Here Are The Major Donors In Wisconsin's Race For U.S. Senate: LIST

WISCONSIN — Corporate and nonprofit cash has played an increasingly large role in U.S. elections ever since the 2010 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United.

In the Citizens United ruling, the court said the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting companies from donating money to political campaigns. Money can pour into Wisconsin elections from across the country.

The 2022 U.S. Senate election cycle is no different, as data from OpenSecrets.com — a website dedicated to following the money in politics — shows. Money has flowed especially fast into the race between U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes.

Johnson, a Republican, is vying to maintain his seat while Barnes is looking to unseat him in November.

Both candidates have seen backing in the millions of dollars from a range of sources. OpenSecrets has data on where the money is coming from in the race for Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seat.

"The organizations themselves did not donate," the website notes. "Rather the money came from the organizations' PACs, their individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates."

With Election day now less than a month away, here's a look at the largest contributors in Wisconsin's race for U.S. Senate:

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (Republican):

• $57,876 — Senate Conservatives Fund
• $29,030 — Ashley Furniture
• $25,899 — Michels Corp
• $25,500 — Abc Supply
• $22,900 — Rock Holdings
• $20,650 — Uline Inc
• $20,467 — Archer Auto Group
• $17,800 — Fiduciary Management Inc
• $17,400 — Hunt Companies
• $17,400 — Klondike Cheese
• $17,399 — KSL Capital Partners
• $17,000 — Hendricks Holding Co
• $17,000 — Rts Inc
• $17,000 — Central Oregon Community College
• $16,872 — Morgan Stanley
• $15,922 — Energy Transfer Lp
• $14,753 — Walter Oil & Gas

Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (Democrat):

• $57,808 — University of Wisconsin
• $23,807 — Alphabet Inc
• $21,205 — J Street
• $20,957 — Apple Inc
• $19,820 — Epic Systems
• $16,970 — Dentons
• $16,350 — Ryan Inc Central
• $15,215 — Advocate Aurora Health
• $14,625 — Twitter
• $14,293 — State of Wisconsin
• $13,750 — Thegroup
• $13,206 — Kelley, Drye & Warren
• $12,918 — Medical College of Wisconsin
• $12,818 — Ascension Health
• $12,800 — End Citizens United & Let America Vote
• $11,730 — Emerson Collective
• $11,640 — Penzeys Spices

You can see the full list of other large contributors at OpenSecrets.org.

William Bornhoft, Patch staff, contributed to this report.