Wisconsin 3rd District primary 2026: $425K outside money

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The short version

In the 2026 Wisconsin 3rd District primary, 8 outside groups spent $425K: $263K supporting Rebecca Cooke (D), $154K supporting Derrick Van Orden (R) and $8,256 opposing Derrick Van Orden.

$425K

outside money

supporting Rebecca Cooke (D): $263K
supporting Derrick Van Orden (R): $154K
opposing Derrick Van Orden (R): $8,256

Outside money supporting and opposing each candidate

Both sides on one scale

← OpposingSupporting →

Rebecca Cooke Democrat
$263K
$263K supporting Rebecca Cooke
Derrick Van Orden Republican
$8,256
$154K
$154K supporting Derrick Van Orden · $8,256 opposing Derrick Van Orden

The long version

The candidates

What each candidate’s own campaign raised, beside what outside groups spent supporting and opposing them.

Rebecca Cooke
Democrat
the party’s nominee
Own campaign raised
$8.6M
Outside money supporting
$263K
Cooke for Congress
Derrick Van Orden
Republican
the party’s nominee
Own campaign raised
$7.5M
Outside money supporting
$154K
Outside money opposing
$8,256
Van Orden for Congress
Campaign money to 22 Jul 2026

Week by week

Outside money each week, supporting and opposing the candidates, all candidates combined.

Week of 3 Aug 2026

Supporting $1,883

Supporting candidatesOpposing candidates

The groups on each side

The biggest outside groups in this race, by what they spent supporting or opposing each candidate.

Spent supporting a candidate

Pro-Choice Majority Actionsupporting Rebecca Cooke$249K
Law Enforcement for a Safer America PACsupporting Derrick Van Orden$154K
Welcomepacsupporting Rebecca Cooke$13,236
Givegreen United Actionsupporting Rebecca Cooke$163
The People United PACsupporting Rebecca Cooke$125

Spent opposing a candidate

Democratic Party of Wisconsin Federalopposing Derrick Van Orden$4,118
The Wisco Project PACopposing Derrick Van Orden$3,443
Field Team 6opposing Derrick Van Orden$696

Who’s connected to whom

The groups that spent supporting or opposing the candidates.

GaveSpent supportingSpent opposingSwipe to see the whole map.

Group

Pro-Choice Majority Action

Pro-Choice Majority Action spent $249K supporting Rebecca Cooke$249K
Edw Action Fund gave $876K to Pro-Choice Majority Action$876K

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