Rebecca Cooke

Democratic Party (D)
U.S. Representative (District 3) · District 3, Wisconsin, United States of America · 2026
PurposeCooke is challenging Van Orden for a third straight cycle on a platform of lower costs, expanded Medicare, and anti-corruption reform.

Economy
On the economy, the campaign's priorities page calls for raising the federal minimum wage to $15/hour, tax credits for first-time homebuyers, expanded tax deductions and credits for small businesses, cutting permitting and licensing red tape, addressing corporate price-gouging at gas pumps and grocery stores, and community block grants for rural affordable housing.

Health
On health care, the campaign calls for capping out-of-pocket prescription-drug costs at $30/month for essential medications, expanding Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearing, reversing Medicaid and ACA cuts, funding rural hospitals, addressing healthcare-sector antitrust issues, and gradually lowering the Medicare eligibility age. It also backs upholding Roe v. Wade, federal funding for Planned Parenthood, and ending the Hyde Amendment.

Agriculture/Food
On agriculture, the campaign calls for expanding export markets for commodities, enforcing antitrust laws against large agricultural conglomerates, protecting farmland from foreign purchases, ending tariff-driven trade tensions, tax incentives for small and midsize farms, and establishing rural cooperatives to boost farmer profits.

Security
On security, the campaign calls for fully funding law enforcement to maintain community safety and for protecting the border, without further itemized detail.

Education
On education, the campaign calls for increased early-childhood education funding (Head Start and preschool), teacher pay raises and signing bonuses, refinancing student loans at mortgage-like rates, doubling Pell Grant values for low- and moderate-income families, and expanding student mental-health resources.

Infrastructure
On infrastructure and energy, the campaign calls for expanding wind, solar, and hydro projects using union labor, supporting small modular nuclear research, investing in mass transit including high-speed rail, addressing PFAS water contamination, and regulating major corporate polluters.

Governance
On governance, the campaign calls for banning stock trading by members of Congress and the White House, ending Citizens United and dark money in politics, enforcing congressional term limits, and establishing constituent-focused district offices with dedicated caseworkers.

Economy
The campaign also calls for passing the PRO Act, protecting prevailing-wage rules, and a moratorium on unchecked data-center construction.

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