Or buying the next mayor? It ain’t Madison! With record numbers of money raised for the mayor’s race, I was curious where the money was coming from . . . there’s a ton of money coming in from outside of Madison and outside of the state!
I quickly ran some numbers and came up with what you see below – there is more to report on, but here’s the first part. $4,664 is the maximum an individual can donate for mayor. Also, please note that the business community seems to be backing Mo, while the developers/landlords seem to like Soglin – tho there is not 100% agreement on that, developers/realtors/landlords like Mo too. Only Mo and Soglin reported conduit money (money given by individuals but bundled by groups to increase their influence).
Mo Cheeks
– Raised $27,391 of his $113,118 or 24% of his funds from outside of Madison
– 186 of his 647 donations or 29% of his donations were from outside Madison
Mo’s largest donations came from
$4,664 – Mark Bakken – Madison – Managing Partner (Health X Ventures)
$4,664 – Margaret Merrick Bakken – Madison – Retired
$4,600 – Joe Sensenbrenner – Madison – Retired
($1,000 – Mary Ellen Sensenbrenner – Madison – Retired)
$4,664 – Dan Kruse – Madison – “CEO” (Century 21) (gave $1,000 through conduit 0900010)
$4.664 – Friends of Mo Cheeks
$3,200 – Jack Salzwedel – Middleton -Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President (American Family) (gave through conduit 900101)
$2,500 – Laduma Nguyuza – Madison – Customer Trainer (Zendesk)
$2,500 – Collective PAC – Washington DC
$2,200 – James Imhoff – Middleton – President (Universal Home Protection) (gave through conduit 0900010 and 09000187)
$1,000 – James Imhoff – Madison – Realtor (First Weber) (gave through conduit 0900010)
$2,000 – Michael Victorson – Oregon, WI – CEO (M3 Insurance) – (gave $1000 through conduit 0900187)
$1,600 – Ruth Rohlich – Madison – Business Development Specialist (City of Madison)
$1,500 – Kenton Peters – Madison – AIA
$1,150 – Andrew Greenwood – Middleton – Software engineer (Raven Software)
$1,100 – John Raihala – Madison – Attorney (Clifford and Raihala)
$1,010 – Paul Whiting – Madison – Physician
$1,000 – People for the American Way Action Fund – Washington DC
$1,000 – Andrew Hanson – Madison – Attorney (Perkins Cole)
$1,000 – Wayne Harris – Madison – President (6am Marketing)
$1,000 – Mike Wittenwyler – Madison – Attorney (Godfrey & Kahn) (gave through conduit 0900187)
$1,000 – Jay Handy – Madison – Managing Partner (SignalPoint)
$1,000 – Angela Kruse – Madison – not employed
$1,000 – Brian Potts – Madison – Lawyer (Perkins Coie)
$1,000 – Mark Consigney – Madison – Vice President
$1,000 – Michael Wagner – Madison – Consultant
$1,000 – Lon Sprecher – Madison – Retired
$1,000 – Anthony Gray – Madison – CEO (Institute for Global Ethics)
$1,000 – Gillian Carter – Waunakee – Agent
Satya Rhodes-Conway
– Raised $36,923 of her $52,310 or 70% of her funds from outside of Maidson
– 257 of her 555 donations or 46% of her donations were from outside Madison
Satya’s largest donations came from
$3,500 – Alexander Sashi Co(??), Conway – New York, NY – Software Engineer
$2,500 – Linda Rhodes – Durham NH – Veterinarian
$1,500 – Bob Conway – Oakland CA – Director
$1,500 – Susan Stark – Boston – Managing Editor
$1,200 – Robert Shipley – Madison – Architect
$1,000 – Satya’s loan to campaign
