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HOVDE, ERIC

R Β· senate

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FEC candidate id
S4WI00256
Internal id
e19e6b58-bc07-4577-8f33-59a9a11b7ba4
Status
challenger

Who this candidate represents (statewide)

Who lives here β€” American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), Wisconsin. Source.

CategoryMetricValue
PeoplePopulation5,914,872
PeopleMedian age40
IncomeMedian household income$77,485
IncomePer-capita income$43,373
IncomeIn poverty10.6%
IncomeUnemployed3.2%
IncomeGini inequality index0.444
RaceWhite alone80.1%
RaceBlack alone6.1%
RaceAsian alone3.0%
RaceHispanic or Latino8.0%
RaceTwo or more races7.6%
OriginForeign-born5.2%
LanguageSpeaks English only at home91.0%
LanguageSpeaks Spanish at home4.9%
EducationHigh school or higher62.8%
EducationBachelor's or higher33.4%
EducationAdvanced degree11.4%
HouseholdFamily households60.5%
HouseholdAvg household size2.33
HouseholdNever married (15+)33.5%
HousingMedian home value$266,500
HousingMedian gross rent$1,087
HousingSingle-family detached66.2%
HousingBuilt before 19405.3%
HousingOvercrowded (>1 per room)1.6%
HousingVacant units10.8%
ServiceVeterans (18+)6.2%
HealthWith a disability12.3%
ConnectivityHouseholds with broadband90.3%
ConnectivityHouseholds with no internet6.9%
CommuteDrove alone74.4%
CommutePublic transit1.1%
CommuteWorked from home13.1%

Cycle financials

Source: FEC weball bulk file (cycle summary). Numbers in USD; 0 = no activity reported.

CycleRaisedSpentCash on handDebtsIndiv. contribs.
2026$-1,746$123,450$10,164$20,000,000$-2,314
2024$31,958,333$31,822,973$135,360$20,000,000$9,292,283

Elections

Committees

Election prediction

Cycle 2026 Β· model baseline-v1 Β· base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 23.1%

FeatureΞ” P(win)
Base rate (historical)15.1%
R (major party)+10.0%
senate race-2.0%

Baseline model (incumbency Γ— party Γ— office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

Independent expenditures

Money spent by super PACs and other non-connected committees for or against this candidate. Source: FEC Schedule E (independent_expenditure CSV bulk).

CycleSupportOpposeIEs
2024$7,324,669$40,092,545476

Recent (latest 25)

DateSpenderFor / againstAmountPurpose
β€”WINSENATEoppose$812,426Digital Media Buy - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$11,686Media Production Costs - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$999,340Media Buy - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$13,218Media Production Costs - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$14,200Digital Media Production Costs - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$673,971Media Buy - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$117,500Digital Media Buy - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$8,200Digital Media Production Costs - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$51,614Media Buy - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$406,017Digital Media Buy - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$51,614Media Buy - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$381,947Digital Media Buy - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$368,638Digital Media Buy - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$3,750Digital Media Production Costs - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$18,209Media Production Costs - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$698,297Media Buy - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$1,134,432Digital Media Buy - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$2,904,617Media Buy - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$5,000Digital Media Production Costs - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$7,288Media Production Costs - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$43,075Media Buy - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$400,000Media Buy - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$9,350Digital Media Production Costs - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$44,088Digital Media Production Costs - Estimate
β€”WINSENATEoppose$993,600Digital Media Buy - Estimate

Transfers from committees

Direct contributions from PACs and party committees. Source: FEC pas2 bulk (committee-to-candidate transactions).

DateFrom committeeTypeAmount
2025-03-03LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE NATIONAL KEYS…24K$-5,000

Connected on the graph

Inbound (100)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$1,372,588fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$8,200fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$400,349fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$11,000fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$12,064fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$51,614fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$698,297fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$2,176,243fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$593,600fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$812,426fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$457,529fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$685,917fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$9,350fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$51,614fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$13,218fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$1,134,432fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$3,349,311fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$500,000fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$18,209fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$3,750fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$85,245fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$13,600fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$570,148fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$400,349fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$310,571fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$14,813fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$249,835fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$993,600fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$2,904,617fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$381,947fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$999,340fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$11,686fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$14,200fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$5,500fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$5,000fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$400,000fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$144,486fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$12,171fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$117,500fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$673,971fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$406,017fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$368,638fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$43,075fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$7,288fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$44,088fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$21,314fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$3,131,020fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$32,046fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$19,561fec_ies
β€”WINSENATEopposes_independently$24,200fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDsupports_independently$5,182fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDsupports_independently$5,182fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDsupports_independently$2,591fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDsupports_independently$2,575fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDsupports_independently$5,182fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDsupports_independently$1,875fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDsupports_independently$5,182fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDsupports_independently$5,182fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDsupports_independently$33fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDsupports_independently$1,250fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDsupports_independently$2,575fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDsupports_independently$5,193fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTIONsupports_independently$15,545fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTIONsupports_independently$2,591fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTIONsupports_independently$2,600fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTIONsupports_independently$7,772fec_ies
β€”SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTIONsupports_independently$5,000fec_ies
β€”RED SENATEsupports_independently$891fec_ies
β€”RED SENATEsupports_independently$1,843fec_ies
β€”RED SENATEsupports_independently$544fec_ies
β€”RED SENATEsupports_independently$827fec_ies
β€”RED SENATEsupports_independently$923fec_ies
β€”RED SENATEsupports_independently$2,254fec_ies
β€”RED SENATEsupports_independently$1,297fec_ies
β€”RED SENATEsupports_independently$3,315fec_ies
β€”RED SENATEsupports_independently$630fec_ies
β€”RED SENATEsupports_independently$1,098fec_ies
β€”RED SENATEopposes_independently$894fec_ies
β€”RED SENATEsupports_independently$2,359fec_ies
β€”RED SENATEsupports_independently$1,349fec_ies
β€”RED SENATEsupports_independently$1,742fec_ies
β€”RED SENATEsupports_independently$1,222fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$58fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$510fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$61fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$99fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$84fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$23fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$85fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$47fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$16fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$65fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$319fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$534fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$90,000fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$88fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$59fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$184fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$88fec_ies
β€”POWER TO THE POLLS FEDERAL FUNDopposes_independently$18fec_ies

Outbound (2)

datetypetoamountrolesource
β€”principal_candidate_ofHOVDE FOR WISCONSINβ€”candidate_committees
β€”principal_candidate_ofHOVDE FOR WI SENATE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FUND 2024β€”candidate_committees

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