Elections · U.S. House, District 3 · Wisconsin
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Raised for this seat
$8.6M
Through July 22, 2026
Cash on hand
$1.8M
Through July 22, 2026
On the November ballot
Cooke faces Derrick Van Orden, Alexander Valiensi Kent and Rustin Provance for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The general-election ballot as recorded September 21, 2026, not a prediction. Official candidate list: Wisconsin Elections Commission. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 31%$2.6M
- Large donors
- 53%$4.6M
- PACs
- 6%$523K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
- 10%$826K
Separately, $1.3M in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.
Receipts reported through July 22, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in Wisconsin
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 20 days before online or by mail, the Friday before in person at your clerk, or same-day at the polls on Election Day.
The district they want to represent
- People
- 740K
- Median household income
- $72K
- Unemployment
- 3.4%
- Living below the poverty line
- 11.7%
- Without health insurance
- 6.1%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.
- Derrick Van Orden$7.5M
- Emily Berge$729K
- Rebecca Cookethis page$8.6M
- Alexander Valiensi Kent-
- Rustin Provance-
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. A hollow row is a candidate with no finance report on file yet, not one who raised nothing.
Spending to support them
$592K- LCV Victory Fund$187K
- Progressive Turnout Project$131K
- One for All Committee$86K
- In Union USA$51K
- WelcomePAC$46K
The top 5 committees of the $592K filed in this direction.
Spending to oppose them
$695K- Safety & Affordability PAC$374K
- America PAC$213K
- No Going Back PAC$108K
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, through October 9, 2026. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.
In their own words
What Cooke's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Cooke's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Healing our Healthcare System”
- “Creating an Economy Built for Working Families”
- “Ensuring Seniors Age with Dignity”
- “Strengthening the Working Class and Empowering Unions”
- “Protecting Reproductive Health Freedoms”
- “Strengthening our Education System”
- “Improving Water Quality and Investing in Clean Energy”
- “Keeping Main Streets Strong”
Quoted from cookeforwisconsin.com, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.
Record in office
Cooke does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.
That absence is not a position for or against anything.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: UpNorthNews via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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