The Wisconsin 1990-1998 (WDC) Contributions Database

Source Information


The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign is an independent, nonpartisan, grassroots coalition of organizations and individuals. It is dedicated to revitalizing democracy by reforming the current system of political campaign financing and by offering proposals that enable all candidates to have a fair chance to present their ideas to the voters. provided this database to the CFIC.


The CFIC thanks Michael Jacob of the WDC for his help with this data set.

Database Information


Wisconsin Cooperative Campaign Finance Database (WCCFD)
Posted 10/08/98

This database contains information on contributions to legislative, Gubernatorial and legislative campaign committees. There are 104,975 records covering races from 1990 through Aug. 24, 1998.
  • Contributions to Gubernatorial and legislative candidates 90-98.zip (2.8 MB zipped, expands to 33.5 MB)
  • wdc record layout (1kb)





    • Wisconsin Cooperative Campaign Finance Database (WCCFD)
    Posted 4/14/98

    This database contains information on individual contributors of $100 or more to state legislators and selected candidates for the state legislature. It covers the period January 1, 1990 through December 31, 1996. If more recent reports have been filed with the state Elections Board, they are included only if they have been processed by the WCCFD. This information is contained in a FoxPro 2.6 for Windows table. It contains approximately 50,000 entries.
  • leg.zip (expands to 20.9 MB)
  • lay.zip (3k)


    • WDC Contributions to Gubernatorial Candidates
    Posted 4/14/98

    Gov.zip lists nearly 21,000 contributions to Gov. Thompson through 12/31/97, and includes more than 600 contributions to Garvey and Lawton from July through December of 1997. (Garvey is a Democrat running for governor, Lawton a democrat running for Lt. governor.)
  • gov.zip (expands to 7.9 MB)


    • Other Information


    Wisconsin Contribution Limits

    Wisconsin Public Funding Limits for Statewide Candidates

    Wisconsin Public Funding Limits for Legislative Candidates

    Reporting Forms (PDF format)
          Receipts--Including Loans from Individuals (Schedule 1-A)
          Receipts--Contributions from Committees (Transfers-In) (Schedule 1-B)
          Receipts--Other Income and Commercial Loans (Schedule 1-C)
          Additional Disclosure--In-Kind Estimates (Schedule 3-C)
          Additional Disclosure--Contributions Returned to Contributor (Schedule 3-E)


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