That could have major ramifications for the next decade.
TWO MILLION DOLLAR CHECKS: This Year, Out-of-State Liberals Dominated Donations to Wisconsin Political Parties
The Biggest Donors to Wisconsin Political Parties in 2020
See the super-rich donors who are taking advantage of a big loophole in Wisconsin campaign finance law.
Citizens United is infamous. But an obscure case four years later — and state lawmakers’ response — has made Wisconsin politics a ‘plaything of the super rich.’
Before 2015, the amount any single person could have given in annual political donations in Wisconsin was $10,000.
What changed? A monumental U.S. Supreme Court decision you’ve probably never heard of: McCutcheon v. FEC.
Million Dollar Race for a $53k Job
After change to state law, campaign donations doubled in a 2018 race for Fox Valley state Senate seat.
How to avoid campaign donation limits in Wisconsin
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The Biggest Donors to Wisconsin Political Parties in 2018
The matriarch of the Chicago Cubs-owning family, an heir to the Schlitz Beer fortune, and the richest self-made woman in the U.S.
MILLION DOLLAR CHECKS: Court decisions, law change create rivers of cash from ultrarich donors to candidates
Court decisions, law change create rivers of cash from ultrarich donors to candidates, as long as they flow through the party
After Loosening of Campaign Finance Laws, Cash Poured into 2018 Race for NW WI State Senate Seat
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