WHERE
Where do Derrick Van Orden's campaign contributions come from?
Funding summary
- Total raised
- $7.7M
- Total spent
- $7.3M
- Cash on hand
- $517K
Where the money came from
- Individual donors$5.0M(65%)
- PACs$1.0M(13%)
- Political parties$19K(0%)
- Self-funding$0(0%)
- Other receipts$1.6M(21%)
“Other receipts” in FEC candidate totals covers transfers from other committees the candidate controls, offsets to operating expenditures, refunded contributions, and interest — not itemized donor activity. FEC's itemized filings hold the detail.
Top industries
Of $819K in itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. This is only a slice of total fundraising — PACs, parties, small-dollar donors, and self-funding are not included here.
- General Business$488K
- Finance & Real Estate$90K
- Technology & Media$71K
- Healthcare$68K
- Legal & Lobbying$38K
An additional $2.8Min itemized donations couldn't be classified — either the donor left the employer field blank or listed “retired”/“self-employed,” or the employer didn't match a known industry.
Vote-finance correlation
Data through Sep 2026 · Sources: 2 — FEC individual filings (2026 cycle), Congress.gov roll calls (119th Congress) [162]
Derrick Van Orden voted on 162 bills. He received $6,258,257.91 in donations. There is a moderate pattern between donation amounts and his voting record. Higher donations from a sector may align with a higher yea rate on bills related to that sector. Van Orden voted yes on 100% of construction bills. This sector donated $822,980.13. He voted yes on 85.7% of "Other" sector bills. This sector donated $5,234,271.78.
Fewer than 5 other members of the WI House delegation have comparable data right now, so no peer comparison is shown.
This analysis shows factual patterns in public data. Campaign contributions are legal and do not indicate wrongdoing. Voting alignment with donor industries is common across all legislators. Correlation does not indicate causation or improper behavior.
Campaign finance data from FEC.gov. Totals reflect the current two-year cycle. Industry breakdown covers only itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. Full methodology