Gov. Scott Walker Outraises Tom Barrett By Big Margin in Fox Point, Bayside

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

What is known, however, is that when it comes to campaign contributions, the incumbent Republican governor has outraised the Milwaukee mayor by nearly a 3-to-1 margin in Fox Point and Bayside.

A Patch analysis of campaign finance reports filed last week with the state Government Accountability Board shows that Walker has raised $73,659 in Fox Point and $13,288 in Bayside since January — a total of nearly $87,000.

By comparison, Barrett took in $23,269 in Fox Point and $5,991 in Bayside since he launched his candidacy in March, campaign finance reports show.

See who is donating to Barrett and Walker with Patch's 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.

Two Fox Point residents — John J. Burke and James C. Callan — each contributed $25,000 to Walker's campaign, reports show. Other heavy hitters from Fox Point include: James B. Wigdale, $4,000; Michael Carter, $2,500; Raymond Manista, $2,500; Robert E. Flood, $2,000; and John J. Barrett, $1,250.

The top Walker contribution from a Bayside resident was $3,500 from William W. Greaves. The governor also took in $2,000 from Carol A. Carpenter and $1,500 from Arthur O. Smith.

Altogether, 18 residents from Fox Point and Bayside contributed at least $1,000 to Walker.

On the other hand, Barrett had five local residents who donated $1,000 or more to his campaign, records show.

Bonnie Joseph of Fox Point contributed $10,000 to Barrett. Other big donors from Fox Point were Madeleine Kelly Lubar, $2,500; Gail Lione, $1,000; David H. Petering, $1,000; and Lyn Geboy, $1,000.

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 contributors living in Fox Point or Bayside may have listed Milwaukee as their mailing address. If that's the case, those numbers are not included in the local tallies.

The 3-to-1 ratio of Walker to Barrett contributions seen in Fox Point and Bayside is consistent with the rest of the Milwaukee-area suburbs, according to the Patch analysis.

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, with more than $319,000 in donations. Barrett fared the best in Shorewood, where he took in about $60,000.

The only communities where Barrett raised more cash than Walker were Shorewood and Whitefish Bay.

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.