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U.S. Representative · WI · District 3

Derrick Van Orden

RepublicanTerm through January 2027

Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle

29% of the money Van Orden raised came from small donors.

More grassroots-funded than 92% of the House.

Van Orden raised $7.7M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $517K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.

29%from small donors
Small donors
29%$2.2M
Large donors
36%$2.8M
Bundled
0%$0.0M
PACs
13%$1.0M
Other
21%$1.6M

Against the house

How Van Orden compares to the typical member.

Small-donor share
29%vs 5% house median
PAC share
13%vs 37% house median

Who has a stake in Van Orden

The organizations behind the money.

Van Orden's largest organized backing comes from AIPAC. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.

Money organized for Van Orden

AIPAC

$45K

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby that both gives directly and bundles individual donations; its super PAC (United Democracy Project) runs large independent campaigns in primaries.

Who it funds, across Congress

59% Democrats · 40% Republicans · $38.7M to 359 members

Outside spending, by party

Spent $13.9M to elect Democrats; $5.0M to defeat Democrats.

National Association Of Realtors$10K

Who it funds, across Congress

43% Democrats · 57% Republicans · $4.9M to 452 members

Outside spending, by party

Spent $18.9M to elect Republicans.

Mr. Southern Missourian In The House PAC$10K

Who it funds, across Congress

0% Democrats · 100% Republicans · $955K to 138 members

Innovation PAC$10K

Who it funds, across Congress

0% Democrats · 100% Republicans · $569K to 78 members

Growth Energy PAC$10K

Who it funds, across Congress

39% Democrats · 61% Republicans · $398K to 64 members

What is organized money?

An organization reaches a member two ways. Its own PAC writes a direct check. And it bundles: it gathers individual donations from its supporters and routes them through its conduit. Both count here as one “organized” total. The bundled part is already inside the individual giving shown in the funding mix above. Here it is regrouped by the organization that gathered it, so you can see who did the organizing.

The same money, by industry

Which industries have a stake.

The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Van Orden's backing, not just the individual groups.

$93KIdeological
$77KAg & Food
$50KPro-Israel
$47KReal Estate
$41KFinance

Plus $431K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.

The money spent about Van Orden

Spent for or against.

Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Van Orden, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Van Orden.

All outside groups3% to help, 97% to hurt$6.7M
  1. House Majority PAC$3.1M
    To help Van Orden
    To hurt Van Orden
    $3.1M

    The super PAC aligned with House Democratic leadership.

  2. Votevets$1.1M
    To help Van Orden
    To hurt Van Orden
    $1.1M
  3. Your Community PAC$958K
    To help Van Orden
    To hurt Van Orden
    $958K
  4. Democracyfirst PAC$534K
    To help Van Orden
    To hurt Van Orden
    $534K
  5. Pro-Choice Women$325K
    To help Van Orden
    To hurt Van Orden
    $325K

FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 257 organizations with a stake

About this data

FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2023–2024 cycle. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.

Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.

PAC figures are contributions to Van Orden's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.

84%want dark money disclosed

Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.

Where Van Orden stands