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Official portrait of Derrick Van Orden

2nd term · 3.8 years in office: 1 full term completed, 1 in progress.

Representative · WI-3 · Republican · since Jan 2023

Derrick Van Orden

Bills authored 16Missed votes 52 of 524Party unity 82% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 524 roll calls and 153 sponsorship records on file.

Provisionalunreviewed: stated positions
Stray indexpending review

Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

Derrick Van Orden was born in Minnesota in 1969 and raised in Wisconsin and Oregon.Source 3: Wikipedia: Derrick Van Orden He earned a bachelor's degree from Excelsior University and served in the United States Navy for 26 years, retiring as a SEAL senior chief in 2014.Source 3: Wikipedia: Derrick Van Orden After his military service, he acted in films and operated a cafe in northern Wisconsin with his wife.Source 3: Wikipedia: Derrick Van Orden

Following an unsuccessful campaign for Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district in 2020, Van Orden won the open seat in 2022.Source 3: Wikipedia: Derrick Van Orden He was reelected in 2024 and serves on the House Agriculture, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs committees.Source 2: Official website of Derrick Van OrdenSource 3: Wikipedia: Derrick Van Orden

In their own words

No statement of their own met that rule yet.

One rule for every member: their most recent dated, linkable statement about themselves.

The path here

  1. 1969

    Born in Minnesota.Source 3: Wikipedia: Derrick Van Orden

  2. 2014

    Retired as a senior chief after 26 years of service in the United States Navy.Source 3: Wikipedia: Derrick Van Orden

  3. 2017-2019

    Operated a cafe in Butternut, Wisconsin, with his wife.Source 3: Wikipedia: Derrick Van Orden

  4. 2020

    Ran unsuccessfully for Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district.Source 3: Wikipedia: Derrick Van Orden

  5. 2023-Present

    Serves as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district.Source 1: Derrick Van Orden — Biographical Directory of the United States CongressSource 3: Wikipedia: Derrick Van Orden

Next election: Nov 3, 2026general

90.08% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

3 sources

  1. 1Derrick Van Orden — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
  2. 2Official website of Derrick Van Ordenofficial profileopen source
  3. 3Wikipedia: Derrick Van Ordenwikipediaopen source archived copy
Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

3.8YRS

In office · 2nd term · since Jan 2023

11,256VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 2.72%

Certified result

90.08%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

 

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

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Before Congress

  1. 1969 Born in Minnesota.
  2. 2014 Retired as a senior chief after 26 years of service in the United States Navy.
  3. 2017-2019 Operated a cafe in Butternut, Wisconsin, with his wife.
  4. 2020 Ran unsuccessfully for Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district.
  5. 2023-Present Serves as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district.
House Committee on AgricultureHouse Committee on Armed ServicesHouse Committee on Veterans' AffairsHouse Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Economic Opportunity subcommittee chairHouse Committee on Agriculture · Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry subcommittee vice chairHouse Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Health subcommitteeHouse Committee on Armed Services · Intelligence and Special Operations subcommitteeHouse Committee on Agriculture · Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture subcommitteeHouse Committee on Armed Services · Strategic Forces subcommittee16 bills authored · 2 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: not yet stated. Voted 3 of 100 toward public spending.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated. Voted 21 of 100 toward stricter enforcement.
  • Immigration: not yet stated. Voted 39 of 100 toward tighter limits.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated. Voted 4 of 100 toward individual liberty.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated. Voted 27 of 100 toward develop & extract.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated. Voted 7 of 100 toward exec. discretion.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸

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The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. Select a cluster to open its issues.

StatedRecordGapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Chips place the record relative to the middle. The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Issue pages

Votes by issue.

72 issues · 10 with both halves · 54 with one · 8 with neither

Sort
Regulation (cross-sector)2 statements43 counted votesAnalysisSpending vs. restraint1 statement23 counted votesAnalysisMarket protectionsNo statements23 counted votesNot yet statedRole of governmentNo statements23 counted votesNot yet statedBanking/financial rulesNo statements20 counted votesNot yet statedAid & alliancesNo statements14 counted votesNot yet statedTrade & tariffsNo statements14 counted votesNot yet statedFarm policy & subsidiesNo statements13 counted votesNot yet statedPublic works2 statements10 counted votesAnalysisMilitary budget2 statements9 counted votesAnalysis

The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How Derrick Van Orden voted.

Money & ties

Who funds Derrick Van Orden.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

  • Campaign financeThrough Jul 22, 2026Lagged · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Quarterly FEC filings; totals cover the period ending on the date shown.

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jul 22, 2026

$7.5MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $200.0K · 38 units, rounded up

  • PAC contributions$994.7K · 13.2%
  • Itemized individual$2.8M · 37.4%
  • Small-dollar (≤$200)$1.6M · 21.2%
  • All other$2.1M · 28.3%
FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)0.379
Social (dim 2)-0.034

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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Civic Herald. “Derrick Van Orden: voting record, stated positions, funding.” https://civicherald.app/politicians/derrick-van-orden-V000135.

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