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Has Rebecca Cooke taken money from AIPAC?

Matches stated record claim. AIPAC's PAC reports no payment to her campaign from 2023 through September 2026; spending by other AIPAC-linked groups is not covered.

Rebecca Cooke

Money from AIPAC

Matches stated record claim

What they say

At the October 20 Eau Claire Area Chamber forum, Cooke said she has not taken any money from AIPAC, because she does not want to be beholden to special interests.

What the record shows ·

AIPAC's political action committee reports to the FEC what it pays out. From January 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026, covering her 2024 and 2026 races, those reports list no payment of any kind to her campaign committee, Cooke for Congress, memo entries included.

Limit: This covers money AIPAC's PAC paid or passed to her committee through September 30, 2026. It does not cover spending by other groups tied to AIPAC that is not given to a campaign, such as super PAC ads, and it cannot rule out gifts from individuals who also support AIPAC. Her no corporate PAC pledge, made in the same answer, was not checked here.

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  1. Eau Claire Area Chamber forum, October 20: Cooke on AIPAC moneyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sCa_4llPFE&t=1092s

    WEAU · Published Oct 20, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    18:12. Paraphrased from YouTube's captions of the station's video; no second transcript was found to confirm the exact words.

    candidate statement

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  2. AIPAC's political action committee, payments to Cooke for Congresshttps://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00797670&recipient_committee_id=C00844993&two_year_transaction_period=2024&two_year_transaction_period=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-10-22: Schedule B of committee C00797670 (American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee) to committee C00844993, 2024 and 2026 cycles, January 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. Zero rows, memo entries included, and the PAC's filed reports cover the whole window.

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