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The Milwaukee Teachers Union, a sitting state senator, and Scott Walker – The Top Campaign Finance Violators in Wisconsin
When politicians and PACs break campaign finance law, regulators enforce penalties. The Badger Project requested every ...
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The Top Donors to Rep. Mark Pocan, Democrat of Wisconsin, in the 2024 election cycle (so far)
Donations from labor unions make up a huge portion of his campaign funds. The heavily favored Democratic incumbent representing south-central Wisconsin is vastly outraising his Republican challenger.
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A LinkedIn founder, the U.S.’s Richest Self-Made Woman, & George Soros: Top donors to Wisconsin political parties in 2024 (so far)
See the list of the ultrawealthy using a loophole in state campaign finance law allowing them to bypass legal limits and steer huge sums of cash to political candidates. If you want to make a ...
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The (reported) net worth of U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, Democrat from Madison
Pocan was first elected to the U.S. House in 2012 after serving 14 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly. He sits on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, which oversees government spending, ...
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Editorial Independence Policy
Using a loophole in campaign finance law, Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and an investor in several massive tech companies, has donated heavily to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin in recent ...
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The (reported) net worth of U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, Republican from Janesville
Steil served as an aide to U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, who previously held this seat, before successfully running for it in 2018. He chairs the House Administration Committee, which oversees federal ...
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Our Funders and Donors
The Badger Project is a nonprofit funded mainly through reader contributions and grants. In March 2020, we received a matching grant of $7,712.87 from NewsMatch 2019 in coordination with our ...
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THE TEAM
Peter is an award-winning investigative journalist. Before returning to Wisconsin to launch The Badger Project in 2018, he worked at daily newspapers in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania as ...
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The Silicon Valley billionaire giving millions to Wisconsin Democrats
Using a loophole in campaign finance law, Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and an investor in several massive tech ...
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Wisconsin Dems continue fundraising dominance over state GOP in 2024
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is again badly beating the state GOP in fundraising so far this year — to a ratio of more than three to one. Experts say that could have a big effect on races up and ...
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Donations from labor unions make up a huge portion of his campaign funds. The heavily favored Democratic incumbent representing south-central Wisconsin is vastly outraising his Republican challenger.