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Largest 100 Political Contributions (Week Ending August 20)
| Rank | Contributor | Committee | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State Victory Action | A Better Wisconsin Together Political Fund | $1,500,000 | 08/15/2022 |
| 2 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Tony for Wisconsin | $700,000 | 08/16/2022 |
| 3 | Garrett Reid Hoffman | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $500,000 | 08/18/2022 |
| 4 | Quinn Quinn Delaney | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $250,000 | 08/15/2022 |
| 5 | SEIU Wisconsin State Council Independent Expenditure Committee | SEIU Wisconsin State Council Independent Expenditure Committee | $100,000 | 08/16/2022 |
| 6 | Rebecca, PAC | People for Rebecca | $80,000 | 08/15/2022 |
| 7 | Friends of Devin LeMahieu | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | $50,000 | 08/19/2022 |
| 8 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Tony for Wisconsin | $29,080 | 08/16/2022 |
| 9 | Eileen Stauss | Tony for Wisconsin | $20,000 | 08/14/2022 |
| 9 | Kate Capshaw | La Follette Campaign Fund | $20,000 | 08/18/2022 |
| 9 | Kimberly Rymer | State Senate Democratic Comm | $20,000 | 08/19/2022 |
| 9 | Lynda R. Resnick | Tony for Wisconsin | $20,000 | 08/15/2022 |
| 9 | Steven Spielberg | La Follette Campaign Fund | $20,000 | 08/18/2022 |
| 14 | Barton Burstein | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $15,000 | 08/15/2022 |
| 14 | Leslie White | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $15,000 | 08/15/2022 |
| 16 | Citizens for August | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $12,265 | 08/18/2022 |
| 17 | Aaj, PAC | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $12,000 | 08/18/2022 |
| 17 | Oneida Nation | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | $12,000 | 08/16/2022 |
| 19 | Dale C. Leibowitz | Tony for Wisconsin | $10,000 | 08/14/2022 |
| 19 | Don Bastian | Tony for Wisconsin | $10,000 | 08/15/2022 |
| 19 | Leonard Bell | Tony for Wisconsin | $10,000 | 08/17/2022 |
| 19 | Lisa Alumkal | Tony for Wisconsin | $10,000 | 08/14/2022 |
| 19 | Marcia G. Bastian | Tony for Wisconsin | $10,000 | 08/15/2022 |
| 19 | Pattern Renewables 2 LP | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $10,000 | 08/18/2022 |
| 19 | SMART Political Action League | Kaul for Attorney General | $10,000 | 08/18/2022 |
| 19 | Steven Elmendorf | Tony for Wisconsin | $10,000 | 08/14/2022 |
| 27 | Robert E. Toonen | People for Rebecca | $8,000 | 08/15/2022 |
| 28 | Friends & Neighbors of Robin Vos | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $7,014 | 08/18/2022 |
| 29 | Friends of Kalan Haywood | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $6,200 | 08/17/2022 |
| 30 | Dominic Orr | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $6,000 | 08/16/2022 |
| 31 | Andrew Hetzel | Tony for Wisconsin | $5,000 | 08/17/2022 |
| 31 | Dave Simenstad | Tony for Wisconsin | $5,000 | 08/14/2022 |
| 31 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Friends of Jessica Katzenmeyer | $5,000 | 08/15/2022 |
| 31 | Dennis Egre | Tony for Wisconsin | $5,000 | 08/14/2022 |
| 31 | Elizabeth Adelman | Tony for Wisconsin | $5,000 | 08/15/2022 |
| 31 | Emily D. Tobisch | Tony for Wisconsin | $5,000 | 08/19/2022 |
| 31 | Evan Webster | Tony for Wisconsin | $5,000 | 08/17/2022 |
| 31 | Friends of Dianne Hesselbein | State Senate Democratic Comm | $5,000 | 08/18/2022 |
| 31 | James E. Moeller | Council of Auto & Truck Retail Political Action Committee | $5,000 | 08/19/2022 |
| 31 | Johnson Controls PAC, Inc. | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $5,000 | 08/18/2022 |
| 31 | Kevin Rowe | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $5,000 | 08/14/2022 |
| 31 | Kevin T. Conroy | Kaul for Attorney General | $5,000 | 08/19/2022 |
| 31 | Matthew Bernstein | Tony for Wisconsin | $5,000 | 08/17/2022 |
| 31 | May Sandra Lee | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $5,000 | 08/17/2022 |
| 31 | Michael Raynovic | Tony for Wisconsin | $5,000 | 08/19/2022 |
| 31 | Natalie Bernstein | Tony for Wisconsin | $5,000 | 08/17/2022 |
| 31 | Sheila M. Conroy | Kaul for Attorney General | $5,000 | 08/19/2022 |
| 31 | Thomas Berman | Tony for Wisconsin | $5,000 | 08/14/2022 |
| 49 | Diane Seder | Tony for Wisconsin | $4,500 | 08/17/2022 |
