Wisconsin House District 4 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Gwen Moore won · 80.0% to 17.5% · Called by AP on Nov 3

Gwen Moore (Democrat) and Tim Rogers (Republican) are the nominees for Wisconsin's 4th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Gwen Moore is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Gwen Moore's campaign had raised $1.3 million (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $25,000 for Gwen Moore and $0 against.

Gwen Moore (DEM, incumbent), Tim Rogers (REP). 1 other filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

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Registration Register by Wed, Oct 14 (Online/mail: 20 days before. In person at clerk until Friday before (Oct 30), or at polls on Election Day). Same-day registration: Proof of residence required (passed)Source: elections.wi.gov ↗
Early voting in person Varies by county; check your county’s schedule (In-person absentee; each municipal clerk sets its schedule, starting up to 14 days before the election)Source: elections.wi.gov ↗
By mail Anyone can vote by mail; request a ballot by Thu, Oct 29 (Received by municipal clerk by 5 p.m. on the 5th day before the election (online or mail)); return it by Tue, Nov 3 (Received by 8 p.m. on Election Day; postmarks do not count) (passed)Source: elections.wi.gov ↗Source: elections.wi.gov ↗
Election Day Tue, Nov 3. Polls: 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. (passed)Source: elections.wi.gov ↗
ID at the polls Photo ID required (e.g. WI driver's license/ID, U.S. passport, military, tribal, certain student IDs)Source: elections.wi.gov ↗

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Money in this race

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Gwen Moore (DEM, incumbent)

