Alberta Darling on Railroad's Funny-Money List

Donations to the Darling campaign show up in the accounting in the criminal complaint against Washington County railroad owner William Gardner, though not on the $52.800-level enjoyed by Scott Walker's campaigns, and shame on anyone for not having returned them immediately.

You can access the complaint in pdf format through the Journal Sentinel story, which explains these details:

The complaint shows illegal contributions went to other campaigns as well.


Railroad money was used to give $500 to Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) in 2003; $500 to then-Sen. Ted Kanavas (R-Brookfield) in 2005; $5,000 to then-Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat; $3,500 to the Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee in 2009; and $500 to then-Speaker Mike Sheridan (D-Janesville) in 2009.

Darling received the $500 donation from railroad employee Ken Lucht in 2003, but he wasn't reimbursed by the company for it until two years later.

The Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee gave the $3,500 it received to charity in 2010 after reports surfaced about Gardner making illegal donations.