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Wisconsin House race, District 1

Bryan Steil holds this seat and is running to keep it against Mitchell Berman.

The November ballot

Steil
$5.5M
Berman
$713K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Bryan Steil

Republican · Holds the seat now

14
Trades disclosed
$295K
Estimated volume
8
Committee overlaps
Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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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.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 71,401 votes

  • Mitchell BermanWon44.1%31,493
  • Peter Burgelis (withdrawn)21.6%15,455
  • Lorenzo Santos20.4%14,590
  • Miguel Aranda13.6%9,700

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$6.3M
Outside money
$1K

Where each candidate's money comes from

5%$253KSmall donors$346K49%
23%$1.2MLarge donors$348K49%
30%$1.6MPACs$20K3%
43%$2.3MOther--

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 1 group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

10 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
734K
Median household income
$80K
Unemployment
3.8%
Living below the poverty line
9.8%
Without health insurance
5.4%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

R+10 in 2024

  • Bryan SteilWon54%
  • Peter Barca43.8%

393,493 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.