# Schusterman 1M to Democratic Party of Wisconsin The **Democratic Party of Wisconsin**'s federal account (FEC committee **C00019331**) itemised **$1,000,000.00** from **[[Lynn Schusterman]]** on its September 2026 monthly report — file **2033625**, received 2026-10-20, contribution date **2026-09-02**, line `SA11AI`. | Item | Detail | |---|---| | Contributor | `Schusterman, Lynn`, 110 W 7th St Ste 2000, Tulsa OK; occupation and employer **"Not Employed"** | | Recipient | Democratic Party of Wisconsin, federal account, FEC **C00019331** | | Amount and date | **$1,000,000.00**, dated **2026-09-02** | | Disclosed | FEC Form 3X, September 2026, file **2033625** | ## Why it matters **A million dollars into a state party is a different instrument from a million into a super PAC.** A state party's federal account can give directly to candidates, run coordinated spending with them and pay for the ground operation — things an independent-expenditure committee is barred from doing. Money routed this way buys coordination, which is the scarcer commodity in the closing weeks. **Wisconsin is the destination, Oklahoma is the source.** Schusterman is a Tulsa funder with no Wisconsin connection on the document. The check is a national donor treating one state party as the best available place to put a late million. **It is at the top of the structure's capacity.** Contributions to a state party's federal account are capped per donor per year, and a single row of this size sits at the ceiling of what the vehicle can absorb from one person — which is why a donor giving at this scale usually appears in super PACs instead. > [!note] Reading the running total > The aggregate column on this row reads **$10,000.00**, which is smaller than the contribution itself. > Filers populate that column in several different ways and it is not a reliable cycle total; this site > does not publish figures read from it. The contribution amount and date are the facts here. ## Open questions - Whether this is her only seven-figure federal row of the cycle. - How the Wisconsin party spends it, which its own disbursement schedules will show. ## See Also - [[Lynn Schusterman]] - [[Donor Network Hub]] · [[Deals Hub]] · [[2026 Midterms Hub]]