Entrepreneur Rebecca Cooke has won the Wisconsin Democratic primary for first-term Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden (Wisconsin)’s seat in the House of Representatives, Decision Desk HQ predicted.
Cooke, with support from moderate voices such as Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and the Blue Dog PACdefeated Representative Katrina Shankland (D) of Wisconsin in the 3rd Congressional District. Shankland was supported by more progressive organizations and unions, including Continue And Wisconsin AFL-CIO.
Political newcomer Eric Wilson, whose Campaign website He says he has worked in health insurance and real estate and was also running in the Democratic primary on Tuesday.
Cooke ran for the seat in the midterm elections two years ago and came second in the party’s primary.
She will now appear on the general ballot to face incumbent Van Orden, an ally of former President Trump who took part in the rally on January 6, 2021 This took place before the attack on the US Capitol. He had no opponent in the Republican primaries.
Van Orden won the western Wisconsin seat in the midterm elections. Successful former Representative Ron Kind, a moderate Democrat who represented the district for almost three decades before retiring.
Both Decision Desk HQ and Cook Political Report rate the Wisconsin House of Representatives seat as Republican.
