 2012 and May 21, 2012 (the pre-election reporting period) as reported by the governor's campaign committee to the Government Accountability Board. A similar list is available for earlier reports filed in December, January and April.
May 21, 2012
Madison – Republican Governor Scott Walker and the legislature have approved nearly five dozen proposals sought by powerful special interests that will cost the average family $235 in 2012 and continue to grow to nearly $300 annually in 2020, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign report shows.
Posted: May 1, 2012
Updated: May 31, 2013
Individual contributions of more than $1,000 to Kathleen Falk's gubernatorial campaign between January 1, 2012 and April 23, 2012 as reported by her campaign committee to the Government Accountability Board.
Posted: May 1, 2012
Updated: May 31, 2013
Individual contributions of more than $1,000 to Tom Barrett's gubernatorial campaign between March 20, 2012* and April 23, 2012 as reported by his campaign committee to the Government Accountability Board.
Posted: April 30, 2012
Updated: May 30, 2013
Individual contributions of more than $1,000 to Governor Scott Walker between January 18, 2012 and April 23, 2012 as reported by the governor's campaign committee to the Government Accountability Board.
March 13, 2012
Madison – Three outside electioneering groups violated their federal tax-exempt status by sponsoring advertising and other political activities to help Republican Governor Scott Walker in a likely recall election, according to complaints filed Tuesday with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
February 21, 2012
Madison – Twenty-two legislators involved in recall and special elections in 2011 raised $8.22 million – more than four times the $1.9 million raised by the rest of the legislature, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign review found.
February 10, 2012
Madison – Seven shadowy smear groups that sponsored negative broadcast ads and other activities in last summer’s recall elections raised only $1 in $7 from Wisconsin contributors during the last six months of 2011, a Wisconsin Democracy Campaign review shows.
Posted: January 24, 2012
Updated: May 31, 2013
Individual contributions of more than $1,000 to Governor Scott Walker between December 11, 2011 and January 17, 2012 (the day recall petitions were due) as reported by the governor's campaign committee to the Government Accountability Board. A similar list is available for his previous report. For more campaign finance details see our Recall 2012 feature.
January 12, 2012
(Testimony before the Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections by Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Executive Director Mike McCabe in opposition to Senate Bill 292.)