Report: Wisconsin governor’s race hit record $164M

Wisconsin State Capitol building. Photo by David Wise. September 2022.

Overall spending in the 2022 guv's race hit nearly $164.3 million, easily topping the previous record of $93.1 million in 2018, according to the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.

The spending continued an escalation of costs for Wisconsin's gubernatorial contests. The WDC tracked $81.8 million spent by candidates and independent groups in 2014 and $37.4 million in 2010.

Dem Gov. Tony Evers, his...

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