Recall candidates raise more than $6 million

Last fall, the 41 candidates vying for 17 Wisconsin state Senate seats spent just over $4 million, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. That seemed like a lot of money at the time, but it’s already been surpassed in the much smaller number of state Senate recall elections now under way. Through Aug. 2, the 12 candidates in six recall elections on the Aug. 9 ballot have reported raising a total of $5.32 million.

By: Bill Lueders, Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, Hudson Star-Observer

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Recall candidates raise more than $6 million