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Campaign money

Outside spending, filing by filing

Groups other than a candidate's own committee can spend any amount on ads about that candidate, as long as they don't coordinate with the campaign. Here is every such filing we have, exactly as filed. Nothing is added up.

The Ethics Commission calls each purchase an “independent expenditure,” and the group that files it says whether the ad supports or opposes a campaign. Each row has the Commission's transaction ID and links to the report it was on and to the filer's official page. The newest filing is from Sep 14, 2026.

Money passed through conduits

A conduit collects money that individuals have set aside for a candidate and passes it on. The conduit files the transaction, but the money isn't its own: the individuals chose who gets it. Shown by where the money ended up.

From the Wisconsin Ethics Commission's campaign finance filings, which you can search in the Commission's transaction browser; checked Sep 15, 2026. Committees register and report only after crossing amounts set by law, so spending below them never appears in any filing. Full methodology