Candidate profile: Rebecca Cooke in Wisconsin’s 3rd District

The race and Cooke’s place in it

Rebecca Cooke is one of nine candidates listed in the contested race for Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District. The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026, and Cooke is listed as a Democrat.

The field has five Democrats, two independents, one Republican and one candidate listed with the affiliation NNE. Derrick F. Mr. Van Orden, the Republican in the race, is the incumbent.

For Cooke, no biography is on file. There are also no figures on file for funds raised, funds spent or cash on hand. No documented policy positions are on file, so the official record does not establish where Cooke stands on specific issues.

The nine-candidate field

Each candidate’s listing identifies a name and political affiliation. The same categories of background, campaign-finance and policy information are on file for none of the nine candidates.

• Laura S Benjamin is listed as a Democratic candidate. No biography, funds raised, funds spent, cash on hand or documented policy positions are on file.
• Emily Berge is listed as a Democratic candidate. No biography, funds raised, funds spent, cash on hand or documented policy positions are on file.
• Rebecca Cooke is listed as a Democratic candidate. No biography, funds raised, funds spent, cash on hand or documented policy positions are on file.
• Alexander Valiensi Kent is listed as an independent candidate. No biography, funds raised, funds spent, cash on hand or documented policy positions are on file.
• Melvin Milivoj Mr. Jr. Marin is listed as a Democratic candidate. No biography, funds raised, funds spent, cash on hand or documented policy positions are on file.
• Rustin Levem Provance is listed as an NNE candidate. No biography, funds raised, funds spent, cash on hand or documented policy positions are on file.
• Rodney Rave is listed as a Democratic candidate. No biography, funds raised, funds spent, cash on hand or documented policy positions are on file.
• Derrick F. Mr. Van Orden is listed as the incumbent Republican candidate. No biography, funds raised, funds spent, cash on hand or documented policy positions are on file.
• Jayte Ryan Mr. Welch is listed as an independent candidate. No biography, funds raised, funds spent, cash on hand or documented policy positions are on file.

Background, money and policy positions

Cooke’s candidate listing establishes her party affiliation and participation in the WI-3 contest. It does not establish a personal or professional background because no biography is on file.

The campaign-finance categories listed for the race are funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand. No amounts are on file for Cooke or any of the other eight candidates. That means the record contains no dollar figures that allow a comparison among their campaigns.

No documented policy positions are on file for any candidate in the race. Cooke therefore has no official position recorded here on issues before Congress, and the same is true for Benjamin, Berge, Kent, Marin, Provance, Rave, Van Orden and Welch.

Election details

The contest is for the U.S. House seat representing Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District. It is listed as a contested general election, with voting scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026.

Cooke appears in the five-candidate Democratic group alongside Benjamin, Berge, Marin and Rave. Kent and Welch are listed as independents, Provance as NNE, and Van Orden as the Republican incumbent. These labels identify how each candidate is listed in the race; no documented issue positions accompany any of the nine entries.