Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Derrick Van Orden

Official portrait of Derrick Van Orden
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Wisconsin’s 3rd district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Prairie du Chien, WI
Born
1969
In Congress
House since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
VAN ORDEN, DERRICK F. 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 current district highlighted

Wisconsin, District 3

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Wisconsin District 3ChallengerLost the general election (48.6%)

FEC candidate ID H0WI03175 · Principal campaign committee: VAN ORDEN FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Wisconsin District 3$8,794,974.93General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Wisconsin District 3$7,658,526.55Won the general election (51.3%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Wisconsin District 3$6,479,115.13Won the general election (51.8%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Wisconsin District 3$2,001,838.24Lost the general election (48.6%)
Total raised$2,001,838.24
Total spent$1,988,034.20
Cash on hand$13,804.04
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 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: $1,824,769.44PACs and other committees: $87,100.00Party committees: $19,160.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $70.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $70,138.12Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $600.68
  • Individual contributions$1,824,769.4491%
  • PACs and other committees$87,100.004%
  • Party committees$19,160.001%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$70.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$70,138.124%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$600.680%

Self-funding: $70.00 (0% of money raised): $70.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

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

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

40 committees reported giving $99,636.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Derrick F. Van Orden$561,765.91
  • Independent expenditures opposing Derrick F. Van Orden$638,661.36

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

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

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Derrick F. Van Orden (R)$2,001,838.24$13,804.042020-12-31
Ronald James Kind (D)$3,003,976.72$877,171.912020-12-31
Jessi Ebben (R)$236,677.89$1,300.272020-12-31
John Garske (R)$121,475.79$0.002020-06-30
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: VAN ORDEN FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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