HOVDE, ERIC

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. Senate · Wisconsin · Statewide · Election 2024 · ChallengerS4WI00256

Overview

Raised: -$1,746vs $32M 2023–2024
Spent: $123.4Kvs $31.8M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $10.2Kvs $135.4K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $20Mvs $20M 2023–2024

FEC candidate summary totals through Sep 30, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Compliance review · No open linked indicators

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

No open indicators are linked in the published index. This is not a compliance clearance.

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. Senate · Wisconsin · Statewide
Reported party: Republican
Election year: 2024
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Prior-cycle candidate
Principal campaign committee: HOVDE FOR WISCONSIN (C00870139)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions-$550
Unitemized individual contributions-$1,764

Largest itemized receipts

MACHADO, LIONELRepublicanDerived from contributions$0RETIRED · Feb 2, 2025
MACHADO, LIONELRepublicanDerived from contributions$0RETIRED · Feb 4, 2025
BETMAN, RACHEL99% Republican · 0% unclassifiedDerived from contributions-$3RETIRED · Mar 13, 2025
BETMAN, RACHEL

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$96.8K
Contribution refunds$23.4K

Largest operating payments

HOVDE, ERIC D$38.7KEXPENSE REIMB- SEE MEMOS · Feb 27, 2025
GEHRKE, JORDAN$20KSTRATEGIC CONSULTING · Aug 19, 2025
TACKABERRY, JOSHUA$20KSTRATEGIC CONSULTING · Apr 18, 2025
PUSH DIGITAL LLC$3,698DIGITAL FUNDRAISING/WEB SERVICE · Aug 19, 2025
MELISSA DATA CORP$2,260RESEARCH · Aug 19, 2025
RALLY DIGITAL$1,875WEB SERVICE · May 8, 2025
ENVISIONINK PRINTING SOLUTIONS$1,822PRINTING · Apr 8, 2025
CMDI$900SOFTWARE · Aug 6, 2025
CMDI$900SOFTWARE · Jul 8, 2025
CMDI

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month: -$550 raised and -$5,000 spent over 3 months.

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Financial timeline

2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. Senate
State / district: Wisconsin · Statewide
Party affiliation: Republican
Race status: Challenger
Candidate status: Prior-cycle candidate
Election year: 2024
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 2055 · MADISON, Wisconsin, 53701
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

2024 THUNE REPUBLICAN SENATE VICTORYC00837435 Joint fundraising participantHOVDE FOR WISCONSINC00870139
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1802753Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
RECLAIM THE MAJORITYC00872101 Joint fundraising participantHOVDE FOR WISCONSINC00870139
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1812417Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
HOVDE VICTORY COMMITTEEC00875583 Joint fundraising participantHOVDE FOR WISCONSINC00870139
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1815582Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
BATTLEGROUND VICTORY 2024C00888503 Joint fundraising participantHOVDE FOR WISCONSINC00870139
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1814426Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
HOVDE FOR WISCONSINC00870139 Authorized candidateHOVDE, ERICS4WI00256
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
HOVDE FOR WISCONSINC00870139 Authorized candidateHOVDE, ERIC DS2WI00268
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
HOVDE FOR WISCONSINC00870139 Connected organizationCORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEEReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
BUILD WISCONSIN PACC00879858 Leadership PAC sponsorHOVDE, ERICS4WI00256
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1889741Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026
Contribution refunds: $23,425
Debts owed by committees: $20,000,000
Last report: Not reported

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hashe6ac16d607e884c4ca85a8a30093a7fce071858db8ddbcf69f80d6f0f619b09a

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