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Candidates › WI-08 race › 2025–2026
D Democratic nominee for U.S. House, WI-08
Has not served in Congress
8 priorities from rickcrosson.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
Leaders who show up, listen, and act transparently.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · rickcrosson.com
No one is above the law, including the president, the wealthy, and the powerful. Congress must do the oversight it has walked away from.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · rickcrosson.com/priorities
Heading as listed on rickcrosson.com ↗ (opens rickcrosson.com at this heading) · “Putting People First” on rickcrosson.com ↗ (opens rickcrosson.com at this heading)
You should be able to afford a good life.
Too many people are working harder than ever and still falling behind. That’s not a personal failure. It’s a system that’s stopped working for regular families. Rick believes a paycheck should add up to a stable life, not a stack of bills you’re afraid to open. What that means in practice:
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · rickcrosson.com/issues
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Health care should be something you can count on, not something you gamble on.
No one should have to choose between a doctor’s visit and a car payment, or ration their medication to make it to the end of the month. Rick believes affordable, reliable health care is a right for every person, not a privilege for those who can afford it. Here’s where he stands:
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · rickcrosson.com/issues
Affordable, Accessible, Guaranteed Healthcare for Everyone. Transparency in pricing. Lower prescription costs, Freedom to choose your doctor, Life-saving procedures without the red tape, critical care available nearby.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · rickcrosson.com/priorities
Heading as listed on rickcrosson.com/issues ↗ (opens rickcrosson.com/issues at this heading)
Health care decisions belong to women and their doctors, not politicians.
Rick trusts the women of Northeast Wisconsin to make their own health care decisions, in private, with the people they love and the doctors they trust. Government has no business in the exam room.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · rickcrosson.com/issues
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Rick swore an oath to this country. He’s keeping the promise.
Rick served in the U.S. Army, and he knows the promise this country makes to the men and women who put on the uniform. Too often, Washington breaks that promise the moment they come home. Rick will make sure the people who served get what they were promised.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · rickcrosson.com/issues
Heading as listed on rickcrosson.com/issues ↗ (opens rickcrosson.com/issues at this heading)
Family farms built Wisconsin—and Washington keeps forgetting it.
Wisconsin runs on agriculture, but the people who actually work the land are getting squeezed from every direction—by low prices, rising costs, and corporate giants that would rather buy them out than compete with them. Rick believes a strong rural economy starts with standing up for the family farmer.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · rickcrosson.com/issues
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We can secure the border and treat people like human beings.
Most folks want the same commonsense thing: a system that’s orderly, fair, and actually works. After 40 years without comprehensive reforms, our immigration laws no longer reflect the realities of today’s world. Rick will work with anyone to solve the problem instead of running on it to win elections.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · rickcrosson.com/issues
Pass critical immigration reform with a focus on laws that reward hard work and contribution. The “right way” should mean something.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · rickcrosson.com/priorities
Heading as listed on rickcrosson.com/issues ↗ (opens rickcrosson.com/issues at this heading)
No data centers without strict state and federal regulation to protect the environment, quality of life, and avoid harmful consequences; prepayment to ensure taxpayers don’t bear the costs, and local communities ultimately determining the outcome. State support to local communities to negotiate any interest in building.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · rickcrosson.com/priorities
Heading as listed on rickcrosson.com/priorities ↗ (opens rickcrosson.com/priorities at this heading)
Keeping our farms profitable and in the family, and standing up for them against tariffs, and corporate squeezing.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · rickcrosson.com/priorities
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From Pre-K through trade school or a degree, public education should be free. Quality and access to education should not depend on what a family can afford.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · rickcrosson.com/priorities
Heading as listed on rickcrosson.com/priorities ↗ (opens rickcrosson.com/priorities at this heading)
A woman’s right to choose her reproductive healthcare, and to access it, belongs with her and her doctors, not the government.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · rickcrosson.com/priorities
Heading as listed on rickcrosson.com/priorities ↗ (opens rickcrosson.com/priorities at this heading)
A living wage, affordable housing, protecting earned benefits, fixing VA wait times and standing up for veterans’ mental health. Recognition of every veteran who served including Hmong and Lao Americans still waiting for what they earned.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · rickcrosson.com/priorities
Heading as listed on rickcrosson.com/priorities ↗ (opens rickcrosson.com/priorities at this heading)
Expand the court. Pass term limits and a code of ethics that includes an enforcement mechanism. We deserve a Supreme Court that serves the people and the Constitution, not the party that appointed it.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · rickcrosson.com/priorities
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FEC filings, Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00916064
63¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 6 reports ($106.4K of $168.4K). Cash on hand went from $5.1K on Dec 31, 2025 to $62K on Oct 14, 2026.
