Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Emily Berge

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
BERGE, EMILY
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 3ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6WI03172 · Principal campaign committee: BERGE FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$793,270.21
Total spent$793,270.21
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 17, 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: $771,230.58PACs and other committees: $4,200.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $11,206.35Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $6,633.28
  • Individual contributions$771,230.5897%
  • PACs and other committees$4,200.001%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$11,206.351%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$6,633.281%

Self-funding: $11,206.35 (1% of money raised): $11,206.35 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$539,593.4572%
  • Contributions over $200$210,775.6928%
  • Itemized from inside Wisconsin$197,270.9274%
  • Itemized from other states$70,721.2026%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Minnesota $18,370.00 · California $9,345.26 · Texas $6,980.00 · Washington $4,223.68 · Oregon $2,623.00. 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

$177K$0 JULY QUARTERLY: raised $150,877.73JULY QUARTERLY: spent $64,119.37OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $122,956.12OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $132,722.36YEAR-END: raised $115,022.03YEAR-END: spent $122,205.72APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $176,795.17APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $149,725.56JULY QUARTERLY: raised $120,966.33JULY QUARTERLY: spent $109,266.44PRE-PRIMARY: raised $42,104.49PRE-PRIMARY: spent $44,718.40OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $64,548.34OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $166,470.41TERMINATION REPORT: raised $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: spent $4,041.952025-062025-122026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $100.00 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.

The race

Wisconsin U.S. House, District 3, 2026 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Emily Berge (D)$793,270.21$0.002026-10-17
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
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: BERGE 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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