Tom Barrett Outraises Gov. Scott Walker in Shorewood

Whether Gov. Scott Walker or Democrat Tom Barrett will win — or carry Shorewood, for that matter — won't be known for sure until all the ballots are counted Tuesday night.

What is known, however, is that when it comes to campaign contributions, the Milwaukee mayor has outraised the Republican incumbent by a more than 2-to-1 margin in Shorewood.

And Shorewood and Whitefish Bay are the only suburbs in the Patch coverage area where that's happened.

A Patch analysis of campaign finance reports filed last week with the state Government Accountability Board shows that Barrett has raised $60,196 from Shorewood residents.

By comparison, Walker took in $25,623 in Shorewood since January, campaign finance reports show.

See who is donating to Barrett and Walker with of campaign contributions

The Patch analysis looked at more than 196,000 individual contributions reported to the state — more than 152,000 records for Walker and more than 44,000 for Barrett. Those contributions totaled $16.9 million for the governor and $3.4 million for his challenger.

Shorewood's Daniel J. Bader, president of the Helen Bader Foundation, and his wife, Linda, contributed $20,000 to Barrett's campaign, making the couple one of the Milwaukee mayor's top contributors.

Other major donors from Shorewood include: Richard L. Weiss, $3,000; Michael Nickolaus, $2,500; Alexander Fraser, $2,001; William B. Guis, $1,250; Jill R. Hekman, $1,000; F. William Haberman, $1,000; Jay A. Urban, $1,000; Ruth J. Irvings, $1,000; Susan Taylor, $1,000; Peter Earle, $1,000; Thomas M. Dorner, $1,000; Gregory Burce, $1,000; and Sandra Earler, $1,000.

Shorewood resident Christopher Mullett and Allen Leverett each gave $5,000 to Walker's campaign. Other heavy hitters included: Bruce T. Myers, $2,500; Timothy P. Reiland, $2,500; James C. Rowe, $2,000; and Thomas W. Vanhimbergen, $1,5000.

The Patch analysis looked at individual contributions only. Money the two candidates received from political action committees and other outside groups were not included in the tally.

In addition, some Shorewood residents may have listed a Milwaukee mailing address. If that's the case, those numbers are not included here.

In all, Walker raised more than $822,000 in the 18 communities in the Patch coverage area, while Barrett took in about $259,000 in those places.

The community where residents gave the most to Walker was Waukesha, where there were more than $319,000 in donations. Barrett fared the best in Shorewood.

Overall, 75 percent of the individual contributions to Barrett came from Wisconsin — about $2.55 million. After Wisconsin, Barrett took in about $152,000 from California and $134,000 from Illinois — each making up 4 percent of his total donations.

About 31 percent of Walker's total individual contributions were from Wisconsin — roughly $5.26 million. The governor received $1.36 million from Florida (8 percent of his total donations) and $1.23 million from California.

The $20 million or so raised by Walker and Barrett this year that has been spent so far in Wisconsin's heated recall election, according to the nonpartisan Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.

According to the watchdog group, total spending is nearly double the record for a statewide race: $37.4 million set during the 2010 gubernatorial race, which was also between Walker and Barrett.