Federal candidate · 2021–2022 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 9, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (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 3Open seatWon the general election (51.8%)

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$6,479,115.13
Total spent$6,315,254.23
Cash on hand$177,664.94
Debts owed by the campaign$40,743.61
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $5,612,154.53PACs and other committees: $400,050.00Party committees: $22,372.43Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $444,530.17Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $8.00
  • Individual contributions$5,612,154.5387%
  • PACs and other committees$400,050.006%
  • Party committees$22,372.430%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$444,530.177%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$8.000%

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

147 committees reported giving $410,900.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. 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$607,705.41
  • Independent expenditures opposing Derrick F. Van Orden$609,632.97
  • Company and union communications to members about Derrick F. Van Orden$3,561.09

FEC totals for the 2022 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, 2022 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Derrick F. Van Orden (R)$6,479,115.13$177,664.942022-12-31
Brad Pfaff (D)$1,890,260.75$16,967.442022-12-31
Deb McGrath (D)$738,055.79$0.002022-09-30
Ronald James Kind (D)$736,067.33$700,183.422022-12-31
Rebecca Cooke (D)$486,145.81$0.002022-09-29
Mark Allen Neumann (D)$69,326.39$0.002022-10-15

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLikely ROctober 25, 2022
  • Inside ElectionsLean RMarch 15, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely ROctober 12, 2022
  • PoliticoLikely ROctober 18, 2022
  • RCPLikely ROctober 26, 2022
  • Fox NewsLean RSeptember 20, 2022
  • DDHQSolid RJuly 20, 2022
  • 538Likely ROctober 6, 2022
  • The EconomistLikely RSeptember 28, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Public Policy Polling (D)August 18–19, 2022626 (V)± 3.9%Brad Pfaff 40% · Derrick Van Orden 45%
Cygnal (R)August 15–18, 2022403 (LV)± 4.9%Brad Pfaff 38% · Derrick Van Orden 50%
Public Policy Polling (D)June 1–2, 2022602 (V)± 4.0%Deb McGrath 38% · Derrick Van Orden 47%
Cygnal (R)August 15–18, 2022403 (LV)± 4.9%Generic Democrat 41% · Generic Republican 51%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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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