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The (reported) net worth of U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden, Republican from western Wisconsin
Former Navy Seal Van Orden first joined the U.S. House in 2022, narrowly defeating his Democratic challenger in the western Wisconsin swing district. Van Orden sits on the committees overseeing ...
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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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7th Congressional District of Wisconsin
“The 2011 redistricting by the Republican-controlled legislature and governor was intended to increase the number and safeness of Republican state and congressional districts. Especially notable are ...
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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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8th Congressional District of Wisconsin
“The 8th Congressional District has historically been more competitive than the 6th, but it still usually produces a Republican Congress member. The redistricting reduced the size of the 8th, but did ...
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6th Congressional District of Wisconsin
“The redistricting after the 2010 Census did not change the partisan makeup of the 6th Congressional District. The 6th has been safely Republican for over 50 years. The last Democrat elected to ...
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The (reported) net worth of U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, Democrat of Milwaukee
Moore was first elected to Congress in 2004 after serving many years in the Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate. She sits on the influential Ways and Means Committee, which oversees tax-writing, ...
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FINAL REPORT: Top donors to Brad Schimel for Wisconsin Supreme CourtMarch 26, 2025The Badger Project UPDATED: Top donors (so far) to Susan Crawford, liberal for Wis Supreme CourtFebruary 27, 2025The ...
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FINAL REPORT: Top donors to Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court
Several members of the Milwaukee-area Lubar family, Charlie Munger's daughters and Steven Spielberg and his wife have all ...
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FINAL REPORT: Top donors to Brad Schimel for Wisconsin Supreme Court
Eric Hovde, Tim Michels and Kwik Trip co-founder Donald Zeitlow have each given the legal maximum of $20k, as have ...
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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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FINAL REPORT: Top donors using political party loophole in Wis Supreme Court race
Elon Musk joins the usual billionaire donors in Wisconsin politics: the Uihleins, Diane Hendricks, George Soros and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, along with many others dumping huge sums into political ...