Representative · Wisconsin's 3rd district

Derrick Van Orden

Derrick Van Orden is a Republican representative for Wisconsin's 3rd district, in Congress since 2023. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 56, and cast 425 of 440 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2023
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6758.3%56 of 675 · rank 38 of 43997%425 of 440 · rank 329 of 439302 became law18%74 of 412
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2243.3%40 of 1,224 · rank 165 of 44290%751 of 833 · rank 371 of 442310 became law20%63 of 321

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.38+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 175–254· Against party
  2. H.R. 5408: Faster Labor Contracts ActYea
    Jun 9, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 230–193· Against party
  3. H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Nay
    Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 186–238· Against party
  4. H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Yea
    Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment, as Modified· Agreed to 233–194· Against party
  5. H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 136–291· Against party
  6. H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Jan 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 164–268· Against party
  7. H.R. 1834: To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.Yea
    Jan 8, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 230–196· Against party
  8. H.R. 2550: Protect America's Workforce ActYea
    Dec 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 231–195· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

61 sponsored · 2 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced5285%
  2. Reported by committee11.6%
  3. Passed one chamber69.8%
  4. Became law23.3%

Policy areas

  1. Armed Forces and National Security36
  2. Agriculture and Food5
  3. Government Operations and Politics5
  4. Congress3
  5. Health2
  6. Immigration2
  7. Transportation and Public Works2
  8. Crime and Law Enforcement1

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 10067 Ride in Freedom Act
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Aug 6, 2026
  2. H.R. 9942 House Our Heroes Act
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jul 30, 2026
  3. H.R. 9665 VA Police Security Enhancement Act
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Jul 22, 2026
  4. H.R. 9664 K–9 Hero Act of 2026
    Introduced· Government Operations and Politics· Jul 14, 2026
  5. H.R. 6904 Veterans Readiness and Employment Improvement and Accountability Act
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· May 20, 2026
  6. H.R. 8532 VA Home Loan Affordability Act
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Apr 27, 2026
  7. H.R. 982 Warriors to Workforce Act
    Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· Feb 24, 2026
  8. H.R. 3385 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue certain regulations to update the definition of motorcycle, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Transportation and Public Works· Feb 10, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Wisconsin's 3rd district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$2B
Per resident
$2,756
Rank in Wisconsin
1 of 8
Contract actions
1,136
New awards: 502

By fiscal year

  1. 410.8MFY2017
  2. 642.3MFY2018
  3. 683.5MFY2019
  4. 658.1MFY2020
  5. 966MFY2021
  6. 1BFY2022
  7. 1BFY2023
  8. 4.2BFY2024
  9. 2.7BFY2025
  10. 2BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$1.9B92%
  2. Department of the Army$77.5M3.8%
    Department of Defense
  3. Agricultural Marketing Service$36.1M1.8%
    Department of Agriculture
  4. Defense Health Agency$11M0.5%
    Department of Defense
  5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$10.8M0.5%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. Food and Drug Administration$7.8M0.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  7. Defense Logistics Agency$4.9M0.2%
    Department of Defense
  8. Federal Bureau of Investigation$4.7M0.2%
    Department of Justice

Top recipients

  1. OPTUMSERVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.$1.9B93%
    12 awards
  2. BUSHMANS' INC.$22.3M1.1%
    19 awards
  3. GRYPHON ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC$11.2M0.6%
    2 awards
  4. ADVANCIA GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC$9.4M0.5%
    1 award
  5. THE LEWIN GROUP, INC.$9M0.4%
    3 awards
  6. AMERITECH CONTRACTING LLC$5.7M0.3%
    2 awards
  7. VANQUISH WORLDWIDE L.L.C.$5.6M0.3%
    1 award
  8. CCS KING GEORGE LLC$4.7M0.2%
    1 award
  9. WILDCARD CORP$4.7M0.2%
    1 award
  10. ERICA LANE ENTERPRISES INC$4.2M0.2%
    1 award
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$7.5M
through Jul 22, 2026
Cash on hand
$4.7M
From committees
$1.1M
280 committees
From contractor PACs
$80K
19 PACs · 7% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$10KAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac$10KSPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization$6.6M
google llcgoogle llc netpac$8,000GOOGLE LLCAI match · 94% · the same organization$9.1M
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee$7,500CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$130.5K
the northwestern mutual life insurance companythe northwestern mutual life insurance company political action committee (nmpac)$5,500NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO, THEAI match · 100% · the same organization—
dairy farmers of america, inc.dairy farmers of america, inc. political action committee; aka dfa-pac$5,000DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$3.3M
chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation$5,000CHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$713.4K
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$5,000AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac)$4,000GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$29.3K
mortgage bankers associationmortgage bankers association political action committee (morpac)$3,000MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization$125K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$7.5M$1.1M$80K19 PACs · 7% of committee money
2024$7.7M$1M$76.5K19 PACs · 8% of committee money
2022$6.5M$305.7K$10K5 PACs · 3% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Wisconsin's 3rd districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Wisconsin's 3rd districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
vanorden.house.gov
Phone
202-225-5506
Office
1513 Longworth House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.