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Largest 100 Political Contributions (Week Ending October 1)
| Rank | Contributor | Committee | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Michels | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $1,000,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 2 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Tony for Wisconsin | $900,000 | 09/26/2022 |
| 3 | Kevin Michels | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $500,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 4 | Republican Attorneys General Association Association | WISCONSIN FREEDOM PAC | $425,125 | 09/27/2022 |
| 5 | LCV Victory Fund | Wisconsin Conservation Voters Independent Expenditure Committee | $290,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 6 | Michels for Governor, Inc. | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $138,623 | 09/30/2022 |
| 7 | Michels for Governor, Inc. | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $107,663 | 09/30/2022 |
| 8 | Republican Attorneys General Association | WISCONSIN FREEDOM PAC | $100,000 | 09/29/2022 |
| 9 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Tony for Wisconsin | $94,295 | 09/27/2022 |
| 10 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Tony for Wisconsin | $89,241 | 09/27/2022 |
| 11 | North Central States Carpenters PAC | Tony for Wisconsin | $86,000 | 09/26/2022 |
| 12 | Republican Attorneys General Association | WISCONSIN FREEDOM PAC | $75,023 | 09/30/2022 |
| 13 | Sara Rodriguez For Wisconsin | Tony for Wisconsin | $70,000 | 09/30/2022 |
| 14 | Committee to Elect Kristin Alfheim | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $62,250 | 09/28/2022 |
| 15 | Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Inc. | Tony for Wisconsin | $60,000 | 09/30/2022 |
| 16 | Wisconsin Family Action | Wisconsin Family Action Inc. - 1.91 Account | $50,000 | 09/27/2022 |
| 17 | The NEA Fund for Children & Public Education | Kaul for Attorney General | $44,000 | 09/30/2022 |
| 18 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Friends Of Steve Doyle | $30,885 | 09/29/2022 |
| 19 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Don Vruwink for Assembly | $27,169 | 09/27/2022 |
| 20 | Weac PAC | Sara Rodriguez For Wisconsin | $26,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 21 | John C. Miller | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $25,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 22 | Taxpayers for Marklein | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $22,743 | 09/26/2022 |
| 23 | Citizens for Rob Hutton | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | $22,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 23 | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | Citizens for Rob Hutton | $22,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 25 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | citizensfordave | $20,514 | 09/27/2022 |
| 26 | Amy Bluhm | Tony for Wisconsin | $20,000 | 09/26/2022 |
| 26 | Anthony Seyfarth-Lechner | Tony for Wisconsin | $20,000 | 09/30/2022 |
| 26 | Assembly Democratic Camp Community | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $20,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 26 | Callum Henderson | Kaul for Attorney General | $20,000 | 09/30/2022 |
| 26 | Diane Hendricks | Roth For Wisconsin | $20,000 | 10/01/2022 |
| 26 | Leslie K. Williams | Tony for Wisconsin | $20,000 | 09/29/2022 |
| 26 | Maura McCarthy | Tony for Wisconsin | $20,000 | 09/29/2022 |
| 26 | Representative Assembly Campaign Com RACC | The Time is Now to Elect Scott Soik | $20,000 | 09/29/2022 |
| 34 | Alex Lasry | Tony for Wisconsin | $19,000 | 09/29/2022 |
| 35 | Quinn for Senate | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $18,530 | 09/28/2022 |
| 36 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | TIP FOR WI | $18,470 | 09/27/2022 |
| 37 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Snodgrass for Assembly | $18,443 | 09/27/2022 |
| 38 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Friends of Clinton Anderson | $17,249 | 09/27/2022 |
| 39 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Friends of Mark Spreitzer | $16,858 | 09/29/2022 |
| 40 | Friends & Neighbors of Robin Vos | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $16,105 | 09/27/2022 |
| 40 | Republican Party of Wisconsin | Friends & Neighbors of Robin Vos | $16,105 | 09/27/2022 |
| 42 | Friends of Rachael Cabral Guevara | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $15,074 | 09/26/2022 |
| 43 | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $15,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 43 | Representative Assembly Campaign Com RACC | Donnie Herman for Assembly | $15,000 | 09/26/2022 |
| 45 | Taxpayers for Marklein | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $14,122 | 09/26/2022 |
| 46 | Taxpayers for Marklein | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $12,967 | 09/28/2022 |
| 47 | Friends for Jessie | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $12,747 | 09/28/2022 |
| 48 | Susan Lubar Solvang | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $12,500 | 09/26/2022 |
