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Midterms 2026 · US House

WI-03 House race: Derrick Van Orden vs Rebecca Cooke

How the candidates in the Wisconsin's 3rd district race are arguing their case, read the same way for each of them. Updated every 15 minutes until election day, 3 November 2026.

Cook Political Report rating: Toss-up

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Derrick Van Orden

Republican · incumbent

Leverage0.6
Self-promotion0.4
Absolutes0.4

Hostility this week 0.7 / 10 (too little history yet for a personal norm).

Audience impact, 30 days: +0.4 neutral

20 Oct 2026 · Local 10 (Miami)

making it exponentially harder for Republicans to keep the House and Senate.

Audience impact 0 neutral

20 Oct 2026 · WEAU 13 (Eau Claire)

The Democrat party passing Obamacare with zero republican votes and tanking the entire system. As far as here in rural Wisconsin, in the working families tax cut and jobs act, I was able to secure an extra one billion dollars for Badgercare in Wisconsin. A…
LeverageSelf-promotionUs vs. them

Audience impact +3 reassures or unites

20 Oct 2026 · spectrumnews1.com

These tariffs are responsible for building more factories in the United States in a shorter period of time than in the history of our entire country. If you’re here illegally, you have to physically leave the country; you have to pay a fine. The employer has…
Self-promotionAbsolutesLeverage

Audience impact 0 neutral

20 Oct 2026 · yahoo.com

Book of Man: A Navy Seal's Guide to the Lost Art of Manhood.

Audience impact 0 neutral

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Leverage0.4
Threat & fear0.2
Absolutes0.2

Hostility this week 0.8 / 10 (too little history yet for a personal norm).

Audience impact, 30 days: +2.2 reassures or unites

20 Oct 2026 · WEAU 13 (Eau Claire)

We saw Sacred Heart close, we saw St. Joe’s in Chippewa Falls close, we’ve seen labor and delivery close in neighboring Menomonie during his term as a congressman. And you look the his vote for the One Big Beautiful bill that cut healthcare for millions of…
Threat & fearLeverage

Audience impact 0 neutral

20 Oct 2026 · spectrumnews1.com

Nobody likes them, right? And the way that they were carried out gave people no time to plan their growing seasons — the impact that reciprocal tariffs have had on our soybean producers. I want to make sure our communities remain safe places to live and work…
AbsolutesLeverage

Audience impact +2 reassures or unites

17 Oct 2026 · urbanmilwaukee.com

This is a people-powered campaign, backed not by Corporate PACs but grassroots donors who want leaders who will lower costs, improve health care, and fight for an end to forever wars.

Audience impact +3 reassures or unites

14 Oct 2026 · yahoo.com

We can identify the problems, like we know what the issues are, right?. And we need to have people that are solutions-oriented going into Congress. There is a lot of finger-pointing to be had because these are bad things that are happening, but we also need…

Audience impact +2 reassures or unites

All statements from Rebecca Cooke →

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