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2026 Wisconsin House race, District 5

Scott Fitzgerald (Republican) and Andrew Beck (Democrat) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Wisconsin District 5, as recorded September 21, 2026.

The November ballot

Fitzgerald
$1.4M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also in this race: Andrew Beck (Democrat).

Official candidate list: Wisconsin Elections Commission. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.

The seat

Scott Fitzgerald

Republican · Holds the seat now

First took office 2021 · Age 62

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Cosponsored H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act

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, 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 · 64,688 votes

  • Andrew Beck Won: 99.7% 64,504

The total includes 184 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
$1.4M
Outside money
$75K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Fitzgerald$75K
Opposing Fitzgerald-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.

Where each candidate's money comes from

3%$43KSmall donors$3.8K26%
32%$443KLarge donors$9.2K63%
63%$858KPACs--
<1%$500Party--
--Self-funding$1.6K11%
2%$25KOther--

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.

Not on the November ballot

1 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.

How this seat voted last time

R+29 in 2024

  • Scott Fitzgerald Won: 64.4%
  • Ben Steinhoff: 35.5%

466,682 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
743K
Median household income
$96K
Unemployment
2.6%
Living below the poverty line
6.1%
Without health insurance
3.5%

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

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 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.