Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Bradley Smith

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Wisconsin District 6
Filing address
Thiensville, WI (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
SMITH, BRADLEY
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 6

DemocraticU.S. House · Wisconsin District 6ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6WI06191 · Principal campaign committee: CITIZENS FOR BRAD SMITH

Total raised$322,260.90
Total spent$230,957.63
Cash on hand$91,303.27
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 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: $299,264.28PACs and other committees: $6,250.00Party committees: $4,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $11,399.31Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,347.31
  • Individual contributions$299,264.2893%
  • PACs and other committees$6,250.002%
  • Party committees$4,000.001%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$11,399.314%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,347.310%

Self-funding: $11,399.31 (4% of money raised): $11,399.31 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$109,969.9956%
  • Contributions over $200$87,741.9944%
  • Itemized from inside Wisconsin$95,434.3896%
  • Itemized from other states$3,804.584%

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

Raised and spent over time

$145K$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $5,762.33OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $289.68YEAR-END: raised $27,234.63YEAR-END: spent $9,339.85APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $48,315.21APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $18,494.83JULY QUARTERLY: raised $74,102.89JULY QUARTERLY: spent $42,979.79PRE-PRIMARY: raised $10,645.82PRE-PRIMARY: spent $34,676.26OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $128,999.23OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $44,711.39PRE-GENERAL: raised $27,200.79PRE-GENERAL: spent $80,465.832025-092026-032026-072026-10

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

2 committees reported giving $1,250.00 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.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Bradley Smith$18.89
  • Independent expenditures opposing Bradley Smith$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 6, 2026 · 14 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Bradley Smith (D)$322,260.90$91,303.272026-10-14
Glenn S. Grothman (R)$1,193,554.78$600,072.642026-10-14
Michael Thurow (I)$194,756.17$17,936.662026-09-30
Amanda H Bell (D)$50,920.68$0.002026-09-30
Amanda H Bell (D)$50,920.68$0.002026-09-30
Aaron Michael Wojciechowski (D)$44,015.37$0.002026-06-30
Elizabeth Fitzgibbon (I)$21,161.09$3,671.462026-10-14
Michael Heidenreich (D)$3,326.34$705.002026-06-30
Matthew John Arndt (G)$2,210.00$1,710.002026-09-30
Joey Marschall (D)$201.00$191.302025-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Tavern Research (D)May 18–28, 2026437 (LV)± 6.0%Glenn Grothman 61% · Brad Smith 39%
Tavern Research (D)May 18–28, 2026437 (LV)± 6.0%Glenn Grothman 61% · Generic Democrat 39%
Tavern Research (D)May 18–28, 2026437 (LV)± 6.0%Glenn Grothman 55% · Michael Thurow 45%
Change Research (D)March 17–20, 2026640 (LV)± 4.2%Glenn Grothman 42% · Michael Thurow 38%

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: CITIZENS FOR BRAD SMITH.
  • 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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