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Bradley Smith

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Bradley Smith is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House in WI-06 in the 2026 election.

American political scientist (born 1958)

U.S. House — WI-06DemocraticRunning nowVugol ID VM-00N-RRFR FEC H6WI06191

Running for U.S. House, WI-06, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/bradley-smith

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Bradley Smith — Headshot
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  • 2026 · U.S. House, WI-06 · General · Democratic · on the ballot

Background

Bradley Alan Smith is the Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Professor at Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio. He served as commissioner, vice chairman, and chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) between 2000 and 2005.

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He has held prior visiting appointments at Princeton University and West Virginia University. Smith is best known for his writing and activities on campaign finance deregulation. He founded the Center for Competitive Politics, now known as the Institute for Free Speech, to promote deregulation of campaign finance.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-19 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Smith_(law_professor)

Campaign finance

$295,060total raised (2026 cycle)
$150,492total spent (2026 cycle)
$144,568cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-09-30 · Source: FEC

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  • Portrait — Unknown photographer, Federal Election Commission (Q2705072) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons (file page)
  • Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-19 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Smith_(law_professor)
  • Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6WI06191/
  • photo_gallery — https://bradsmithforcongress.com/press-releases
  • photo_headshot — https://bradsmithforcongress.com/press-releases
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