Derrick Van Orden WI Republican Representative

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Mr. Derrick Van Orden
Current Republican Representative
Wisconsin District 03
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Great to welcome @SecretaryWright to #WI03 and Dairyland Power to highlight the importance of coal in strengthening American energy independence and securing our energy future. The Trump Administration is investing $19 million to modernize Alliant Energy’s Columbia Energy Center, strengthening coal power and helping ensure Wisconsin has the reliable, affordable energy it needs to keep growing.

💬 0🔁 1❤ 3Oct 28, 2026

RT @HASCRepublicans: On National Day of the Deployed, we honor our servicemembers serving far from home and the families awaiting their ret…

💬 3🔁 8❤ 27Oct 26, 2026

“Van Orden showed the two Trump Cabinet members just how businesses in his backyard are helping to build America’s Arsenal of Freedom…Van Orden, himself a former Navy SEAL, added that ‘our awesome manufacturers are keeping America safe and the world free by working every day.’” @DC_Reporter https://t.co/MKYfMq2n0o

💬 14🔁 3❤ 23Oct 26, 2026

I joined 3M, Prairie du Chien High School students, and local educators to celebrate the new Future Makers Lab, giving students hands-on experience in manufacturing, skilled trades, and other careers that will keep Wisconsin moving forward. We need more opportunities like this to help the next generation build skills, find good-paying jobs, and succeed right here in #WI03 Thanks to 3M and everyone who made this investment in our students possible!

💬 29🔁 1❤ 11Oct 17, 2026

Thank you to the Coalition Against MariBell for bringing Wisconsinites together to stand up for our home. These are our communities, our farmland, and our neighbors who will live with the consequences of these projects. I’ve taken the fight against the proposed MariBell and BECI 765-kV transmission lines all the way to the Cabinet level, and I’m calling for a moratorium on both. Wisconsin deserves to have its voice heard.

💬 7🔁 1❤ 9Oct 15, 2026

Great to visit First Supply’s Poehling Distribution Innovation Center in West Salem! This fifth-generation, family-owned Wisconsin business has been serving customers since 1897 and now employs nearly 800 people across five states. Proud to see Wisconsin businesses investing in innovation, creating jobs, and keeping our communities strong.

💬 9🔁 1❤ 11Oct 15, 2026

Insurance companies and brokers profited while taxpayers were left footing the bill for nearly 200,000 duplicate enrollments. That’s BILLIONS in taxpayer dollars wasted. It is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE that hardworking Wisconsinites are being forced to foot the bill for this kind of waste. Democrats are crying about “cuts” that crack down on this abuse. Taxpayers deserve accountability.

💬 16🔁 7❤ 25Oct 14, 2026

Back in Cuba City, WI at sixth-generation Tranel Family Farms alongside @epaleezeldin and State Rep. Travis Tranel We discussed President Trump’s EPA work to reverse DEF deratements, restore Right to Repair, and bring common sense back to environmental regulations so Wisconsin farmers can focus on what they do best.

💬 5🔁 5❤ 14Oct 14, 2026

RT @epaleezeldin: I was back in America’s Dairyland today at the sixth generation Tranel Family Farms in Cuba City, Wisconsin, alongside @R…

💬 32🔁 153❤ 927Oct 13, 2026

RT @60PlusAssoc: Thank you Representative Derrick Van Orden for standing up for Seniors! https://t.co/0eywAhNYsN

💬 0🔁 3❤ 6Oct 13, 2026

Votes Bills Issues Committees Speeches Terms

Voting record, 119th Congress

91.7%Attendance620 of 676 roll calls cast

56Roll calls missedAnswered “present” 3 times (counted as cast)

96.4%Voted with the Republican majorityon the 471 party-line votes

10+Yea or Nay against the Republican majorityon party-line votes

How these are counted

Attendance is the share of roll calls held while the member was in office on which they voted Yea, Nay or Present. A party-line vote is a roll call on which a majority of Republicans voted against a majority of Democrats. Voting with the Republican majority is the share of the member’s cast votes on those roll calls that matched that majority.

Last 10 votes cast

Date	Measure	Question	Vote	Result
Sep 16, 2026	S. 2403Retire through Ownership Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9497Water Resources Development Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9340Ratepayer Protection Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.J.Res. 213Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision”	On Passage	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 10326PROOF Act	On Passage	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 9576National Fraud Enforcement Division Act	On Passage	Yea	Passed
Sep 16, 2026	H.R. 5334An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes	On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments	Yea	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.Con.Res. 93Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Nay	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.J.Res. 210Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision”	On Passage	Yea	Passed
Sep 15, 2026	H.R. 9500Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Yea	Passed

