How Much will it Cost to Kill Hintz's Payday Loan Bill?

The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign reported yesterday that the Payday Loan Industry had donated over $140,000 in campaign contributions in 2008 to Governor Doyle and dozens of state legislative candidates.

The top 5 candidate recipients of campaign donations were:
1. Jim Holperin for State Senate (Dem - Conover) $10,500
2. Jessica King for State Senate (Dem - Oshkosh) $10,000
3. Sheldon Wasserman for State Senate (Dem - Milwaukee) $8,000
4. Scott Fitzgerald for State Senate (Rep - Juneau) $7,250
5. Tara Johnson for State Senate (Dem - Padesky) $6,000

Holperin won election but King, Wasserman, and Johnson lost their bids. Fitzgerald isn't up for election until 2010, so I guess his donation was an "advance".

If the $140,000 spent last year didn't ensure the payday loan bill would be killed, the Payday Loan Industry has already doled out $28,570 in the first half of this year, 2/3 of which is going to sitting state legislative Democrats. I bet Hintz isn't getting any of that money!

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