$1,000 – Peter Beldan – San Fransisco – Co-CEO
$1,000 – Andrea Clandy – Jamaica Plain, MA – retired
$1,000 – Dale Leibowitz – Madison – retired
$1,000 – Anne Rhodes – Freeville NY – energy educator
$1,000 – Joel Rogers – Madison – professor
Raj Shukla
– Raised $46,286 of his $90,481 or 51% of his funds from outside of Madison
– 164 of his 392 donations or 41% of his donations were from outside of Madison
Raj’s largest donors were:
$4,664 – Girija Shukla – Mukwonago – Retired
$4,664 – Triveni Shukla – Mukwonago – Consultant
$4,664 – Kavita Bharat – Franksville – not employed
$4,664 – Yogendra Bharat – Franksville – physician
$4,664 – John Grimmer – Madison – not employed
$3,000 – Mats Rudels – Madison – photographer
$3,000 – American Indian Impact Fund – Washington DC
$2,500 – Gregg Shimanski – Madison – Real Estate Owner (Landlord)
$2,500 – Jonathan Patz – Madison – Professor
$2,001 – Rekha Shukla – Pittsburg PA – consultant
$2,000 – Deborah Patel – Milwaukee – not employed
$1,750 – Samip Kothari – Madison – Neonatologist
$1,500 – Barbara Goldberg – Wilmington DE – Consultant
$1,000 – Jesse Astbury – Washington DC – government
$1,000 – Margaret Alferi – Madison – Managing Director (Deloitte Consulting)
$1,000 – Bhadra Chheda – New Berlin – office
$1,000 – Terry Kelly – Madison – Financial Manager
$1,000 – Pratap Singh – Brookfield – Consultant
$1,000 – Mark Bakken – Madison – Investor – Mo listed as Managing Partner (Health X Ventures)
$1,000 – Barbara Frank – Spring Green – not employed
$1,000 – Cate Elsten – Mill Valley CA – Expert Witness
Paul Soglin
– Raised $35,138 of his $76,693 or 45% of his funds from outside of Madison
– 79 of his 192 donations or 41% of his donations were from outside of Madison
Paul’s biggest contributors were
$4,664 – Aris Gialamas – Middleton – Vice President of Sales (Gialamas Company – Real Estate)
$4,600 – Deborah Ruedebeusch – Madison – Executive
$4,600 – Carl Ruedebusch – Madison – Business Owner (Ruedebeusch Development and Construction)
$4,600 – Sharon Hovde – Madison – Community Volunteer
$4,600 – Steven Hovde – Inverness, IL – President and CEO (Hovde Group)
$4,000 – David Simon – Madison – President, Veridian Homes (Developer)
$3,500 – Bruce Bosben – Sun Prairie – Executive (Apex Property Management – landlord)
$3,200 – Gary Gorman – Oregon, WI – Executive (Gorman & Company, developer, landlord)
$2,664 – George Gialamas – Madison – Executive (Gialamas Company – Real Estate)
$2,000 – Dennis Markos – Madison – Entrepreneur
$2,000 – Terrence Wall (PO Box in Madison?) – CEO and founder (Developer)
$1,073 – Helen Wall (PO Box in Madison?) – Administrative Assistant
$1,500 – Ted Matkom – Oregon WI – Lawyer (Gorman & Company)
$1,000 – John Flad – Middleton – CEO (Developer)
$1,000 – Chad Wuebben – Middleton – Realtor (Encore Construction) (gave through conduit 0900010)
$1,000 – Deborah Soglin – Menlo Park, CA – Educational Consultant
$1,000 – Craig Culver – Sauk City – Culver’s Founder
$1,000 – Nicholas Topitzes – Madison – retired
$1,000 – Leonard Simon – Bethesda MD – Executive
$1,000 – Greg Jones – Blue Mounds – CEO
$1,000 – Greg Frank – Madison – Business Owner (Vice President of Community Relations – Food Fight)
$1,000 – Brian Swanton – Phoenix, AZ – Executive
$1,000 – Otto Gebhardt – Madison – Founder and CEO (developer)
$1,000 – Wisconsin Carpenters Political Action Fund – Madison
