Wisconsin Republican statewide candidates and officeholders have raised $23.3 million during the 2022 election cycle. Among statewide officials and candidates, Tim Michels has raised more than any other Republican.

Michels is running for Governor of Wisconsin in 2022. Michels raised $12.0 million and spent $10.6 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and July 25, 2022. According to Wisconsin Ethics Commission reports, the following individual donors and PACs gave the most money to Michels.

Tim Michels’ Top 10 Donors, (1/1/2021 – 7/25/2022)

Of the $12.0 million in reported donations to Tim Michels’ candidate committee, $11.9 million of those contributions came from Tim Michels.

The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active Wisconsin PACs submitted to the Wisconsin Ethics Commission.Political expenditures that are not controlled by candidates or their campaigns, known as satellite spending, are not included in candidate totals.Federal PACs are not required to report to state agencies. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines. State or federal law may require filers to submit additional reports.

See updates to Tim Michels’s campaign finance data after the next reports are available.

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