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Top donors to Brad Schimel, conservative candidate for Wis Supreme Court (so far)
Richard Uihlein and Tim Michels have each given Schimel the maximum $20,000. The Waukesha County judge and former AG has ...
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Top donors to Susan Crawford, liberal candidate for Wis Supreme Court (so far)
The left-leaning candidate has received a huge financial boost from the state party as Wisconsin Democrats continue their ...
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The (reported) net worth of U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, Republican from Janesville
Steil served as an aide to U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, who previously held this seat, before successfully running for it in 2018. He chairs the House Administration Committee, which oversees federal ...
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The (reported) net worth of U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, Republican from the Green Bay area
A former Marine with a Ph.D. in international relations from Georgetown, Gallagher was first elected to Congress in 2017. A frequent critic of the Chinese government, he chairs the new select ...
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Our Funders and Donors
The Badger Project is a nonprofit funded mainly through reader contributions and grants. In March 2020, we received a matching grant of $7,713 from NewsMatch 2019 in coordination with our ...
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The (reported) net worth of U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, Republican from Minocqua
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany was first elected to Congress in 2020 after several years in the Wisconsin State Senate. His committee assignments: • Judiciary, with subcommittee assignments to Crime and ...
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The (reported) net worth of U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, Democrat from Madison
Pocan was first elected to the U.S. House in 2012 after serving 14 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly. He sits on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, which oversees government spending, ...
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Board of Directors
Nicholas is a Partner at the law firm Kramer, Elkins & Watt in Madison. He graduated from the UW-Madison Law School in 2010. He did his undergraduate work at the University of Illinois. Nicholas is a ...
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THE TEAM
Peter is an award-winning investigative journalist. Before returning to Wisconsin to launch The Badger Project in 2018, he worked at daily newspapers in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania as ...
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The (reported) net worth of U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, Republican from eastern Wisconsin
Grothman was first elected to Congress in 2014 after more than 20 years in the Wisconsin State Legislature. He sits on the committees overseeing the federal budget, Education and the Workforce, and he ...
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The (reported) financial interests of Brian Hagedorn, right-leaning swing justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Elected officials in Wisconsin must submit reports on their finances to the state. Here is the report from the court’s swing justice. Justice Brian Hagedorn was elected to the court in 2019. He had ...
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The rock ‘n’ roll congressman priest from Wisconsin who was benched by the pope
Green Bay Priest Robert Cornell hobnobbed with famous musicians, then befriended – and tangled with – powerful politicians from both sides of the aisle in Washington D.C. Father Robert Cornell poses ...