2026 elections · Wisconsin

Wisconsin U.S. House, district 1

General election Nov. 3, 2026. 2 candidates listed, alphabetically by last name.

Rating: Lean R (Cook: Lean R; Sabato: Likely R; Inside Elections: Likely R; DDHQ: Lean R). Ratings are each forecaster’s own judgment.

Ballot list from the state's own certified list of candidates for the November 3, 2026 general election; not yet checked against the state’s own list.

The field

Democrat

Mitchell Berman

Raised
$1,610,305
From individuals
$1,476,096
From PACs and other committees
$132,300
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$0
Cash on hand
$338,069
Debts
$8,190

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $752,427 to support and $349,541 to oppose.

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 14, 2026.

PAC and committee money

8 committees reported giving $24,550 in all.

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Republican Incumbent

Bryan Steil

Raised
$6,251,359
From individuals
$1,709,060
From PACs and other committees
$1,902,175
From the candidate (gifts + loans)
$0
Cash on hand
$4,203,173
Debts
$0

FEC, campaign committee totals through Sept. 30, 2026. FEC record

Outside spending

Outside groups spent $2,519,639 to support and $1,567,736 to oppose.

FEC independent expenditures, amendments applied, duplicates removed. Spending dated through Oct. 13, 2026.

PAC and committee money

367 committees reported giving $1,755,194 in all.

As reported by the giving committees (FEC pas2: direct and in-kind contributions). May differ from the campaign’s own “from other committees” total, which counts what the campaign reports receiving.

Tracked networks
  • Companies controlled from outside the U.S.PAC checks $36K
  • Tech, AI and cryptoPAC checks $16K

Which committees belong to each network is Network groupings matched to FEC committee IDs. Amounts are from FEC files. Bundled (earmarked) money is not counted here.

Money in this race (FEC)
Mitchell BermanDemocrat$1,610,305$338,069$752,427$349,541
Bryan SteilRepublican$6,251,359$4,203,173$2,519,639$1,567,736

Raised and cash on hand are the campaign’s own totals; outside spending is by groups the campaign does not control. They are separate measures and are not added together.

Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2026 cycle: candidate summaries (weball26), committee-to-candidate contributions (pas226) and independent expenditures, downloaded Oct. 16, 2026.

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