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Largest 100 Political Contributions (Week Ending July 31)
| Rank | Contributor | Committee | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony for Wisconsin | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $100,000 | 07/31/2021 |
| 2 | Tony for Wisconsin | $10,000 | 07/27/2021 | |
| 2 | Tony for Wisconsin | $10,000 | 07/29/2021 | |
| 2 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $10,000 | 07/31/2021 | |
| 2 | Ronald Abramson | Tony for Wisconsin | $10,000 | 07/28/2021 |
| 6 | Madeleine Kelly Lubar | Tony for Wisconsin | $9,500 | 07/28/2021 |
| 6 | WI Laborers District Council | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $9,500 | 07/28/2021 |
| 8 | Kaul for Attorney General | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $6,751 | 07/27/2021 |
| 9 | Operating Engineers 139 PAC | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $6,000 | 07/27/2021 |
| 9 | Operating Engineers 139 PAC | State Senate Democratic Comm | $6,000 | 07/29/2021 |
| 9 | WI Laborers District Council | State Senate Democratic Comm | $6,000 | 07/26/2021 |
| 12 | Assembly Democratic Camp Community | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | $5,849 | 07/30/2021 |
| 13 | Tony for Wisconsin | $5,000 | 07/29/2021 | |
| 13 | Centene Corporation, PAC | State Senate Democratic Comm | $5,000 | 07/29/2021 |
| 13 | Peggy Hedberg | Tony for Wisconsin | $5,000 | 07/28/2021 |
| 16 | Alliant Energy WI Gov Act Cte | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | $4,000 | 07/30/2021 |
| 16 | WEC Energy Group PAC | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $4,000 | 07/28/2021 |
| 16 | WEC Energy Group PAC | State Senate Democratic Comm | $4,000 | 07/29/2021 |
| 16 | WEC Energy Group PAC | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | $4,000 | 07/30/2021 |
| 16 | Wia, PAC | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $4,000 | 07/28/2021 |
| 16 | Wisconsin Insurance Alliance | State Senate Democratic Comm | $4,000 | 07/26/2021 |
| 22 | WI Dental Association PAC | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $3,500 | 07/27/2021 |
| 23 | John Larsen | Kaul for Attorney General | $3,000 | 07/27/2021 |
| 23 | Kent Delucenay | Tony for Wisconsin | $3,000 | 07/25/2021 |
| 23 | Susan H. Kavulich | Tony for Wisconsin | $3,000 | 07/28/2021 |
| 26 | Fred Schroeckenthaler | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,500 | 07/31/2021 |
| 26 | Fruman M. Jacobson | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,500 | 07/31/2021 |
| 26 | Gregory Reed | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,500 | 07/25/2021 |
| 26 | Jane Durment | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,500 | 07/25/2021 |
| 26 | Lindsey Duca | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,500 | 07/28/2021 |
| 26 | Todd Larson | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,500 | 07/31/2021 |
| 32 | Council of Auto & Truck Retail Political Action Committee | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $2,000 | 07/29/2021 |
| 32 | David Ryan | Tony for Wisconsin | $2,000 | 07/31/2021 |
| 32 | Jack Salzwedel | Roth For Wisconsin | $2,000 | 07/30/2021 |
| 32 | Michael Best Strategies, LLC | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $2,000 | 07/28/2021 |
| 32 | Robert Durian | Kaul for Attorney General | $2,000 | 07/25/2021 |
| 32 | Wisconsin Credit Union Legislative Action Fund | State Senate Democratic Comm | $2,000 | 07/29/2021 |
| 32 | Wisconsin Credit Union Legislative Action Fund | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $2,000 | 07/30/2021 |
| 39 | Building A Better WI | $1,450 | 07/28/2021 | |
| 40 | Friends of Kathy Bernier | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | $1,361 | 07/30/2021 |
| 41 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Democratic Party of Dane County | $1,341 | 07/27/2021 |
| 42 | State Senate Democratic Comm | $1,100 | 07/26/2021 | |
| 43 | Waupaca Democratic Party | $1,000 | 07/25/2021 | |
| 43 | Kaul for Attorney General | $1,000 | 07/27/2021 | |
| 43 | Plumer for Assembly | $1,000 | 07/29/2021 | |
