Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Eric D Hovde
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. Senate · Wisconsin
- Filing address
- Madison, WI (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- HOVDE, ERIC D
- Next election
- Primary August 13, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Wisconsin
FEC candidate ID S2WI00268 · Principal campaign committee: HOVDE FOR WISCONSIN
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$9,292,282.6529%
- PACs and other committees$423,695.001%
- Party committees$52,800.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$20,000,000.0063%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$2,189,540.767%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$14.790%
Self-funding: $20,000,000.00 (63% of money raised): $0.00 given and $20,000,000.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
50 committees reported giving $323,000.00 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.
- BLUEGRASS COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- FREEDOM FUNDLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- HEARTLAND VALUES PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- MAKING A RESPONSIBLE STAND FOR HOUSEHOLDS IN AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- COMMON VALUES PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDConnected PAC$10,000.00
- CONTINUING AMERICA'S STRENGTH AND SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- WILD AND WONDERFUL PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- TOMORROW IS MEANINGFUL PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- STRATEGY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- RECLAIM AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- BIG SKY OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- OORAH! POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- JOBS OPPORTUNITY AND NEW IDEAS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- TOGETHER HOLDING OUR MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- COMMON SENSE FOR AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- CONSERVATIVES HARVESTING SUCCESS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- COACH PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- STEER PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN EXCELLENCE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PRAYERIE PACLeadership PAC$6,600.00
- HALLIBURTON COMPANY PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
Show all 50 committees
- REPUBLICAN MAJORITY FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- MILWAUKEE POLICE ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- RESPONSIBILITY AND FREEDOM WORK PAC (RFWPAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- CITIZENS FOR PROSPERITY IN AMERICA TODAY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- DAKOTA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- KRISTI PACPAC$5,000.00
- NEBRASKA SANDHILLS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- LETS GET TO WORK PACPAC$5,000.00
- ON WISCONSIN PAC, INC.Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- SENATE EAGLE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ULTRA MAGA PACPAC$5,000.00
- WORKING FOR OHIOLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ALABAMA FIRST PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SEND IN THE SEAL PACPAC$5,000.00
- BADLANDS PACLeadership PAC$3,400.00
- WINNING FOR AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- CPAC ACTION PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- CADENCE BANK PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PROSPERITY ACTION, INC.Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- GUARANTY BANK & TRUST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BUILDING RENEWAL IN AMERICA NOW PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUNDHybrid PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Eric D Hovde$7,293,347.40
- Independent expenditures opposing Eric D Hovde$21,226,506.59
- Company and union communications to members about Eric D Hovde$1,139.66
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.
- WINSENATEOpposing$7,512,000.00
- DSCCOpposing$6,530,690.00
- AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONSupporting$5,375,484.00
- WOMEN VOTEOpposing$2,756,077.00
- A BETTER WISCONSIN TOGETHER ACTIONOpposing$1,995,373.00
- ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUNDOpposing$1,003,478.00
- FIX WASHINGTON PACSupporting$853,484.00
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLES PROJECT PACSupporting$500,000.00
- PROJECT 72 WI PACOpposing$421,000.00
- LCV VICTORY FUNDOpposing$354,636.00
- THE WISCO PROJECT PACOpposing$329,010.00
- COMMON SENSE FOR AMERICA PACSupporting$199,321.00
The race
Wisconsin U.S. Senate, 2024 · 7 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eric D Hovde (R) | $31,958,333.20 | $135,359.80 | 2024-12-31 |
| Tammy Baldwin (D) | $50,228,545.14 | $25,266.85 | 2024-12-31 |
| Eric Hovde (R) | $31,958,333.20 | $135,359.80 | 2024-12-31 |
| Phillip Norman Anderson (I) | $52,738.95 | $123.58 | 2024-12-25 |
| Rejani Raveendran (R) | $47,354.87 | $0.00 | 2024-12-31 |
| Stacey Klein (R) | $33,712.56 | $0.00 | 2024-04-17 |
| Thomas Charles Leager (I) | $23,856.00 | $175.54 | 2024-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
Polling average: Tammy Baldwin 48.9% · Eric Hovde 47.3% (Baldwin+1.6). Averages listed on Wikipedia from FiveThirtyEight, Real Clear Politics, 270toWin, TheHill/DDHQ.
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AtlasIntel | November 3–4, 2024 | 869 (LV) | ± 3.0% | Tammy Baldwin 49% · Eric Hovde 48% |
| Research Co. | November 2–3, 2024 | 450 (LV) | ± 4.6% | Tammy Baldwin 48% · Eric Hovde 47% |
| Patriot Polling (R) | November 1–3, 2024 | 835 (RV) | ± 3.0% | Tammy Baldwin 51% · Eric Hovde 49% |
| The Trafalgar Group (R) | November 1–3, 2024 | 1,086 (LV) | ± 2.9% | Tammy Baldwin 48% · Eric Hovde 48% |
| InsiderAdvantage (R) | November 1–2, 2024 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.4% | Tammy Baldwin 47% · Eric Hovde 48% |
| AtlasIntel | November 1–2, 2024 | 728 (LV) | ± 4.0% | Tammy Baldwin 49% · Eric Hovde 48% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States Senate election 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: HOVDE FOR WISCONSIN.
- 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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