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Mark Pocan

Mark Pocan

Democratic · WI U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

14 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2013

Roles held

  1. Representative 2013 – present WI Democratic
  2. Candidate 2026 – present Democratic

Years as candidate

  1. 2026
  • background Born August 14, 1964; businessman
  • role Wisconsin State Assembly (78th district, 1999–2013)
  • role U.S. representative from Wisconsin's 2nd district since 2013
  • role Co-chair of Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus
  • role Chair emeritus of Congressional Progressive Caucus
  • achievement Succeeded Tammy Baldwin in Assembly, then in House

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House WI-02 · 2026 General Election

  • $814,874 raised
  • $933,048 spent
  • $884,043 cash on hand
$814.87K
$770.94K
$369.28K
Itemized (≥ $200)$244.66K
Unitemized (< $200)$124.62K
Other committees (PACs)$401.66K
Offsets to expenditures$974.74
Other receipts$42.96K
$933.05K
Operating expenditures$568.20K
Contribution refunds$600.50
Other disbursements$364.25K
Cash on hand$884.04K
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through July 22, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jul 22, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Mark Pocan campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2012$1,153,296$1,100,360$52,936
2014$1,031,014$896,400$187,550
2016$1,038,978$827,312$399,215
2018$1,106,553$930,710$575,059
2020$1,293,769$1,017,815$851,013
2022$1,143,752$1,002,075$992,690
2024$1,070,481$1,060,954$1,002,217
2026$814,874$933,048$884,043

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $7,376 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • Employer not reported $12,950
  • MARQUIS MANAGEMENT $7,900
  • ARENBERG HOLDINGS $5,800
  • PETER ANGELOS LAW $4,500
  • UW-MADISON $4,030
  • KASIETA LEGAL GROUP, LLC $3,500
  • ASCENDIUM EDUCATION GROUP, INC. $3,500
  • THE ALEXANDER COMPANY $3,300
  • ALEXANDER COMPANY $3,300
  • EXACT SCIENCES $3,250

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $10 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $687 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Pocan, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

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