The November ballot
The primary has been held and no other party put a nominee on the ballot for this seat, so Pocan is the only name voters will see for it in November.
The seat
Mark Pocan
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2013 · Age 62
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
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.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 164,183 votes
- Mark Pocan Won: 87.9% 144,365
- Douglas Alexander: 11.9% 19,610
The total includes 208 write-in or scattered votes not listed by candidate.
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission certified primary canvass. Certified August 25, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $818K
- Outside money
- $10
Where each candidate's money comes from
- Small donors
- 15%$125K
- Large donors
- 30%$245K
- PACs
- 49%$402K
- Other
- 6%$44K
Small donors give $200 or less; 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 largest 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.
How this seat voted last time
D+40 in 2024
- Mark Pocan Won: 70.1%
- Erik Olsen: 29.8%
457,257 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.
The district
Census context- People
- 749K
- Median household income
- $88K
- Unemployment
- 2.5%
- Living below the poverty line
- 10.0%
- Without health insurance
- 3.9%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between September 12, 2025 and July 22, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.