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October 24, 2018
Spending by GOP outside electioneering groups outpaced Democratic groups about 2.5 to 1 as reported spending by special interests in the fall elections neared $24 million.
October 10, 2018
Reported election spending by special interest groups totaled about $13.7 million in the governor’s race, where Republican groups are outspending their Democratic counterparts by nearly 8 to 1.
October 18, 2018
Republican legislative candidates had nearly three times more money in the bank than their Democratic challengers, according to campaign finance reports filed late last month.
October 12, 2018
A Democratic electioneering group says it plans to spend $1 million on digital ads against at least four incumbent Republican state senators.
October 10, 2018
Reported outside electioneering activities topped $13 million led, by GOP groups that are outspending Democrats more than 4 to 1 a month out from the fall elections.
October 4, 2018
A western Wisconsin sand mine whose owner is a generous Republican Party contributor will not be fined by the state for a 10-million-gallon spill in May.
October 1, 2018
With five weeks to go before the Nov. 6 general elections here’s a look at where outside electioneering groups are spending in Wisconsin Senate races as of the end of September:
October 1, 2018
(An updated version of this profile posted in July 2021 is available.)
The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) plans to spend sharply more on electioneering activities this year than in any previous governor’s race in the Badger State.
September 28, 2018
Four outside electioneering groups are spending nearly five times more than the candidates on a state Senate seat held by a GOP leader, recent reports show.
September 26, 2018
GOP Gov. Scott Walker raised $2.3 million in August, including $1 million from his running mate’s campaign.
September 26, 2018
Democratic candidate for governor Tony Evers raised $1.9 million in August, including nearly a third from labor unions.
September 25, 2018
Republican express advocacy groups outspent Democratic groups $4.9 million to $1.1 million on fall legislative and statewide races through August, according to reports filed with the state on Tuesday.
September 24, 2018
Three conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justices who scored well in a recent report by a coalition of powerful business interests received more than $1 million in campaign contributions from those trades.
Posted: September 19, 2018
Updated: September 20, 2018
The names of wealthy contributors to certain political nonprofit groups that often sponsor negative ads and mailings during elections must be disclosed, following U.S. Supreme Court action on Tuesday.
September 14, 2018
Top executives of a company that was awarded $250,000 in state welfare have contributed nearly $26,000 to Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s campaigns.
September 12, 2018
Kimberly-Clark will keep open one of two northeastern Wisconsin plants if the state Senate approves a welfare package by the end of the month, a legislative leader says.
September 6, 2018
Three Wisconsin companies that partnered with Foxconn to create a $100 million fund to help new tech companies are also generous contributors to GOP Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign.
September 4, 2018
This Milwaukee-based conservative foundation with about $900 million in assets has become one of the nation’s largest funders of rightwing think tanks, political groups, and social and economic policies.
August 31, 2018
Two partisan groups say they plan to sponsor a combined $4.5 million in electioneering activities in Wisconsin’s race for attorney general this November.
August 28, 2018
Outside group spending on the governor’s race approached $900,000 as of Tuesday, according to reports reviewed by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.
August 24, 2018
Here is the money trail for 3M, which the Department of Natural Resources is investigating again after air pollution control equipment at 3M’s Wausau factory failed in April and records show the company didn’t properly report emissions in 2016 and 2017.
August 22, 2018
Dear Bill Lueders and the FOIC Board,
We urge you to rescind the “Openness” award you gave to Gov. Walker earlier this year.
August 15, 2018
Six wealthy contributors, all but one of whom are from outside Wisconsin, have given the state Republican Party $255,000 during the past two weeks.
August 13, 2018
About a dozen outside electioneering groups have spent about $655,300 on legislative and statewide primary elections that will be held Tuesday. And nearly two-thirds of the spending was made by unions to support Democratic candidate for governor Mahlon Mitchell.
August 9, 2018
An industry group that helped spearhead a state law that loosened state oversight and regulation of controversial high-capacity wells has received an environmental award from Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC).