Politics & Government
Election 2016: Brookfield's Top 50 Political Donors
Election 2016 is already shaping as the biggest money election ever. Take a look at who's donating the most in Brookfield
BROOKFIELD - Election 2016 is already shaping as the biggest money election ever. According to Opensecrets.org, the Democratic Party has already raised $384 million and the Republicans have raised $398 million. Combined, they've spent more than $600 million.
Where does all that money come from? A lot of it comes from Political Action Committees. Here are the top 5 donors for the Democrats as recorded at the end of June.
- Newsweb Corp, $1,324,578
- Paloma Partners, $1,004,800
- Nancy Pelosi for Congress, $991,452
- Hoyer for Congress, $805,000
- Pritzker Group, $783,600
And for the Republicans
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- Ryan for Congress, $2,138,061
- Friends of John Boehner, $2,015,875
- Western Refining, $1,592,600
- Kevin McCarthy for Congress, $1,533,325
- Uline Inc, $1,207,000
On the local level, there are many people in your community who are big donors to the political party, candidate or PAC of their choice.
Here are the top 50 individual contributions as reported by for Brookfield:
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- $150,000 HF SECURITIES LLC - Unintimidated PAC
- $100,000 ZIEGLER, ANDREW A - Carly for America Cmte
- $100,000 ZIEGLER, ANDREW A MR - Unintimidated PAC
- $33,400 HARRIS, ROBERT JEFFREY MR -- Republican National Cmte (R)
- $33,400 HARRIS, CYNTHIA MRS - Republican National Cmte (R)
- $25,000 ZIEGLER, ANDREW M - Let America Work
- $12,000 STRONG, RICHARD S MR -- National Republican Senatorial Cmte (R)
- $10,000 STRONG, RICHARD S MR - Republican National Cmte (R)
- $5,400 LAL, VISHAL - Walker, Scott (R)
- $5,400 HARRIS, R JEFFRE J - Walker, Scott (R)
- $5,400 WILSON, DONALD - Walker, Scott (R)
- $5,400 WILSON, DONALD - Walker, Scott (R)
- $5,400 SILSETH, KAREN - Johnson, Ron (R)
- $5,300 BARRY, WILLIAM E MR - Johnson, Ron (R)
- $5,200 HARRIS, R JEFFREY MR - Johnson, Ron (R)
- $5,000 BARRY, WILLIAM - Victory 2016
- $5,000 MALLINGER, EUGENE - Republican Party of Wisconsin (R)
- $5,000 AVERY, WILLIAM - Direct Supply Inc
- $4,800 WILSON, DONALD S MR - Johnson, Ron (R)
- $4,600 WILSON, KATHLEEN A MRS - Johnson, Ron (R)
- $4,600 HARRIS, R JEFFREY MR - Johnson, Ron (R)
- $4,400 BARRY, WILLIAM E MR - Walker, Scott (R)
- $3,900 BARRY, SUZANNE MRS- - Johnson, Ron (R)
- $3,500 BARRY, WILLIAM E- - Republican Party of Wisconsin (R)
- $3,400 SILSETH, JOHN M - Johnson, Ron (R)
- $3,200 HARRIS, ROBERT JEFFREY - Republican National Cmte (R)
- $2,750 WILSON, DONALD S MR - Fiorina, Carly (R)
- $2,700 CURL, LYNDA MS - Bush, Jeb (R)
- $2,700 CURL, THOMAS L MR - Bush, Jeb (R)
- $2,700 NANGIA, RUPIKA - Jindal, Bobby (R)
- $2,700 DRURY, BARRI L - Johnson, Ron (R)
- $2,700HARRIS, CYNTHIA C MRS - Johnson, Ron (R)
- $2,700HARRIS, CYNTHIA C MRS - Johnson, Ron (R)
- $2,700 LAL, RIMA - Walker, Scott (R)
- $2,700 HARRIS, JEFFREY - Duffy, Sean P (R)
- $2,700 NANGIA, VIKRAM - Jindal, Bobby (R)
- $2,700 KODALI, SATISH - Jindal, Bobby (R)
- $2,700 KODALI, MALAIKA - Jindal, Bobby (R)
- $2,700 WILSON, KATHLEEN A MRS - Johnson, Ron (R)
- $2,700 ZEPPOS, EVAN N - Clinton, Hillary (D)
- $2,700 WURTZ, ROBERT - Walker, Scott (R)
- $2,700 CURL, THOMAS - Kasich, John (R)
- $2,700 HARRIS, CYNTHIA C MRS - Johnson, Ron (R)
- $2,700CURL, THOMAS L MR - Johnson, Ron (R)
- $2,700 HARRIS, CYNTHIA C - Walker, Scott (R)
- $2,700 WILSON, KATHLEEN - Walker, Scott (R)
- $2,700 WILSON, DONALD - Walker, Scott (R)
- $2,700 STRONG, DONNA L - Johnson, Ron (R)
- $2,700 STRONG, DONNA L - Johnson, Ron (R)
- $2,700 STRONG, DONNA L - Johnson, Ron (R)
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