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MILWAUKEE, WI

FEC.gov itemizations listing contributor city MILWAUKEE, WI sum to $73,400,945 across 232,633 contributions. Milwaukee’s dollars sit beside Baton Rouge, but the line count is larger, closer to Orlando’s volume shape. The table is a contributor-city aggregate, not a unique-donor census. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Key figures

  • Milwaukee’s federal itemized city book is $73,400,945 across 232,633 contributions.
  • The mean near $315 reflects a higher line count than Baton Rouge on similar dollars.
  • Cite contributor city, dollars, and line count together.
  • Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Milwaukee’s volume beside similar dollars

Two hundred thirty-two thousand six hundred thirty-three lines produce $73,400,945. Divide the pair and the mean itemized line is about $315. Baton Rouge, on nearby dollars, carries fewer lines. Milwaukee’s file is a volume book on this extract.

Madison is a separate Wisconsin city hub. Waukesha, Brookfield, and Racine are other city strings. They are not inside $73,400,945 unless the filer typed MILWAUKEE. Milwaukee County is orientation, not an FEC roll-up.

Office addresses can share the Milwaukee city field with household streets. Totals can include a PAC or joint-fundraising address when that is what filers typed. The 232,633 lines are receipts, not unique persons.

Milwaukee is not Wisconsin

State WI on the key identifies the city string. It does not convert $73,400,945 into a statewide total. Madison keeps its own hub. Adding the two and calling the sum “Wisconsin” is a recode this packet does not publish.

Keep MILWAUKEE, WI as the citation. Recheck $73,400,945 and 232,633 on the live hub after a later extract.

Full analysis: MILWAUKEE, WI: $73.4M on 232,633 FEC receipts

Questions

What is Milwaukee’s federal contribution total on LobbyVault?
Itemized FEC.gov receipts listing contributor city MILWAUKEE, WI total $73,400,945 across 232,633 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Milwaukee residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside both figures.
How should I read Milwaukee’s 232,633 contributions?
LobbyVault counts 232,633 itemized lines for MILWAUKEE, WI. That is a line count, not a headcount. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding donors. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $73,400,945. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 232,633 should not be quoted as a Milwaukee population of donors.
Does Milwaukee’s total include Madison or Waukesha?
No, unless the filer typed MILWAUKEE. Madison is a separate city hub. Waukesha and Brookfield are other city strings when they appear that way on the receipt. $73,400,945 is the MILWAUKEE, WI match. The 232,633 lines follow the same rule. Statewide labels are not an FEC dimension on this Milwaukee hub.
Where do the Milwaukee facts come from?
Both facts come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $73,400,945 and 232,633 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Wisconsin non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $315 is arithmetic from those two packet numbers.

City is the contributor city on FEC itemizations. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents.

