Election 2026

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Issue record

Money and power in Washington

In short

Van Orden's campaign backs term limits; Cooke's backs a stock-trading ban for Congress and the White House and ending Citizens United. Kent's would remove political donors, lobbyists, Super PACs and parties; Provance's backs a two-term limit and says he takes no donations. FEC records checked September 22, 2026 list no financial report for Kent or Provance, which is not a reported zero. Kent's July 8 filing says he stayed under $5,000.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Derrick Van Orden

Supports term limits on all legislators, so that election to Congress “remains an act of public service, not a way to enrich one’s self”.

Rebecca Cooke

Would ban stock trading by members of Congress and the White House, and end Citizens United to “get corporate and dark money out of politics”.

Alexander Valiensi Kent

Would end political corruption rather than reduce it, through a political system with “no donors, no lobbyists, no Super PACs, and no political parties”, none of which he notes are in the Constitution.

Rustin Provance

Would impose a two-term limit on legislators as the presidency has, and states that he will not accept donations: “money should not buy elections”.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. official action

    Rebecca Cooke: 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.

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    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. 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.

  2. official action

    Alexander Valiensi Kent: Matches stated record claim

    His only FEC filings are a registration and a July 2026 statement repeating the pledge and saying he had not reached $5,000; he has filed no money report.

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    His platform calls for ending political corruption rather than reducing it, through a system with no donors, no lobbyists, no Super PACs and no political parties, and he runs his own campaign on that basis. His principal campaign committee holds two filings of any kind with the Federal Election Commission: a Form 1 statement of organization dated April 24, 2026, and a Form 99 dated July 8, 2026. That Form 99 is not a blank submission. It repeats the pledge to take no donor, lobbyist, Super PAC or party money, states that the campaign had not reached $5,000 raised or spent, and files that statement in place of a July quarterly report. No report of receipts and disbursements has ever been filed. Limit: His own filed statement is stronger evidence than silence, and it is still not a reported zero: below five thousand dollars is not nothing, and the statement speaks only to July 8. What the record shows is his testimony and the absence of a financial report, not an audited figure.

  3. official action

    Rustin Provance: Matches stated record claim

    His committee has registered with the FEC but never filed a report of money raised or spent, which fits raising nothing but is not a reported zero.

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    His campaign site says he is running on faith and himself, that money should not buy elections, and that he will not be taking donations. His principal campaign committee holds three filings of any kind with the Federal Election Commission: Form 1 statements of organization dated December 7, 2023 and April 14, 2025, and a 2024 request for additional information. Across two cycles it has never filed a report of receipts and disbursements. Limit: Registering a committee and filing no report of receipts is consistent with raising nothing, but it is not the same as a filed statement that nothing was raised. What the record shows is the absence of a report, not a reported zero. The quotation reproduces his site's own wording, repeated word included.

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Sources10 source records

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  1. Van Orden for Congress, issueshttps://vanordenforcongress.com/issues/

    Van Orden for Congress · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Captured 2026-09-22; 1,074 words. The campaign's own site, identified by its "Paid for by Van Orden for Congress" line. Note that derrickvanorden.com is a registrar parking page and is not this site.

    candidate statement

    For: Derrick Van Orden: campaign position

  2. Cooke for Wisconsin, prioritieshttps://cookeforwisconsin.com/priorities/

    Cooke for Congress · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Captured 2026-09-22; 2,429 words across ten subject headings, the most detailed platform on any desk so far.

    candidate statement

    For: Rebecca Cooke: campaign position

  3. 2026 Candidate for the U.S. House, Alexander Valiensi Kenthttps://www.voterdirectednetwork.com/alexanderkent

    Voter Directed Network · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Captured 2026-09-22; 7,855 words. His own platform, in the form of a keynote address. Note that kentforcongress.com is a registrar parking page belonging to someone else and is not his site.

    candidate statement

    For: Alexander Valiensi Kent: campaign position; Alexander Valiensi Kent: Matches stated record claim

  4. Rustin Provance for Congress, projectshttps://rustinforcongress.wixsite.com/website/projects-1

    Rustin Provance for Congress · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Captured 2026-09-22. His platform: policing, Social Security, the Federal Reserve, health care, nuclear testing, the Department of Education, term limits, taxation, the military, veterans and relations with native nations. The page is at /projects-1; /projects returns 404.

    candidate statement

    For: Rustin Provance: campaign position

  5. Rustin Provance for Congress, get involvedhttps://rustinforcongress.wixsite.com/website/get-involved

    Rustin Provance for Congress · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Captured 2026-09-22. Where he states that he will not take donations.

    candidate statement

    For: Rustin Provance: campaign position; Rustin Provance: Matches stated record claim

  6. 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

    For: Rebecca Cooke: Matches stated record claim

  7. 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.

    fec filing

    For: Rebecca Cooke: Matches stated record claim

  8. ALEXANDER VALIENSI KENT FOR CONGRESS, Form 99 of July 8, 2026 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    A one-page miscellaneous submission for committee C00948240. It repeats his pledge to take no donor, lobbyist, Super PAC or party money, states the campaign had not reached $5,000 raised or spent, and files that statement in lieu of a July quarterly report. It is his own testimony, not an audited financial report.

    fec filing

    For: Alexander Valiensi Kent: Matches stated record claim

  9. ALEXANDER VALIENSI KENT FOR CONGRESS, committee filingshttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00948240/?cycle=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-09-22. His principal campaign committee holds two filings of any kind: a Form 1 statement of organization dated 2026-04-24 and a Form 99 miscellaneous submission dated 2026-07-08. No report of receipts and disbursements has ever been filed.

    fec filing

    For: Alexander Valiensi Kent: Matches stated record claim

  10. RUSTIN PROVANCE FOR CONGRESS, committee filingshttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00859504/?cycle=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Sep 22, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on 2026-09-22. His principal campaign committee holds three filings of any kind: Form 1 statements of organization dated 2023-12-07 and 2025-04-14, and a 2024 request for additional information. No report of receipts and disbursements has ever been filed, across two cycles.

    fec filing

    For: Rustin Provance: Matches stated record claim