
Derrick F. van Orden
Derrick F. van Orden ran for U.S. House in WI-03 in 2026 as a Republican (lost).
American politician (born 1969)
Ran for U.S. House, WI-03, 2026 · Lost to Rebecca Cooke (Democratic). Unofficial result, not yet certified. Wikipedia (House results table)
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Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain
Races
- 2026 · U.S. House, WI-03 · General · Republican · on the ballot · incumbent
- 2024 · U.S. House, WI-03 · General · Republican · result not on file · incumbent · source
- 2022 · U.S. House, WI-03 · General · Republican · won · 164,743 votes (51.8%) · source
- 2020 · U.S. House, WI-03 · General · Republican · lost · 189,524 votes (48.6%) · source
Background
Derrick Francis Van Orden is an American politician, actor, and retired United States Navy SEAL who has served as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district since 2023.
More
A member of the Republican Party, Van Orden was defeated in his 2026 re-election bid by Democratic challenger Rebecca Cooke.
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Campaign finance
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Website and social
Sources
- Official portrait, public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
- Background, Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-11-12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Van_Orden
- Website and social links, Wikidata (CC0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115155627
- Official social accounts, congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
- Roster, FEC filing https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H0WI03175/
- Name re-derived from FEC filing
- photo_gallery https://vanorden.house.gov/about
- photo_headshot https://unitedstates.github.io/
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