Latest 10 votes against the Republican majority

Date	Measure	Member voted	Party majority
Jul 22, 2026	H.R. 8800	Nay	Yea
Jun 9, 2026	H.R. 5408Faster Labor Contracts Act	Yea	Nay
Jun 9, 2026	H.Res. 1140Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5408) to accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act	Yea	Nay
Apr 30, 2026	H.R. 7567	Nay	Yea
Apr 30, 2026	H.R. 7567	Yea	Nay
Jan 22, 2026	H.R. 7148	Nay	Yea
Jan 22, 2026	H.R. 7148	Nay	Yea
Jan 8, 2026	H.R. 1834Breaking the Gridlock Act	Yea	Nay
Dec 11, 2025	H.R. 2550Protect America’s Workforce Act	Yea	Nay
Dec 11, 2025	H.Res. 432Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2550) to nullify the Executive Order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs, and for other purposes	Yea	Nay

Source: Congress.gov API · through the House’s last vote, Sep 16, 2026 · House Clerk roll calls

Bills, 119th Congress

30Sponsoredbills and resolutions introduced

414Cosponsored

2Sponsored that became law4 sponsored or cosponsored became law

74Cross-party cosponsorshipsbills from another party’s sponsor

25.0%Sponsored bills with a cross-party cosponsorH.R. and S. bills only

How these are counted

Sponsored counts every bill and resolution the member introduced; cosponsored excludes withdrawn cosponsorships. A cross-party cosponsorship is cosponsoring a measure whose sponsor belongs to another party. The last figure is the share of the member’s H.R. or S. bills with at least one cosponsor from another party.

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Policy area	Bills
Armed Forces and National Security	100
Health	47
Taxation	37
Agriculture and Food	31
Transportation and Public Works	30

Policy areas are assigned by the Congressional Research Service, one per bill. Top five shown.

Source: GovInfo BILLSTATUS · as of Oct 27, 2026

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

94.9%With the Republican majorityon 429 issue votes

8Against both partiesmost Republicans and most Democrats voted the other way

13With the Democratic majorityon party-line votes

This is not a left–right score. A vote against the party can come from either side of it; the list below shows who else voted the same way.

Issue	Votes	With the Republican majority	Against both parties	With the Democratic majority	Rank among Republicans
Armed Forces and National Security	56	94.6%	1	2	127th of 225
Economics and Public Finance	54	83.3%	3	6	115th of 223
Crime and Law Enforcement	29	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (200)
Energy	26	92.3%	1	0	219th of 220
Environmental Protection	24	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (77)
Commerce	23	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (116)
Government Operations and Politics	23	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (202)
International Affairs	23	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (135)
Congress	21	95.2%	0	1	174th of 219
Finance and Financial Sector	21	95.2%	1	0	180th of 220
Public Lands and Natural Resources	20	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (122)
Agriculture and Food	13	76.9%	1	2	162nd of 212
Education	13	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (95)
Immigration	13	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (209)
Science, Technology, Communications	11	100.0%	0	0	Tied for 1st (111)
Other issues (15)Fewer than 10 votes each: Emergency Management, Taxation, Transportation and Public Works, Health, Law, Native Americans, Housing and Community Development, Labor and Employment, Animals, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Families, Social Welfare, Water Resources Development, Arts, Culture, Religion, Foreign Trade and International Finance	59	94.9%	1	2	—

Rank: 1st = voted with the Republican majority most often on that issue, among House Republicans who cast at least 10 votes on it.

Votes against the Republican majority, by issue

Armed Forces and National Security · 3

Jul 22, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 8800 · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
Voted Nay; most Republicans voted Yea, most Democrats Nay. Also voting Nay: 43 other Republicans.
Sep 10, 2025 · Amendment to H.R. 3838 · Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Voted Yea; most of both parties voted Nay. Also voting Yea: 59 other Republicans.
Sep 10, 2025 · Amendment to H.R. 3838 · Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Voted Nay; most Republicans voted Yea, most Democrats Nay. Also voting Nay: 15 other Republicans.

Economics and Public Finance · 9

May 15, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 8469 · Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and fo…
Voted Yea; most of both parties voted Nay. Also voting Yea: 79 other Republicans.
Jan 22, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 7148 · Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted Nay; most Republicans voted Yea, most Democrats Nay. Also voting Nay: 75 other Republicans.
Jan 22, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 7148 · Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted Nay; most Republicans voted Yea, most Democrats Nay. Also voting Nay: 56 other Republicans.
Sep 4, 2025 · Amendment to H.R. 4553 · Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted Yea; most of both parties voted Nay. Also voting Yea: 75 other Republicans.
Sep 4, 2025 · Amendment to H.R. 4553 · Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted Nay; most Republicans voted Yea, most Democrats Nay. Also voting Nay: 94 other Republicans.
Sep 3, 2025 · Amendment to H.R. 4553 · Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted Nay; most Republicans voted Yea, most Democrats Nay. Also voting Nay: 95 other Republicans.
Sep 3, 2025 · Amendment to H.R. 4553 · Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted Nay; most Republicans voted Yea, most Democrats Nay. Also voting Nay: 87 other Republicans.
Sep 3, 2025 · Amendment to H.R. 4553 · Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted Nay; most Republicans voted Yea, most Democrats Nay. Also voting Nay: 91 other Republicans.
Jul 18, 2025 · Amendment to H.R. 4016 · Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
Voted Yea; most of both parties voted Nay. Also voting Yea: 103 other Republicans.

