In Wisconsin, state-level candidates and political organizations have spent $359,986 from their campaign accounts on services from the United States Postal Service in the 2022 election cycle so far. USPS received 0.43 percent of all 84.6 million in reported expenditures. 

According to Wisconsin Ethics Committee reports, here are the top candidates and groups that have spent campaign funds with USPS between Jan. 1, 2021, and Jun. 30, 2022.

Top 10 Wisconsin candidates and political organizations spending money with USPS

Of the $359,986 spent with USPS, 56.2 percent came from these 10 campaign accounts.

Top Campaign Expenditures with USPS (1/1/2021 – 6/30/2022)

*Americans for Prosperity, a 501(c)(4) advocacy group, is classified as an unregistered express advocacy group by the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. This group appears twice on this list in the Transparency USA database because these expenditures have unique identifiers in the state’s dataset. They are included as a single entity for this article.

Campaign expenditures with USPS in eight states

Here is how spending with USPS in Wisconsin compares to other states with the most recent report data available from Transparency USA for the 2021-2022 election cycle:

Comparison of total spent with USPS, by state

The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active Wisconsin PACs submitted to the Wisconsin Ethics Committee. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines. State or federal law may require filers to submit additional reports.

This article is a joint publication from Ballotpedia and Transparency USA, who are working together to provide campaign finance information for state-level elections. Learn more about our work here.