Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

John Garske

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Wisconsin District 3
Filing address
Eau Claire, WI (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
GARSKE, JOHN MR.
Next election
Primary August 11, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Wisconsin with the 2020 district highlighted

Wisconsin, District 3

RepublicanU.S. House · Wisconsin District 3ChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H0WI03142 · Principal campaign committee: GARSKE FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$121,475.79
Total spent$121,475.79
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$100,000.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through June 30, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $21,282.80Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $100,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $192.99
  • Individual contributions$21,282.8018%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$100,000.0082%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$192.990%

Self-funding: $100,000.00 (82% of money raised): $0.00 given and $100,000.00 lent by the candidate. $97,519.77 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

The race

Wisconsin U.S. House, District 3, 2020 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
John Garske (R)$121,475.79$0.002020-06-30
Ronald James Kind (D)$3,003,976.72$877,171.912020-12-31
Derrick F. Van Orden (R)$2,001,838.24$13,804.042020-12-31
Jessi Ebben (R)$236,677.89$1,300.272020-12-31
Mark Neumann (D)$35,093.19$291.782020-12-31
Justin Bonner (D)$691.76$0.002019-12-18

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLean DSeptember 29, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe DOctober 28, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely DJuly 22, 2020
  • PoliticoLean DOctober 11, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe DJune 3, 2020
  • RCPLikely DJune 9, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe DJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: GARSKE FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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