| 50 | Act Community/Rural Electrification | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | $4,000 | 08/17/2022 |
| 50 | Charter Communications | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $4,000 | 08/19/2022 |
| 50 | Cwa-Cope, PCC | Tony for Wisconsin | $4,000 | 08/15/2022 |
| 50 | Pawn America Minnesota, LLC | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | $4,000 | 08/16/2022 |
| 50 | Selina Lo | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $4,000 | 08/16/2022 |
| 50 | State Farm Agent & Associate Conduit of Wisconsin | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | $4,000 | 08/18/2022 |
| 50 | Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | $4,000 | 08/16/2022 |
| 57 | James W. Neupert | Tony for Wisconsin | $3,500 | 08/14/2022 |
| 58 | Christopher Mlejnek | Barron County Republican Party | $3,000 | 08/15/2022 |
| 58 | David Moskol | Tony for Wisconsin | $3,000 | 08/17/2022 |
| 58 | Elaine Burke | Tony for Wisconsin | $3,000 | 08/14/2022 |
| 58 | Hope Harrington | Tony for Wisconsin | $3,000 | 08/14/2022 |
| 58 | Jon Berlin | Tony for Wisconsin | $3,000 | 08/17/2022 |
| 58 | Ronald McCabe | Tony for Wisconsin | $3,000 | 08/14/2022 |
| 58 | WI Medical PAC | Tony for Wisconsin | $3,000 | 08/19/2022 |
| 65 | Robert Lyon | La Follette Campaign Fund | $2,800 | 08/14/2022 |
| 66 | Barabara Manfrey | La Follette Campaign Fund | $2,500 | 08/16/2022 |
| 66 | Barbara Manfrey | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,500 | 08/17/2022 |
| 66 | Dan Rosenthal | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,500 | 08/14/2022 |
| 66 | Daniel Hornung | Sara Rodriguez For Wisconsin | $2,500 | 08/18/2022 |
| 66 | David Mandel | Kaul for Attorney General | $2,500 | 08/14/2022 |
| 66 | Diane W. Parker | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,500 | 08/15/2022 |
| 66 | Fred Tabak | Sara Rodriguez For Wisconsin | $2,500 | 08/15/2022 |
| 66 | Howard Rowley | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,500 | 08/17/2022 |
| 66 | Jeffrey Stephens Neubauer | Kaul for Attorney General | $2,500 | 08/18/2022 |
| 66 | John Diana | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,500 | 08/17/2022 |
| 66 | John Vogelstein | La Follette Campaign Fund | $2,500 | 08/16/2022 |
| 66 | John Vogelstein | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,500 | 08/17/2022 |
| 66 | Judith H. Busse | Kaul for Attorney General | $2,500 | 08/20/2022 |
| 66 | Kathryn E. Kamm | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,500 | 08/17/2022 |
| 66 | Kevin Rowe | Sara Rodriguez For Wisconsin | $2,500 | 08/17/2022 |
| 66 | Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, PAC | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,500 | 08/15/2022 |
| 66 | Michael J. Willeford | Kaul for Attorney General | $2,500 | 08/15/2022 |
| 66 | Richard Robbins | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,500 | 08/14/2022 |
| 66 | William Berry | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,500 | 08/17/2022 |
| 85 | Al Hanley | Friends of Mary | $2,000 | 08/17/2022 |
| 85 | Austin Ramirez | Friends of Devin LeMahieu | $2,000 | 08/19/2022 |
| 85 | Brook Soltvedt | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,000 | 08/15/2022 |
| 85 | Committee to Elect Joan Ballweg | Jacque for Senate | $2,000 | 08/16/2022 |
| 85 | Committee to Elect Joan Ballweg | Friends of Devin LeMahieu | $2,000 | 08/19/2022 |
| 85 | Dale Kooyenga | Friends of Julian Bradley | $2,000 | 08/19/2022 |
| 85 | Eric Hovde | Republican Party - Dane County | $2,000 | 08/15/2022 |
| 85 | Eugene Schwartz | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,000 | 08/15/2022 |
| 85 | Fred Lee | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,000 | 08/17/2022 |
| 85 | Friends of Mary | Friends of Rachael Cabral Guevara | $2,000 | 08/16/2022 |
| 85 | Joan M. Shafer | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,000 | 08/17/2022 |
| 85 | John C. Cawley | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,000 | 08/14/2022 |
| 85 | JPMorgan Chase & Company, PAC | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,000 | 08/17/2022 |
| 85 | Katherine Gehl | Friends of Devin LeMahieu | $2,000 | 08/19/2022 |
| 85 | Maggie Mentel | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,000 | 08/17/2022 |
| 85 | Michael Gehl | Friends of Devin LeMahieu | $2,000 | 08/19/2022 |
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