Election 2016: Elm Grove's Top 50 Political Donors

ELM GROVE - 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.

1. Newsweb Corp, $1,324,578
2. Paloma Partners, $1,004,800
3. Nancy Pelosi for Congress, $991,452
4. Hoyer for Congress, $805,000
5. Pritzker Group, $783,600

And for the Republicans

1. Ryan for Congress, $2,138,061
2. Friends of John Boehner, $2,015,875
3. Western Refining, $1,592,600
4. Kevin McCarthy for Congress, $1,533,325
5. 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 Elm Grove:

1. $50,000 - SHIELY, JOHN S - Unintimidated PAC
2. $50,000 - HAACK, WILLIAM - Unintimidated PAC
3. $15,000 - SHIELY, JOHN S MR - Republican National Cmte (R)
4. $10,000 - BASTIAN, FRANK W - Democratic Party of Wisconsin (D)
5. $5,400 - FRYE, NATALIE - Walker, Scott (R)
6. $5,400 HAACK, WILLIAM R - Walker, Scott (R)
7. $5,400 STOLLENWERK, JOELLEN - Johnson, Ron (R)
8. $5,400 FRYE, GERALD W MR - Johnson, Ron (R)
9. $5,000 TEERLINK, RICHARD F - Johnson, Ron (R)
10. $2,700 BECHTHOLD, HELEN MRS - Johnson, Ron (R)
11. $2,700 SCHLIFSKE, JOHN E - Johnson, Ron (R)
12. $2,700 HAACK, SANDRA - Walker, Scott (R)
13. $2,700 NICHOLS, THOMAS J - Walker, Scott (R)
14. $2,700 SCHLIFSKE, KIM - Walker, Scott (R)
15. $2,700 SCHIFSKE, JOHN MR - Rubio, Marco (R)
16. $2,700 HEULER, JOHN - Clinton, Hillary (D)
17. $2,700 SHIELY, JOHN - Sensenbrenner, F James Jr (R)
18. $2,700 NICHOLS, THERESE - Johnson, Ron (R)
19. $2,700 HARWOOD, WILLIAM - Walker, Scott (R)
20. $2,700 STOLLENWERK, JOELLEN - Johnson, Ron (R)
21. $2,700 NICHOLS, THERESE - Johnson, Ron (R)
22. $2,700 SHILELY, JOHN S - Walker, Scott (R)
23. $2,700 NICHOLS, THERESE - Walker, Scott (R)
24. $2,700 SCHLIFSKE, JOHN - Walker, Scott (R)
25. $2,700 FRYE, NATALIE M - Johnson, Ron (R)
26. $2,700 TEERLINK, ANNA L - Johnson, Ron (R)
27. $2,700 SCHLIFSKE, KIM E C - Johnson, Ron (R)
28. $2,700 TEERLINK, RICHARD F - Johnson, Ron (R)
29. $2,700 SCHIFSKE, KIM C MRS - Rubio, Marco (R)
30. $2,700 BASTIAN, FRANK - Feingold, Russ (D)
31. $2,700 BASTIAN, FRANK - Clinton, Hillary (D)
32. $2,700 COAKLEY, PEGGY - Clinton, Hillary (D)
33. $2,700 SHIELY, JOHN - Sensenbrenner, F James Jr (R)
34. $2,700 FRYE, GERALD - Walker, Scott (R)
35. $2,700 NICHOLS, THOMAS J - Walker, Scott (R)
36. $2,695 BASTIAN, FRANK - Feingold, Russ (D)
37. $2,695 BASTIAN, FRANK - Feingold, Russ (D)
38. $2,500 NICHOLS, THOMAS - S Corp Assn
39. $2,400 SHIELY, JOHN S - Johnson, Ron (R)
40. $2,400 SHIELY, JOHN S - Johnson, Ron (R)
41. $2,300 BASTIAN, FRANK W - DNC Services Corp (D)
42. $2,300 TEERLINK, RICHARD F - Johnson, Ron (R)
43. $2,000 SHIELY, JOHN S - Johnson, Ron (R)
44. $2,000 NICHOLS, THERESE - Johnson, Ron (R)
45. $2,000 BASTIAN, FRANK W - DNC Services Corp (D)
46. $2,000 NICHOLS, THERESE - Johnson, Ron (R)
47. $1,400 CERVERO, AL - Association of Equipment Manufacturers
48. $1,250 MCCORMICK, DANIEL R - Democratic Party of Wisconsin (D)
49. $1,000 KANDULA, MADAN N MD - American Academy of Otolaryngology
50. $1,000 GALANIS, PATRICIA C Johnson, Ron (R)