GOP governor hopeful Tom Tiffany announced he’s raised $1 million over the first two weeks of his campaign.
The campaign on Monday didn’t release any details on how Tiffany, a GOP congressman from Minocqua, raised the money.
He had a fundraiser on Friday in Milwaukee that included GOP megadonor Liz Uihlein as one of the co-hosts. The invite also listed former state and national Republican Chair Reince Priebus, former Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen and conservative activist Eric O’Keefe as hosts.
One of the major questions about Tiffany’s candidacy has been his poor fundraising. He raised less than $1.3 million over 2023 and 2024 for his last congressional reelection bid.
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Tiffany told WisPolitics in an interview after launching his campaign last month that donors haven’t focused on his northern Wisconsin congressional seat because it isn’t competitive, and he has put his efforts into raising money for others.
Individual donors to congressional campaigns can give a maximum of $7,000, half of that for the primary and the other half for the general election.
Individual donors to Wisconsin gubernatorial candidates can give up to $20,000 for the cycle.
