Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Rebecca Cooke

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Wisconsin District 3
Filing address
Eau Claire, WI (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
COOKE, REBECCA
Next election
Primary August 11, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Wisconsin with the 2026 district highlighted

Wisconsin, District 3

DemocraticU.S. House · Wisconsin District 3ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4WI03169 · Principal campaign committee: COOKE FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Wisconsin District 3$11,959,646.34General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Wisconsin District 3$6,358,058.65Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
Total raised$11,959,646.34
Total spent$11,068,377.45
Cash on hand$901,408.41
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, 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: $10,281,051.53PACs and other committees: $748,321.31Party committees: $5,624.87Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $923,697.28Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $951.35
  • Individual contributions$10,281,051.5386%
  • PACs and other committees$748,321.316%
  • Party committees$5,624.870%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$923,697.288%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$951.350%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$4,149,265.8646%
  • Contributions over $200$4,813,848.4154%
  • Itemized from inside Wisconsin$1,309,656.0824%
  • Itemized from other states$4,124,597.3476%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $1,087,053.77 · California $772,716.15 · Massachusetts $398,182.59 · Illinois $306,484.78 · Washington $173,016.53. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$4.4M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,013,091.28APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $62,822.86JULY QUARTERLY: raised $937,905.11JULY QUARTERLY: spent $631,143.56OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $953,382.67OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $396,227.11YEAR-END: raised $1,161,119.79YEAR-END: spent $435,580.92APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $2,426,072.51APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $551,307.24JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,813,448.66JULY QUARTERLY: spent $3,781,397.44PRE-PRIMARY: raised $296,125.94PRE-PRIMARY: spent $926,201.29OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $3,358,500.38OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $4,283,697.032025-032025-092026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

141 committees reported giving $555,644.00 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 Rebecca Cooke$102,128.65
  • Independent expenditures opposing Rebecca Cooke$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 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, 2026 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Rebecca Cooke (D)$11,959,646.34$901,408.412026-09-30
Derrick F. Van Orden (R)$8,794,974.93$2,119,420.212026-09-30
Emily Berge (D)$793,270.21$0.002026-10-17
Laura S Benjamin (D)$32,065.67$6,693.022025-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
FM3 Research (D)June 20–25, 2026535 (LV)± 4.4%Derrick Van Orden 46% · Rebecca Cooke 50%
Impact Research (D)May 26–31, 2026500 (LV)± 4.4%Derrick Van Orden 46% · Rebecca Cooke 50%
Impact Research (D)February 12–17, 2026500 (LV)± 4.4%Derrick Van Orden 48% · Rebecca Cooke 49%
Public Policy Polling (D)October 14–15, 2025609 (LV)–Derrick Van Orden 42% · Rebecca Cooke 44%
Impact Research (D)May 26–31, 2026500 (LV)± 4.4%Generic Republican 41% · Generic Democrat 44%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin (retrieved October 22, 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: COOKE FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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