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 for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 31%$2.6M
- Large donors
- 54%$4.6M
- PACs
- 6%$523K
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
- 10%$826K
Separately, $153 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, 2026In 10 weeks
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, in ballot order, not money order.
- Derrick Van Orden$7.5M
- Laura Benjamin$32K
- Emily Berge$729K
- Rebecca Cookethis page$8.6M
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record.
Spending to support them
$153- Givegreen United Action$153
Spending to oppose them
No committee has filed independent spending in this direction.
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. 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 has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.
That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.
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.