Political Money in WI

Republican $20.5 million, Democratic $13.8 million

Republican candidate receipts are 59.6% of Wisconsin’s $34.3 million. Democratic receipts of $13.8 million are 40.2%. Other-party receipts of $65,170 are 0.2%. The Republican edge on the candidate book is about $6.7 million. That is a fact about committee filings, not a statement about Wisconsin’s electoral map or about the 60,343 donors.

Seven hundred thirteen federal candidate committees sit behind the $34.3 million. The count includes House districts, statewide Senate activity, and other federal filers tagged to Wisconsin in the FEC candidate file. A long roster does not mean every committee is active in a general election.

A complete citation for Wisconsin names both $34.3 million in candidate receipts across 713 filers and $514.4 million from 60,343 donors, then stops. Adding a third invented total is how these pages go wrong.

Wisconsin donors: $514.4 million

The individual contribution total of $514.4 million from 60,343 donors exceeds the $34.3 million candidate book. Wisconsin residents give to national PACs, Super PACs, and out-of-state campaigns. Those gifts remain Wisconsin donor dollars in the FEC individual file. They do not inherit the 59.6% Republican candidate-receipt share.

Sixty thousand three hundred forty-three donors is the FEC contributor count. Occupation and employer fields live on the underlying rows, not in this state summary.

Cycle 2026 remains open. Amendments move Form 3 receipts. Restated individual files move donor aggregates. If the live Wisconsin hub disagrees with this guide, the hub and FEC.gov control.

Wisconsin’s cycle-2026 candidate file is a receipt file. $34.3 million is inflows reported by 713 committees, not cash on hand and not money spent on ads. A committee can report receipts that still sit unspent. The Wisconsin hub’s receipt sort shows concentration without inventing a statistic that is not in the packet.

Questions

How much have Wisconsin federal candidates raised in 2026?

Wisconsin-associated federal candidate committees reported $34.3 million in receipts across 713 filers. Republican committees reported $20.5 million and Democratic committees reported $13.8 million, per FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault.

Which party has more Wisconsin candidate receipts?

Republican candidate committees reported $20.5 million (59.6%) and Democratic committees reported $13.8 million (40.2%) of the $34.3 million total. Other filers reported $65,170. Party labels come from FEC candidate registrations.

How much have Wisconsin donors given federally?

Individual contribution aggregates show $514.4 million from 60,343 Wisconsin donors. That series includes gifts to PACs and out-of-state campaigns and is separate from the $34.3 million in candidate receipts.

Does this include Wisconsin state elections?

No. These figures are FEC.gov federal data for the 2026 cycle. Wisconsin state-office campaign-finance filings are not part of the $34.3 million or $514.4 million.