City ties

All data ties →

Total Donations

$73,400,945

Contributions

232,633

Top Industry

RETIRED

Top Industries

RETIRED
$15K
HOMEMAKER
$9K
HOUSE WIFE
$7K
REQUESTED
$7K
ATTORNEY
$7K
DATA RETRIEVAL
$5K
BABCOCK WILCOT
$5K
HOUSEWIFE
$4K
MGIC
$4K
BADGER BY-PRODUCTS CO
$3K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980
$159K
1982
$54K
1984
$78K
1986
$45K
1988
$84K
1990
$58K
1992
$167K
1994
$130K
1996
$110K
1998
$86K
2000
$167K
2002
$79K
2004
$201K
2006
$120K
2008
$220K
2010
$141K
2012
$183K
2014
$152K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in MILWAUKEE, WI, ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerCycles
1FRIEBERT, ROBERT H$5,50021980
2KOSS, J C MR$5,0001BABCOCK WILCOT1980
3CARPENTER, O W JR MR$5,0001RETIRED1980
4HELLER, JAMES K$5,0002DATA RETRIEVAL1980
5HYMAN, LEW H$4,00011980
6FREE, BENJAMIN J$3,4508BADGER BY-PRODUCTS CO1980
7KARL, MAX H$3,4007MGIC1980
8MILLER, I L$3,0001RETIRED1980
9LAW, WILLIAM$2,9374CUDAHY TANNING CO1980
10COLLINGS, JOHN K JR$2,7965AQUA-CHEM INC1980
11MESSINGER, WILLIAM C MRS$2,5001REXORDING1980
12MESSINGER, WIILIAM C$2,5001REXNORD INC1980
13FERGUSON, FRANCIS E$2,25021980
14KOPMEIER, J.H.$2,1001SELF-EMPLOYED1980
15BERNSTEIN, JOSEPH$2,0003GODFREY & KAHN1980
16MILLER, I MS$2,0001HOUSE WIFE1980
17CLARK, EMORY T$2,0003CLARK OIL CO1980
18GALLUN, RICHARD A$2,0002ELECTRIC WIRE CORP1980
19HABUSH, ROBERT L$1,8003ATTORNEY1980
20HAAS, ROBERT$1,8002HAAS AGENCY1980
21KOHL, HERBERT H$1,7502INVESTMENTS1980
22FERGUSON, FRANCIS E MR$1,7502INSURANCE EXEC1980
23BROWN, WILLIAM L$1,7004U S MARSHALL1980
24MCKEITHAN, D F JR$1,6003JOS SCHLITZ BREWING CO1980
25DOERING, JOSEPH W JR$1,5002DOERING LEASING CO1980
26CAMPBELL, LEONARD JR$1,5002CAMPBELL NEUMAN-POTTINGER1980
27DONALDSON, KATHRYN W$1,5003HOMEMAKER1980
28KAISER, JANE L$1,5003HOUSE WIFE1980
29BELL, WILLIAM$1,5002ALLIS CHALMERS1980
30KAISER, JANE L MRS$1,2502REQUESTED1980
31EDELMAN, SAMUEL$1,2502MILLER COMPRESSING CO1980
32CARPENTER, O W JR$1,0001RETIRED1980
33CARNEY, GRETCHEN S$1,0002RETIRED1980
34DEARHOLT, STEPHEN M$1,0001RESPONSE MARKETING1980
35FELDSTEIN, WILLIAM J$1,00011980
36GRUNAU, GARY$1,0001GRUNAU CO INC1980
37GREER, SARA CONNOR$1,0001HOUSEWIFE1980
38FLINT, CHARLES A$1,0001RETIRED1980
39DRYER, FREDERIC R MR$1,0001REAL ESTATE INVESTOR1980
40DRYER, STORM G MR$1,0001HOUSE WIFE1980
41GENDELMAN, BRUCE$1,0001CENTURY HARDWARE CO1980
42BROWN, BETTY M$1,00011980
43DAVIDSON, SIDNEY W JR MR$1,0001SELF-EMPLOYED1980
44DRILIAS, WILLIAM J MR$1,00011980
45GEILFUSS, JOHN C MR$1,0001RETIRED1980
46BRADY, WILLIAM H JR MR$1,00011980
47FROMSTEIN, M S (LITA) MRS$1,0001HOUSE WIFE1980
48GECHT, DAVID$1,0001WHITE MANOR LIQUOR CO1980
49FREE, BENJAMIN JJ$1,0001BADGER BY PRODUCTS1980
50BOYNTON, JOHN P MR$1,0001OIL PRODUCER1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received donations from MILWAUKEE, WI.
#CommitteeTotal Received
1ACTBLUEC00401224$563,415
2DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WISCONSIN FEDERALC00019331$135,370
3REPUBLICAN PARTY OF WISCONSINC00074450$130,975
4DSCCC00042366$121,434
5DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603$105,192
6DCCCC00000935$71,572
7KASTEN FOR SENATE COMMITTEE INCC00120980$70,131
8PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PACC00381806$70,000
9REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00003418$68,138
10SMPC00484642$62,975
11HARRIS VICTORY FUNDC00744946$59,575
12PROGRESSIVES UNITED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00279901$44,343
13SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESSC00327023$43,900
14WINREDC00694323$39,843
15OBAMA FOR AMERICAC00431445$38,590