| Report | Raised in the period | Spent in the period | Cash on hand at its close |
|---|---|---|---|
| YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025 | $6,577 | $1,465 | $5,112 |
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026 | $11,889 | $10,086 | $6,915 |
| JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026 | $36,113 | $21,077 | $21,951 |
| PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Jul 22, 2026 | $12,325 | $9,847 | $24,430 |
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026 | $75,517 | $54,302 | $45,644 |
| PRE-GENERAL 2026 through Oct 14, 2026 | $25,991 | $9,608 | $62,027 |
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
26 endorsers listed on Rick Crosson’s own campaign site: 3 officials, 6 unions, 5 organizations, 12 people.
This is the campaign's claim, checked by an editor against its page; the endorsers have not confirmed it to us. Each name opens the campaign’s page with that name highlighted.
Outagamie County Board Member
Laura Laitinen-Warren, PhD, PHR
Executive HR Director, Oneida Nation; Former Green Bay School Board Member
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Official FEC filing record for the current cycle. The priorities they publish are quoted from their own site, in their order.
Statements are quoted from these pages exactly. Headings, order and wording are the campaign’s; the record marking is ours.
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 246 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $72.3K.
The largest of the committees is listed. In all, 1 committee contribution was filed this cycle, totaling $2.5K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Total reported receipts $168,412
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. Open a source marked + to see who gave. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
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92% of the money placed by state came from inside Wisconsin: $66.3K of $72.3K.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 237 contributions · 92% | $66,262 |
| 2 contributions · 2.8% | $2,000 |
| 3 contributions · 2.4% | $1,750 |
| 2 contributions · 2.1% | $1,500 |
| 1 contribution · 0.7% | $500 |
| 1 contribution · 0.3% | $250 |
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 6 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an employer · 147 contributions · 46% of ranked | $31,843 |
| Written instead of an employer · 37 contributions · 21% of ranked | $14,940 |
| Written instead of an employer · 9 contributions · 16% of ranked | $11,000 |
| 2 contributions · 2.1% of ranked | $1,500 |
| 1 contribution · 1.4% of ranked | $1,000 |
| 1 contribution · 1.4% of ranked | $1,000 |
| 2 contributions · 1.1% of ranked | $750 |
| 3 contributions · 1% of ranked | $700 |
A further $2,280 came from donors whose answer names no employer (N/A, None, blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($67,866) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
The campaign also refunded $24 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
Total itemized disbursements $101,658
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 182 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 22 payments · 36% of all spending | $38,597 |
| 1 payment · 12% of all spending | $12,850 |
| 4 payments · 8.5% of all spending | $9,000 |
| 1 payment · 5.6% of all spending | $6,000 |
| 1 payment · 4.5% of all spending | $4,830 |
| 2 payments · 4% of all spending | $4,265 |
| 3 payments · 3.9% of all spending | $4,120 |
| 110 payments · 3.7% of all spending | $3,948 |
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an occupation · 150 contributions · 45% of ranked | $32,143 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 41 contributions · 22% of ranked | $16,070 |
| 4 contributions · 5.2% of ranked | $3,750 |
| 1 contribution · 3.5% of ranked | $2,500 |
| 2 contributions · 3.1% of ranked | $2,250 |
| 1 contribution · 2.1% of ranked | $1,500 |
| 2 contributions · 2.1% of ranked | $1,500 |
| 1 contribution · 1.4% of ranked | $1,000 |
A further $500 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($67,866) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.