Both parties' campaign committees violate campaign law limit, watchdog group finds.
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Matt Rothschild - Feb 25th, 2021 02:19 pm
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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.