Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Peter Barca
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · Wisconsin District 1
- Filing address
- Kenosha, WI (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- BARCA, PETER
- Next election
- Primary August 13, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Wisconsin, District 1
FEC candidate ID H4WI01197 · Principal campaign committee: CITIZENS FOR PETER BARCA
Total raised$2,312,574.60
Total spent$2,295,665.11
Cash on hand$16,909.49
Debts owed by the campaign$29,875.42
Loans from the candidate$30,000.00
2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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$1,890,259.4082%
- PACs and other committees$355,870.9115%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$36,000.002%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$29,955.881%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$488.410%
Self-funding: $36,000.00 (2% of money raised): $6,000.00 given and $30,000.00 lent by the candidate. $124.58 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
81 committees reported giving $316,232.00 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.
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,450.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- HMPHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- SPIKE PACLeadership PAC$9,900.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$9,500.00
- DCCCParty committee$9,323.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ITALIAN AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP COUNCILHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
Show all 81 committees
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PEOPLE'S VOICE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- GIVING WILLINGLY EMPOWERING NATIONALLY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BLUE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FOSTERING PROGRESS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- EVERGREEN PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BOLD MAJORITY PACPAC$5,000.00
- THE LONG RUN PACPAC$5,000.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$4,500.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$3,550.00
- PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- DMFI PACHybrid PAC$3,000.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- EQUALITY PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- KIND FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DELBENE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- KATHERINE CLARK FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DR KIM SCHRIER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SUNFLOWER SEEDS PACPAC$2,000.00
- LEADING THE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$1,500.00
- PROGRESSIVE AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRACYLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER THROUGH ADVOCACYLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MAC PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN DEFENSE AND MILITARY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- COMMONWEALTH PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- GRACE FOR NEW YORKCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ROBIN KELLY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- PERIMETER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BRIDGE THE GAP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN MOSAIC PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FIGHT FOR PROGRESS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- DEBORAH ROSS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SCIENCE TRUTH AND EXPERTISE MATTER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEFEND THE VOTEHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- LEADING PEOPLE FORWARD PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- THE GOOD TROUBLE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LIFTOFF PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT PROJECT PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BLUEGRASS PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- REBUILD AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- WISCONSIN MEDICAL SOCIETY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- DEMOCRATIC VALUESHybrid PAC$500.00
- SHIRLEY KRUG CAMPAIGN FUNDPAC$9.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Peter Barca$39,795.86
- Independent expenditures opposing Peter Barca$996.42
FEC totals for the 2024 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.
- VOCES DE LA FRONTERA ACTIONSupporting$16,867.00
- WORKING AMERICASupporting$14,637.00
- ITALIAN AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP COUNCILSupporting$6,000.00
- FOR OUR FUTURESupporting$2,280.00
- REPUBLICAN PARTY OF WISCONSINOpposing$996.00
- GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIONSupporting$6.00
The race
Wisconsin U.S. House, District 1, 2024 · 6 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Barca (D) | $2,312,574.60 | $16,909.49 | 2024-12-31 |
| Bryan George Steil (R) | $5,618,110.81 | $2,219,170.37 | 2024-12-31 |
| Peter William Barca (D) | $2,312,574.60 | $16,909.49 | 2024-12-31 |
| Lorenzo Juan Santos (D) | $25,593.83 | $373.60 | 2024-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPA Intelligence (R) | October 8–10, 2024 | 411 (LV) | ± 4.8% | Bryan Steil 52% · Peter Barca 42% |
| DCCC (D) | October 1–2, 2024 | 725 (LV) | ± 3.6% | Bryan Steil 49% · Peter Barca 46% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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: CITIZENS FOR PETER BARCA.
- 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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