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# New Group Reports Nearly $13 Million in Wisconsin Election Spending
- URL: https://www.theamericanquorum.com/state-news-wisconsin-2026-09-24-b/
- Published: 2026-09-24T15:46:28.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-24T15:46:28.000Z
- Description: A Virginia-based group registered in Wisconsin and disclosed nearly $13 million in independent expenditures, with most aimed at the governor’s race and the rest spread across pivotal legislative contests.
- Author: News Desk
- Tags: Politics, Wisconsin

A Virginia-based political group that registered in Wisconsin last week has reported nearly $13 million in independent expenditures aimed at the state’s November elections. The spending makes First Amendment LLC one of the biggest outside players in Wisconsin’s 2026 campaign, with the largest share directed against Democratic gubernatorial nominee David Crowley, according to the group’s [72-hour expenditure filing](https://www.wpr.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/12073023-CF-7-2026%5FFall%5FElection%5F72-Hour%5FReporting%5Fof%5FIndependent%5FExpenditures-ORIGINAL-full-2026-09-19-04-09-23-1.pdf?ref=theamericanquorum.com) and the state’s [campaign-finance database](https://campaignfinance.wi.gov/browse-data/transactions?ref=theamericanquorum.com).

The filing lists about $9.3 million for literature, direct mail, phone calls and digital advertising opposing Crowley in his race against Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany. Another roughly $3.7 million targets Democratic candidates in contests that could determine control of the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly. [Wisconsin Public Radio reported](https://www.wpr.org/news/new-dark-money-gop-group-dominates-wisconsin-political-spending?ref=theamericanquorum.com) that the legislative spending reaches 15 races; [WisPolitics independently reviewed the filing](https://www.wispolitics.com/2026/new-group-pumps-13-million-into-wisconsin-races-to-knock-dems-including-9-3-million-opposing-crowley/?ref=theamericanquorum.com) and identified six-figure buys in pivotal districts.

Among the largest disclosed legislative expenditures are about $572,000 against Trevor Jung in the open 21st Senate District, approximately $535,000 against Rep. Robyn Vining in the open 5th Senate District and roughly $494,000 against Rep. Jenna Jacobson in her race against Republican Sen. Howard Marklein. The group also reported spending in competitive Assembly districts. Those figures describe purchases reported by the spender; they are not candidate receipts or coordinated campaign spending.

## What voters can and cannot see

First Amendment LLC’s filing supplies dates, amounts, vendors, communication types and the candidates supported or opposed. It does not identify the original donors behind the money. Both WPR and WisPolitics reported that the organization shares a Fairfax, Virginia, address with Make Liberty Win PAC and that the email on the Wisconsin filing references that PAC. Federal records list [Make Liberty Win](https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00731133/?ref=theamericanquorum.com) as an active, unauthorized hybrid PAC registered since 2019.

The address and contact overlap establish an apparent connection, but they do not by themselves prove that the two entities share every donor or expenditure. WPR and WisPolitics said representatives did not respond to requests for further explanation. That leaves Wisconsin voters with a detailed accounting of where the new spending is going but limited public information about who ultimately financed it.

The timing also matters. The state database records the group’s transactions on Sept. 17, less than seven weeks before the Nov. 3 election. The disclosure therefore captures a concentrated late-campaign purchase rather than a yearlong total accumulated through many reporting periods. More filings could follow as advertisements are placed or revised.

The practical consequence is immediate: one outside organization has put more money into the governor’s race and a collection of legislative contests than many candidates can raise on their own. The advertisements’ political effect cannot yet be measured, but the filing shows that outside spending will be a central feature of the campaign’s final weeks. Wisconsin’s disclosure system makes the purchases visible; the unresolved question is whether voters will learn the source of the funds before Election Day.