More than 400 individual donors have given to the Ridgeway campaign to date, according to her campaign, with the average individual contribution less than $100.

The Freitas campaign reported raising $513,040 in July and August, including the half-million from Uihlein, president and founder of the shipping supply giant, Uline, based in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.

The New York Times reported in June, 2018 that Uihlein, and his wife, Liz, donated some $28 million in that year’s election cycle to support more than 60 congressional candidates as well as local and state Republican contenders. Uihlein descends from the founders of the Milwaukee-based brewery, Schlitz, according to the National Review.

Asked about the large local donation from the out-of-state billionaire, Freitas Campaign Manager Joe Desilets said, “I think it is important to put everything in context. Virginia Democrats have been buoyed by $16.5 million in out-of-state PACs either contributing funds or making commitments on the independent expenditure side. Meanwhile, that number before this report on the GOP side was just over $1 million.”