Raised
$1.3M through 2026-10-14 individuals $427K · PACs $884K · party $33 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $668 · cash on hand $45K
Outside spending
$25K supporting Moore · latest reported 2026-09-27
Largest outside spenders
ROLLING SEA ACTION FUND — $25K supporting Moore Largest donors: LET IT RESOUND $1.1M (81%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC) GRASSROOTS NORTH SHORE — $155 supporting Moore SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION — $10 supporting Moore
Bundled through PACs
$250 through 1 PAC · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 WISCONSIN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC FEDERAL PAC DBA WISCONSIN HOSPITAL ASSOC FEDERAL PAC — $250 from 1 gift Lobbyist/registrant PAC
183 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • ABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
  • AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC) $10K
  • AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
  • AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP CIVIC ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA AGSH&F CIVIC ACTION COMMITT $1,000
  • ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY PAC $7,500
  • ALTRIA GROUP INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTR $5,000
  • ALZHEIMERS IMPACT MOVEMENT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
  • AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. $10K
  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITI $2,500
  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PA PAC) $2,500
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $5,000
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SETTLEMENT CONSULTANTS PAC (AASC PAC) $5,000
  • AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $7,500
  • AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY PAC $5,000
  • AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I. FEDERAL PAC (AMFAM PAC) $5,000
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E $10K
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $10K
  • AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $4,500
  • AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC INFORMATION ASSOCIATION - OSTEOPATHIC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
  • AMERICAN PORTABLE DIAGNOSTIC ASSOCIATION APDA-PAC $1,000
  • AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTION $4,000
  • AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FEDERAL ONLY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA FOPAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMER $2,000
  • AMERICAN SENIORS HOUSING ASSOCIATION (SENIORS HOUS $1,000
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS PLASTYPAC $1,000
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRAVEL ADVISORS, INC. PAC $4,000
  • AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMERIPRISEPAC) $7,000
  • AMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
  • ARDELYX, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARDX PAC) $2,000
  • ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP (APKS) PARTNERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • ASSURED GUARANTY MUNICIPAL CORP PAC $5,000
  • AT&T INC. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T FEDERAL PAC) $2,000
  • AZOA SERVICES CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALLIANZ OF AMERICA PAC) $1,000
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC $1,000
  • BHFS-E, PC PAC (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE) $1,000
  • BMO FINANCIAL CORP GOOD GOVERNANCE FUND: FEDERAL (BMO PAC) $7,500
  • BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM USA CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BOEHRINGER PAC) $2,500
  • BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) $2,500
  • CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. ASSOC. POLITICAL FUND $2,500
  • CARDINAL HEALTH INC. PAC $1,000
  • CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS $2,500
  • CENTENE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CENTENE PAC) $2,000
  • CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • CHUBB GROUP HOLDINGS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
  • CITIGROUP INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (CITIGROUP PAC-FEDERAL) $2,000
  • COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $2,500
  • CONSECO INC CONCERNED CITIZENS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PAC) $1,000
  • COUPANG, INC. COMPANY PAC $2,500
  • CROWE PAC $1,000
  • CUNA MUTUAL HOLDING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE/TRUSTAGE PAC $7,500
  • DAVITA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DAPAC) $2,500
  • DEFEND THE VOTE $2,500
  • DELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • DELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • DELTA AIR LINES PAC $1,000
  • DEPOSITORY TRUST AND CLEARING CORPORATION PAC - DTCC PAC; THE $5,000
  • DIRECT SUPPLY, INC. PARTNERS PAC (DSI PARTNERS PAC) $10K
  • DISTRICT NO. 1-PCD, MARINE ENGINEERS' BENEFICIAL ASSOC. - POLITICAL ACTION FUND (MEBA-PAF) $2,500
  • ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $1,000
  • ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC) $1,500
  • EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $6,000
  • EPIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION PAC (EPIC PAC) $2,500
  • EQUITABLE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EQUITABLE PAC) $5,000
  • ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
  • FAIR SHOT PAC $5,000
  • FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS PAC $1,000
  • FEDEX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • FINSECA PAC $3,500
  • FOLEY & LARDNER POLITICAL FUND, INC. $2,000
  • FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FRANKLIN TEMPLETON PAC) $2,500
  • FRIENDS OF MARK CHAMBERS $250
  • GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC. PAC $10K
  • GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GM PAC) $1,000
  • GENWORTH FINANCIAL INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • GETTING RESULTS BY ENGAGING THE GRASSROOTS PAC $1,000
  • GRAIL, INC. PAC $1,000
  • H&R BLOCK INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BLOCKPAC) $2,500
  • HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION EMPLOYEES PAC $10K
  • HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (HBI-PAC) $1,000
  • INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,500
  • INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURP $2,500
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC $3,500
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE $10K
  • INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND $3,000
  • INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS INC POLI $1,000
  • INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMM $2,500
  • INTUIT INC. 21ST CENTURY LEADERSHIP FUND $1,500
  • INVESTMENT COMPANY INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ICI PAC) $5,000
  • J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • JACKSON HOLDINGS LLC AND JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (JACKSON N $1,000
  • JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (USA) FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
  • JOHNSON CONTROLS INC. PAC $5,000
  • KIND FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE $2,100
  • KPMG PARTNERS/PRINCIPALS AND EMPLOYEES PAC $10K
  • LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $10K
  • LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY INNOVATION SERVICE PAC $5,000
  • LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY - PAC $2,500
  • LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
  • LOCKTON INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • LPL FINANCIAL LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (LPL PAC) $3,500
  • MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & $5,000
  • MANAGED FUNDS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
  • MASTERS, MATES AND PILOTS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION FUND $4,158
  • MAXIMUS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MAXPAC) $1,500
  • MCDERMOTT PAC $1,000
  • MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. PAC $1,000
  • MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE COMPANY USA LLC PAC $2,000
  • MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC) $10K
  • MORTGAGE GUARANTY INSURANCE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('MGIC-PAC') $10K
  • NATERA, INC. PAC (NATERA PAC) $1,500
  • NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC) $3,500
  • NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
  • NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS PAC (NABIP PAC) $1,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) $1,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DISABILITY REPRESENTATIVES PAC (NADR PAC) $5,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMM $10K
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND $5,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC $2,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS PAC $10K
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS INC. POLITICAL ACTION FOR CANDIDATE ELECTION (PACE) $1,000
  • NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,500
  • NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC $4,000
  • NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION RURAL BROADBAND PAC $2,500
  • NATIONAL VENTURE CAPITAL ASSOCIATION VENTUREPAC $1,000
  • NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION $2,000
  • NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
  • NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NORTHERN TRUST PAC) $1,500
  • NOVO NORDISK PAC $2,000
  • PATHWARD, N.A. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE I $10K
  • PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
  • PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA - PRUDENTIAL FEDERAL PAC $2,500
  • RGA REINSURANCE COMPANY FEDERAL PAC $2,500
  • ROCK HOLDINGS INC. PAC $1,000
  • ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,650
  • SAMMONS ENTERPRISES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,000
  • SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $7,500
  • SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMM $1,000
  • SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SYNCPAC) $10K
  • TD BANK N.A. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • TEACHERS INSURANCE ANNUITY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA PAC (TIAA PAC) $3,500
  • THE AARON'S COMPANY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC) $1,000
  • THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PENSION PROFESSIONALS AND ACTUARIES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASPPA-NAPA PAC) A/K/A AMERICAN RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARA PAC) $4,000
  • THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
  • THE CARLYLE GROUP INC. PAC (AKA 'CARLYLE PAC') $5,000
  • THE CIGNA GROUP EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $8,500
  • THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
  • THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (GUARDIAN LIFE P $2,000
  • THE HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP, INC. FEDERAL PAC (AKA HARTFORD ADVOCATES FEDERAL FUND) $1,500
  • THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY FEDERAL PAC $5,000
  • THE OPTIONS CLEARING CORPORATION PAC $5,500
  • THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS - EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
  • TRINET GROUP INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • TRUIST FINANCIAL CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC $2,500
  • U.S. VENTURE INC. PAC $6,000
  • UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) $5,000
  • UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC) $10K
  • UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. PAC (UPSPAC) $2,500
  • UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION EMPLOYEE PAC - USAA EMPLOYEE PAC $7,500
  • UNUM GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UNUMPAC) $2,500
  • USBANCORP PAC $1,000
  • VIZIENT, INC., POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $500
  • VOYA FINANCIAL, INC., POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VOYA FINANCIAL PAC) $3,300
  • WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $3,500
  • WEC ENERGY GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • XCEL ENERGY EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

No 2025–26 FEC reports or outside spending found for Tim Rogers.

No campaign ads analyzed for this race yet.

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