Energy · 1

Apr 21, 2026 · S. 1020 · To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropowe…
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 13 other Republicans.

Congress · 1

Jan 8, 2026 · H.R. 1834 · Breaking the Gridlock Act
Voted Yea; most Republicans voted Nay, most Democrats Yea. Also voting Yea: 16 other Republicans.

Finance and Financial Sector · 1

Dec 11, 2025 · Amendment to H.R. 3383 · Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025
Voted Yea; most of both parties voted Nay. Also voting Yea: 52 other Republicans; 1 Democrat: Sharice Davids.

Agriculture and Food · 3

Apr 30, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 7567 · Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
Voted Nay; most Republicans voted Yea, most Democrats Nay. Also voting Nay: 54 other Republicans.
Apr 30, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 7567 · Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
Voted Yea; most Republicans voted Nay, most Democrats Yea. Also voting Yea: 19 other Republicans.
Apr 30, 2026 · Amendment to H.R. 7567 · Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
Voted Yea; most of both parties voted Nay. Also voting Yea: 66 other Republicans; 2 Democrats: Marie Perez, Chellie Pingree.

Native Americans · 1

Mar 4, 2026 · S. 723 · Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act
Voted Nay; most of both parties voted Yea. Also voting Nay: 38 other Republicans; 1 Democrat: Lizzie Fletcher.

Labor and Employment · 2

Jun 9, 2026 · H.R. 5408 · Faster Labor Contracts Act
Voted Yea; most Republicans voted Nay, most Democrats Yea. Also voting Yea: 19 other Republicans.
Dec 11, 2025 · H.R. 2550 · Protect America’s Workforce Act
Voted Yea; most Republicans voted Nay, most Democrats Yea. Also voting Yea: 19 other Republicans.

How these are counted

Each roll call takes the policy area the Library of Congress gave the bill it is about; a vote on an amendment counts under its bill. 468 of the House’s 676 roll calls this Congress have an issue. Left out as procedural (208): votes on House rules and the previous question, motions to recommit or adjourn, quorum calls and the Speaker election. “With the Republican majority” counts every issue vote on which most Republicans voted the same way, Yea or Nay. “Against both parties” = most Republicans and most Democrats voted one way and this member the other. “With the Democratic majority” = a party-line vote (most of each party on opposite sides) on which this member sided with the Democrats. Independents count with the party they caucus with.

Source: votes: Congress.gov API / Clerk of the House · issue areas: Library of Congress policy areas · votes through Sep 16, 2026

Committee assignments

Committee	Role	Side	Seniority rank
House Committee on Agriculture	Member	Majority	22
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry	Vice Chair	Majority	2
Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture	Member	Majority	9
House Committee on Armed Services	Member	Majority	24
Intelligence and Special Operations	Member	Majority	7
Strategic Forces	Member	Majority	6
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs	Member	Majority	7
Economic Opportunity	Chairman	Majority	1
Health	Member	Majority	4

Seniority rank is the member’s order among their own party’s members on that committee; 1 is the most senior.

Source: congress-legislators (CC0) · as of Oct 27, 2026

Congress	Years	Chamber	Role	State	District
119th Congress	2025–present	House of Representatives	Representative	Wisconsin (WI)	3
118th Congress	2023–2025	House of Representatives	Representative	Wisconsin (WI)	3

Elections

Elected to the 118th Congress on November 8, 2022; reelected to the 119th Congress on November 5, 2024.¹

The election history as listed in the Congressional Directory.

Sources

Official Congressional Directory, 119th Congress (February 20, 2026 edition). U.S. Government Publishing Office for the Joint Committee on Printing.

