Source research

WI-03 R-held-seat | 2024 rematch
NOMINEE
PARTY
STATUS
Derrick Van Orden
R
Incumbent
Rebecca Cooke
D
Won Aug 11 primary, 60.4% to 39.4%
WHO
LABEL
FINDING
Van Orden
DOCUMENTED
ProPublica itemizer: the AIPAC PAC gave his campaign 16 line items
in the 2024 cycle, netting $20,312 (Mar 21 to Oct 25, 2024,
including one $5,000 contribution later reversed). No 2026
itemization retrieved.
Van Orden
WATCH
Cooke says he is "the only AIPAC-endorsed candidate in the race."
That is her claim, not a documented endorsement.
Cooke
REPORTED
TrackAIPAC career total $110,295 (DMFI, J Street). She says she has
never taken AIPAC money. TrackAIPAC lists no AIPAC for her.
Also: Disbursements through July 22: Cooke $6.78M, Van Orden $3.37M.
What I could not check
The FEC database and OpenSecrets were not reachable, so almost nothing here is verified
at filing level.
TrackAIPAC's per-candidate pages did not load. The totals come from its directory pages
and are career totals across all pro-Israel PACs.
Sludge's per-member AIPAC table, which would give 2026-only figures, did not load.
UDP's general-election spending was not checked. The sources I read covered primaries
through about June 30 and named none of these 22 races for UDP spending, but that is not
proof of zero.
Cook's live ratings can change. The list is from Sept 25, and the FL-22 page showed mixed
rating text.
Primary results for Evans (CO-08) and Nunn (IA-03) were not confirmed from a primary
record.
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CIA-HOUSE-005 | Page 10

STATUS: SESSION 1 WORKING DOCUMENT. Open items: pull AIPAC PAC (C00797670) and UDP
(C00799031) records at fec.gov for all 44 nominees; confirm 2026-cycle direct contributions for incumbents;
open the Jewish Insider DMFI/Luria article; open the UDP May 20 transfer to Save Democracy PAC; check
DMF