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Three legislative campaign committees and the state Democratic Party accepted excessive corporate and political action committee contributions in 2020.
State campaign finance law caps PAC and corporate contributions at $12,000 a year to each of the four legislative campaign committees and state parties. A Wisconsin Democracy Campaign review of 2020 campaign finance reports found:
The state Democratic Party accepted $24,000 in corporate contributions from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Committee on Political Education in Washington, D.C., and $24,000 in PAC contributions from the Service and Hospitality Workers Union PAC in Milwaukee.
The corporate contributions came from business, union, and trade associations representing a wide array of special interests, including insurance, health care, real estate, tourism, business, manufacturing, energy, construction, and telecommunications. The top corporate contributors to the parties and committees in 2020 were:
Charter Communications, St. Louis, MO, $56,000, including $12,000 to each of the four legislative campaign committees and $4,000 to each of the state parties.
MolsonCoors, Milwaukee, WI, $51,000, including $24,000 to the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee, $12,000 each to the Committee to Elect a Republican Senate and the state Democratic Party, and $3,000 to the Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee.
JUUL Labs, San Francisco, CA, an electronic cigarette maker, $39,000, including $12,000 to each to the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee and the Committee to Elect a Republican Senate, $10,000 to the state GOP, and $5,000 to the Assembly Democratic Cam
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