Rebecca Cooke
Defeated Emily Berge 60.0%-39.9% in the Democratic primary.
Rebecca Cooke is a small-business owner from Eau Claire, raised on a dairy farm, running as the Democratic nominee for Wisconsin's 3rd District. She has run for this seat in prior cycles and completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.[3]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Positions on the issues
- SupportsExpand public health coverage
Campaign site says she would expand Medicare to cover vision, dental and hearing, lower the Medicare eligibility age annually, increase Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement rates for rural hospitals, and provide more tax credits to lower ACA exchange premiums.[3]
- SupportsRaise the minimum wage
Campaign site says she supports increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour with a rolling implementation plan starting with large corporations.[3]
- SupportsLoosen zoning rules to build more housing
Campaign site says she supports expanding federal community block grants for affordable housing and tax credits for organizations building low- and mixed-income housing in the district.[3]
In their words — priorities
- Says her top messages are tackling the affordability crisis with better wages and lower taxes for working families, making healthcare more affordable and accessible, and ending what she calls a culture of corruption in Washington.[3]
- Says she wants to help families buy their first home by deferring property tax payments for first-time buyers for up to five years.[3]
Background
Campaign money
Raised $8.6M · spent $6.8M · $1.8M cash on hand (through 2026-07-22) FEC filing ↗