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Kalyn Stralow

$359,986 was spent with USPS from Wisconsin campaign accounts

In Wisconsin, state-level candidates and political organizations have spent $359,986 from their campaign accounts on services from the United States Postal Service in the 2022 election cycle so far. USPS received 0.43 percent of all 84.6 million in reported expenditures

According to Wisconsin Ethics Committee reports, here are the top candidates and groups that have spent campaign funds with USPS between Jan. 1, 2021, and Jun. 30, 2022.

Top 10 Wisconsin candidates and political organizations spending money with USPS

Of the $359,986 spent with USPS, 56.2 percent came from these 10 campaign accounts.

Top Campaign Expenditures with USPS (1/1/2021 – 6/30/2022)

Rank Total Paid to USPS Name Account Type
1. $125,311.19 Americans for Prosperity* Non-Candidate Committee or Group
2. $17,247.90 Tony Evers Candidate Committee
3. $12,350.13 Josh Kaul Candidate Committee
4. $12,264.00 Kevin Petersen Candidate Committee
5. $9,781.00 Committee to Elect a Republican Senate Non-Candidate Committee or Group
6. $6,924.08 Louis J Molepske Jr Candidate Committee
7. $6,742.00 Rep Assembly Campaign Com Racc Non-Candidate Committee or Group
8. $6,697.70 Scott Corbett Candidate Committee
9. $4,833.00 Steve Doyle Candidate Committee
10. $4,327.12 Roger Roth Candidate Committee
*Americans for Prosperity, a 501(c)(4) advocacy group, is classified as an “unregistered express advocacy” group by the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. This group appears twice on this list in the Transparency USA database because these expenditures have unique identifiers in the state’s dataset. They are included as a single entity for this article.

Campaign expenditures with USPS in eight states

Here is how spending with USPS in Wisconsin compares to other states with the most recent report data available from Transparency USA for the 2021-2022 election cycle:

Comparison of total spent with USPS, by state

Rank State Expenditures with USPS Total Reported Expenditures % of Total Expenditures Available Reporting Period
1 California $15,081,328 $1,226,617,654 1.23% 1/1/2021 – 5/21/2022
2 Pennsylvania $2,783,385 $520,342,053 0.53% 1/1/2021 – 6/16/2022
3 Texas $2,296,493 $558,195,683.20 0.41% 1/1/2021 – 6/30/2022
4 Michigan $516,804 $164,128,118.56 0.31% 1/1/2021 – 7/20/2022
5 Wisconsin $359,986 $84,579,752.31 0.43% 1/1/2021 – 6/30/2022
6 North Carolina $275,000 $57,297,691.78 0.48% 1/1/2021 – 6/30/2022
7 Indiana $118,005 $34,302,447.74 0.34% 1/1/2021 – 6/30/2022
8 Ohio $58,235 $71,355,093.80 0.08% 1/1/2021 – 6/3/2022

The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active Wisconsin PACs submitted to the Wisconsin Ethics Committee. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines. State or federal law may require filers to submit additional reports.

Name of Report Reporting Period Deadline
2022 Jan Semiannual 7/1/21 – 12/31/21 1/18/2022
Spring Pre-Primary 1/1/22 – 1/31/22 2/7/2022
Spring Pre-Election 2/1/22 – 3/21/22 3/28/2022
July Semiannual 3/22/22 – 6/30/22 7/15/2022
Fall Pre-Primary 7/1/22 – 7/25/22 8/1/2022
Sept Data 7/26/22 – 8/31/22 9/27/2022
Fall Pre-General 9/1/22 – 10/24/22 10/31/2022
2023 Jan Semiannual 7/1/22 – 12/31/22 1/17/2023

This article is a joint publication from Ballotpedia and Transparency USA, who are working together to provide campaign finance information for state-level elections. Learn more about our work here.

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