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Overview Donors Disclosures

Campaign money, 2025–26 election cycle

$9,101,596Raised

$8,452,731Spent

$1,165,671Cash on hand

$106,699Debts owed by the campaign

Where the money came from

Source	Amount	Share
Individuals, itemizeddonors giving more than $200 in the cycle, named in filings	$3,309,888	36.4%
Individuals, unitemized$200 or less in the cycle, not named	$1,982,571	21.8%
PACs and other committees	$1,255,042	13.8%
Party committees	$21,800	0.2%
All other receiptstransfers, loans, refunds and offsets	$2,532,295	27.8%

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported by groups not tied to the campaign: $174,450 supporting this candidate, $2,027,487 opposing. Details on FEC.gov

More on this campaign’s money

Source: Federal Election Commission, openFEC API · filings through Oct 14, 2026

Who gave, 2025–26 election cycle

Individual contributions by size

Contribution size	Amount	Share
$200 and under	$4.05M	54.6%
$200.01 to $499.99	$0.19M	2.6%
$500 to $999.99	$0.29M	3.9%
$1,000 to $1,999.99	$0.64M	8.6%
$2,000 and over	$2.25M	30.4%

From the FEC’s contribution-size summary, which is compiled separately from the campaign’s totals, so these rows need not add up to the individual receipts on the Overview.

Top 10 states, itemized contributions

State	Amount
WI (home state)	$988,603
TX	$736,918
FL	$715,109
CA	$448,092
IL	$246,036
NY	$240,556
VA	$146,005
MN	$124,366
LA	$120,657
MI	$109,843

Top employers of individual donors

Employer named by donors	Amount
NULL	$114,683
VALMORE GP	$14,000
STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES	$14,000
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT	$14,000
FOUNDERS FUND	$14,000
MARQUIS MANAGEMENT INC.	$12,000
BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL PARTNERS	$10,500
WIESER BROTHERS	$10,000
NU CYBERTEK INC.	$9,934
SPENCER ENTERPRISES	$8,298

Contributions from individuals who listed that employer, itemized only. Companies themselves cannot give to a federal candidate’s campaign.

Entries that name no employer, as written on the filings: RETIRED $2.71M · SELF $156,912 · HOMEMAKER $87,363 · SELF EMPLOYED $80,305 · SELF-EMPLOYED $66,653 · INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS $21,232 · NONE $16,631 · NOT EMPLOYED $7,727.

Source: Federal Election Commission, openFEC API · filings through Oct 14, 2026

Personal financial disclosures

Filed	Covers	Filing	Document
Jun 12, 2026	2025	Annual report	PDF
May 12, 2026	2025	Extension request	PDF

Stock trades (periodic transaction reports)

None filed in 2025 or 2026.

The annual report lists assets, income and debts for the prior year and is due May 15; an extension of up to 90 days is allowed. A periodic transaction report lists a trade of more than $1,000 and is due within 45 days of it.

Source: Clerk of the House, financial disclosures · as of Oct 27, 2026

Profile Press Releases External Sources

Profile

Facts from official records. The small numbers open each fact’s source.

At a glance

Born	September 15, 1969^1,2
Birthplace	Hennepin County, MN^1,2
Home town listed	Prairie du Chien, WI¹
Party	Republican¹
In the House since	January 3, 2023²

Education

B.S., Excelsior University, Albany, NY

As listed in the Congressional Directory.¹

Professional history

Actor
Former business owner

As the member’s office lists it in the Congressional Directory, in that order; the Directory gives no dates.¹

Military service

Enlisted officer, U.S. Navy, 1988-2014 (retired with the rank of Senior Chief Petty Officer)

As listed in the Congressional Directory.¹

Biographical Directory entry

VAN ORDEN, Derrick, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Hennepin County, Minn., September 15, 1969; B.S., Excelsior University, Albany, NY; United States Navy, 1988-2014; actor; business owner; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2023-present).²

The official summary kept by the House and Senate historians, word for word.

Offices

Washington, DC

1513 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4903
202-225-5506

Local offices

City	Address	Phone
La Crosse, WI	210 7th St S, Suite 204	608-782-2558
Eau Claire, WI	404 S Barstow St, Suite 2	715-831-9214

Office list: congress-legislators (CC0), as of Oct 27, 2026.

Sources

Official Congressional Directory, 119th Congress (February 20, 2026 edition). U.S. Government Publishing Office for the Joint Committee on Printing.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Office of the Historian, U.S. House (History, Art & Archives).

Researched Oct 28, 2026. Each fact was checked against a saved copy of its source.

Voting record, 119th Congress

Last 10 votes cast

Latest 10 votes against the Republican majority

Bills, 119th Congress

Policy areas of the bills sponsored or cosponsored

Sponsored legislation, newest first

Votes by issue, 119th Congress

Votes against the Republican majority, by issue

Committee assignments

Floor remarks, 119th Congress

Elections

Sources

Campaign money, 2025–26 election cycle

Where the money came from

Outside spending

More on this campaign’s money

Who gave, 2025–26 election cycle

Individual contributions by size

Top 10 states, itemized contributions

Top employers of individual donors

Personal financial disclosures

Stock trades (periodic transaction reports)

Profile

At a glance

Education

Professional history

Military service

Biographical Directory entry

Offices

Sources

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