| 49 | American Transmission Company Conduit | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | $12,000 | 09/29/2022 |
| 49 | PhRMA | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | $12,000 | 09/27/2022 |
| 49 | Summerset Marine Construction, LLC | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $12,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 52 | Citizens for Rob Hutton | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $11,458 | 09/26/2022 |
| 52 | Citizens for Rob Hutton | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $11,458 | 09/27/2022 |
| 54 | Republican Attorneys General Association | WISCONSIN FREEDOM PAC | $11,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 55 | Alison Townsend | Tony for Wisconsin | $10,000 | 09/25/2022 |
| 55 | Charles Merinoff | Tony for Wisconsin | $10,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 55 | Frank Burgess | Tony for Wisconsin | $10,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 55 | Friends of La Tonya Johnson | State Senate Democratic Comm | $10,000 | 09/27/2022 |
| 55 | Friends of Melissa Agard | State Senate Democratic Comm | $10,000 | 09/27/2022 |
| 55 | Grant D. Abert | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $10,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 55 | Jeffrey Raikes | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $10,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 55 | Joan Lubar | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $10,000 | 09/26/2022 |
| 55 | John Fleckenstein | Friends of Justice Daniel Kelly | $10,000 | 09/26/2022 |
| 55 | John M. Silseth | Friends of Justice Daniel Kelly | $10,000 | 09/26/2022 |
| 55 | Laurits R. Christensen | Sara Rodriguez For Wisconsin | $10,000 | 09/30/2022 |
| 55 | Open Democracy, PAC | Kaul for Attorney General | $10,000 | 09/30/2022 |
| 55 | Page Rockwell | Tony for Wisconsin | $10,000 | 09/30/2022 |
| 55 | Patricia M. Raikes | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $10,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 55 | Planned Parenthood Action Fund PAC, Inc. | Kaul for Attorney General | $10,000 | 09/29/2022 |
| 55 | Robert D. Wurtz | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $10,000 | 09/28/2022 |
| 71 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | citizensfordave | $8,841 | 09/30/2022 |
| 72 | Green for Assembly | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $8,539 | 09/28/2022 |
| 73 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Kristina for Assembly | $8,212 | 09/27/2022 |
| 73 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Kristina for Assembly | $8,212 | 09/30/2022 |
| 75 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Tony for Wisconsin | $8,150 | 09/29/2022 |
| 75 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Kaul for Attorney General | $8,150 | 09/29/2022 |
| 75 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin-Federal Account | Sara Rodriguez For Wisconsin | $8,150 | 09/29/2022 |
| 78 | Plumbers and Steamfitters 11 WI, PAC | State Senate Democratic Comm | $8,000 | 09/26/2022 |
| 78 | Plumbers and Steamfitters 11 WI, PAC | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $8,000 | 09/29/2022 |
| 80 | Debra Eder | Tony for Wisconsin | $7,800 | 09/27/2022 |
| 81 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | TIP FOR WI | $7,503 | 09/29/2022 |
| 82 | Jonathan Eder | Kaul for Attorney General | $7,500 | 09/30/2022 |
| 83 | Citizens for Tom Michalski | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $7,461 | 09/30/2022 |
| 84 | Gae Magnafici for Wisconsin | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $7,331 | 09/30/2022 |
| 84 | Republican Party of Wisconsin | Gae Magnafici for Wisconsin | $7,331 | 09/30/2022 |
| 86 | Republican Party of Wisconsin | Zimmerman for Wisconsin | $7,311 | 09/30/2022 |
| 86 | Zimmerman for Wisconsin | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $7,311 | 09/30/2022 |
| 88 | Republican Party of Wisconsin | Taxpayers for Sortwell | $7,291 | 09/30/2022 |
| 88 | Taxpayers for Sortwell | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $7,291 | 09/30/2022 |
| 90 | State Senate Democratic Community | Together With Jeff Smith | $7,235 | 09/30/2022 |
| 91 | Jonathan Eder | Tony for Wisconsin | $7,200 | 09/27/2022 |
| 92 | Robert Wittke for Assembly | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $7,164 | 09/30/2022 |
| 93 | Green for Assembly | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $7,126 | 09/26/2022 |
| 94 | Citizens for Rob Hutton | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $7,026 | 09/26/2022 |
| 94 | Citizens for Rob Hutton | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $7,026 | 09/30/2022 |
| 96 | T E Pronschinske for Assembly | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $6,983 | 09/30/2022 |
| 97 | Nancy 4 Wisconsin | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $6,964 | 09/30/2022 |
| 97 | Republican Party of Wisconsin | Nancy 4 Wisconsin | $6,964 | 09/30/2022 |
| 99 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Friends of Clinton Anderson | $6,945 | 09/30/2022 |
| 100 | Fox for 57th | Republican Party of Wisconsin | $6,941 | 09/30/2022 |
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