| 43 | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $1,000 | 07/30/2021 | |
| 43 | Waukesha County Republican Party | $1,000 | 07/30/2021 | |
| 43 | Tony for Wisconsin | $1,000 | 07/31/2021 | |
| 43 | Bob Vitt | State Senate Democratic Comm | $1,000 | 07/26/2021 |
| 43 | Building A Better WI | State Senate Democratic Comm | $1,000 | 07/26/2021 |
| 43 | Capitol Navigators | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $1,000 | 07/28/2021 |
| 43 | Columbia Company Republican Party | Plumer for Assembly | $1,000 | 07/26/2021 |
| 43 | Council of Auto & Truck Retail Political Action Committee | State Senate Democratic Comm | $1,000 | 07/29/2021 |
| 43 | David Mead | Tony for Wisconsin | $1,000 | 07/28/2021 |
| 43 | Douglas D. Sina | Tony for Wisconsin | $1,000 | 07/31/2021 |
| 43 | James Blank | Tony for Wisconsin | $1,000 | 07/28/2021 |
| 43 | James Mortenson | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | $1,000 | 07/30/2021 |
| 43 | Jennifer Patterson | Tony for Wisconsin | $1,000 | 07/25/2021 |
| 43 | Jeremie Pavelski | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | $1,000 | 07/30/2021 |
| 43 | Jo Stoll | State Senate Democratic Comm | $1,000 | 07/29/2021 |
| 43 | John Birdsall | Tony for Wisconsin | $1,000 | 07/25/2021 |
| 43 | Joseph Kraemer | WI Bankers Assn PAC | $1,000 | 07/29/2021 |
| 43 | Julie Underwood | Tony for Wisconsin | $1,000 | 07/31/2021 |
| 43 | Mary Ellyn Sensenbrenner | State Senate Democratic Comm | $1,000 | 07/28/2021 |
| 43 | Rebecca Merwin | 1st District Republican Party of Wisconsin | $1,000 | 07/30/2021 |
| 43 | Renew Wisconsin Energy Fund, Inc. | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $1,000 | 07/28/2021 |
| 43 | Richard Uihlein | Steineke for Assembly | $1,000 | 07/30/2021 |
| 43 | Stephen P. Hurley | Tony for Wisconsin | $1,000 | 07/31/2021 |
| 43 | Susan Hotz | Tony for Wisconsin | $1,000 | 07/31/2021 |
| 43 | Thomas J. Springer | State Senate Democratic Comm | $1,000 | 07/26/2021 |
| 43 | Thomas J. Springer | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $1,000 | 07/27/2021 |
| 43 | U.S. Venture Wisconsin PAC | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $1,000 | 07/28/2021 |
| 43 | U.S. Venture Wisconsin PAC | State Senate Democratic Comm | $1,000 | 07/29/2021 |
| 43 | WHCA-WiCAL PAC | State Senate Democratic Comm | $1,000 | 07/29/2021 |
| 43 | WI Farm Credit, PAC | Assembly Democratic Camp Comm | $1,000 | 07/27/2021 |
| 43 | Wisconsin Farm Credit, PAC | Committee to Elect a Republican Senate | $1,000 | 07/30/2021 |
| 43 | Xcel Energy-WI PAC | State Senate Democratic Comm | $1,000 | 07/29/2021 |
| 78 | Democratic Party of Wisconsin | Milwaukee County Democratic Party | $938 | 07/26/2021 |
| 79 | Tony for Wisconsin | $931 | 07/31/2021 | |
| 80 | Marilyn Barnard | Barron Co Democratic Party | $800 | 07/29/2021 |
| 81 | Wisconsin Association of Nurse Anesthetists PAC | State Senate Democratic Comm | $750 | 07/26/2021 |
| 82 | State Senate Democratic Comm | $667 | 07/29/2021 | |
| 83 | Comm to Elect Lena C. Taylor | $600 | 07/27/2021 | |
| 83 | John Neumueller | State Senate Democratic Comm | $600 | 07/26/2021 |
| 83 | Katie Riley | State Senate Democratic Comm | $600 | 07/26/2021 |
| 86 | Tony for Wisconsin | $524 | 07/27/2021 | |
| 87 | Kaul for Attorney General | $500 | 07/25/2021 | |
| 87 | Tony for Wisconsin | $500 | 07/25/2021 | |
| 87 | Waupaca Democratic Party | $500 | 07/25/2021 | |
| 87 | Kaul for Attorney General | $500 | 07/27/2021 | |
| 87 | Tony for Wisconsin | $500 | 07/28/2021 | |
| 87 | Democratic Party of Walworth County | $500 | 07/28/2021 | |
| 87 | Plumer for Assembly | $500 | 07/29/2021 | |
| 87 | State Senate Democratic Comm | $500 | 07/29/2021 | |
| 87 | Kaul for Attorney General | $500 | 07/31/2021 | |
| 87 | Tony for Wisconsin | $500 | 07/31/2021 | |
| 87 | Andrew Block | Tony for Wisconsin | $500 | 07/31/2021 |
| 87 | Anne Pirlot | Born For Assembly | $500 | 07/26/2021 |
| 87 | Anthony Theodore | Tony for Wisconsin | $500 | 07/28/2021 |
| 87 | Bud Styer | Plumer for Assembly | $500 | 07/29/2021 |
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