Ron Johnson

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Ron Johnson

U.S. Senator · Wisconsin · R

U.S. Senator — WI (R)

Ronald Harold Johnson (born April 8, 1955) is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Wisconsin, a seat he has held since 2011. A Republican, Johnson was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010, defeating Democratic incumbent Russ Feingold. Johnson defeated Feingold in a rematch in 2016, and defeated Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes in 2022. [Wikipedia ↗]

FEC receipts · 2010–2026 cycles

$77,034,880 raised

Influence graph
Individual 73%
PAC 6%
Other

Where the $77,034,880 raised came from · FEC · 2010–2026 cycle

$77,034,880
Raised
FEC receipts · 2010–2026 cycle
$4,984,631
PAC receipts
FEC committee contributions · 2010–2026 cycles
$18,591,200
Spent supporting them
outside + direct · 69 sources
$28,870,000
Spent against them
opposition IEs · 1 edge

Verify at FEC.gov ↗

Top individual donors · 15

Largest itemized individual contributions across their FEC campaign committees (Schedule A), aggregated by donor across cycles. Conduits (ActBlue/WinRed) excluded.

Top industries · donor money

  • Retired$1,978,291
  • Other / unclassified$421,457
  • Not employed / self$231,084
  • Health professionals$69,848
  • Real estate$51,825
  • Tech$50,644
  • Securities & investment$39,117
  • Lawyers & law firms$34,161

Classified from donor employer/occupation · heuristic

Top employers · donor money

  • ENTREPRENEUR$26,529
  • HOMEMAKER$26,129
  • SO CAL LANDSCAPE$11,050
  • SCOTT CONSTRUCTION$10,300
  • NALLC$9,018
  • MIDWEST INDUSTRIES$9,000
  • CHARLES A KLEIN$8,900
  • ORAL SURGERY CLINIC OF LACROSSE$7,906
  • DMM PROPRIETA MANAGEMENT$6,600
  • SOROBAN CAPITAL PARTNERS LP$6,600

Committee assignments · 9

Seats on the panels that write the rules — where a donor industry meets the member it funded.

  • Senate Committee on Finance
  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
  • Senate Committee on the Budget
  • Senate Special Committee on Aging
  • Senate Committee on Finance — Fiscal Responsibility and Economic GrowthChairman
  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Permanent Subcommittee on InvestigationsChairman
  • Senate Committee on Finance — Health Care
  • Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS Oversight
  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs

Source: @unitedstates/congress-legislators

Legislation sponsored · 21

Bills and resolutions this member introduced in the 119th Congress — what they put their name on, alongside who funds them.

  • S.Res. 765A resolution expressing support for the designation of July 2026 as "National Sarcoma Awareness Month".· Health
  • S. 4698Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act· Health
  • S. 3710SOAR Act Improvements Act· Education
  • S. 3168Shutdown Fairness Act· Economics and Public Finance
  • S. 3027Interstate Commerce Simplification Act of 2025· Taxation

Source: govinfo.gov · BILLSTATUS bulk data (sponsor of record)

Top connections · 71 total

People4
Organizations2
PACs / committees65

Connections · explore all 71

Every sourced counterparty, one row each (edges to the same party are merged and show the largest documented amount). Search, filter by type or direction, and sort. Money figures are FEC-sourced where marked.

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Spent against them · $28,870,000

Outside money spent to defeat them (opposition independent expenditures). Not their own funding.

  • —
    Wisconsin Truth PAC spent ~$28.87M in the 2022 WI Senate race to benefit Ron Johnson (~$9M pro-Johnson ads, ~$17.36M opposing Mandela Barnes) Wisconsin Truth PAC
    source · newssingle source — not corroborated
    $28,870,000

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