根据周三晚间提交的州竞选财务报告，威斯康星州州长共和党候选人、众议员汤姆·蒂凡尼筹集的资金中，有90%以上来自三位亿万富翁。根据现行规则，威斯康星州以往从未经历过如此少数的捐赠者占竞选资金如此大比例的竞选。
3 Billionaires Have Largely Funded Republican Nominee for Wisconsin Governor Under its current rules, Wisconsin has not had a race in which a small number of donors have made up such a large share of a campaign’s funding. Three billionaires gave more than 90 percent of the money raised by Representative Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for governor of Wisconsin, according to state campaign finance reports filed on Wednesday night.
包装帝国Uline的创始人理查德·乌伊莱恩和伊丽莎白·乌伊莱恩分别向威斯康星州共和党捐赠了1100万美元。屋顶材料供应商老板黛安·亨德里克斯向该党又捐赠了1200万美元。
Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein, founders of the Uline packaging empire, each gave $11 million to the Republican Party of Wisconsin. Diane Hendricks, the owner of a roofing supply company, gave another $12 million to it.
威斯康星州共和党筹集的资金仅比这三位亿万富翁的捐款总额多出200万美元，该党向蒂凡尼的竞选活动转移了2420万美元。这笔转账占他在截至周三的三个月报告期内筹集资金的92%。
The Republican Party of Wisconsin, which raised only $2 million beyond the combined donations of the three billionaires, moved $24.2 million to Mr. Tiffany’s campaign. The transfer accounted for 92 percent of the money he raised during a three-month reporting period that ended Wednesday.
威斯康星州的竞选财务规则允许个人向州政党进行无限额捐款。政党向其支持的候选人转移资金也没有上限。
The campaign finance rules in Wisconsin allow individuals to make unlimited contributions to state parties. There is no cap on the transfers the parties can make to their endorsed candidates.
这一漏洞近年来使民主党人能够为其州最高法院竞选的候选人筹集巨额资金，但自从该州现行的竞选财务规则在十年前实施以来，威斯康星州从未记录过仅由少数富裕捐赠者构成竞选资金绝大部分的竞选活动。
The loophole has allowed Democrats in recent years to raise huge amounts of money for their candidates in State Supreme Court races, but since the state’s current campaign finance rules came into place a decade ago, Wisconsin has not ever recorded a race in which just a few wealthy donors have made up the vast majority of a campaign’s funding.
蒂凡尼的民主党竞争对手、密尔沃基县行政长官大卫·克劳利在同一报告期内筹集了1000万美元。伊利诺伊州州长JB·普里茨克和保守派乌伊莱恩的堂妹琳达·布拉德利·乌伊莱恩分别向威斯康星州民主党捐赠了100万美元，该党向克劳利的竞选活动贡献了273万美元。
Mr. Tiffany’s Democratic opponent, David Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive, raised $10 million during the same reporting period. Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois and Lynde Bradley Uihlein, a cousin of the conservative Mr. Uihlein, each gave $1 million to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, which contributed $2.73 million to Mr. Crowley’s campaign.
里德·J·爱泼斯坦是《泰晤士报》驻华盛顿记者，负责报道竞选与选举。
Reid J. Epstein is a Times reporter covering campaigns and elections from Washington.