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U.S. House District 8
2026 Wisconsin U.S. House — District 8 — General Election · November 3, 2026
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Wisconsin Elections Commission — Candidates on Ballot by Election
2026 General Election - 11/3/2026
Candidate: Rick Crosson
Party: Democratic
Office: U.S. House District 8
Wisconsin Elections Commission
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2026 General Election - 11/3/2026
Rick Crosson
Democratic
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FEC committee ID: C00916064
FEC committee name: RICK CROSSON FOR CONGRESS
Published email: [email protected]
Published email: [email protected]
Published website: https://www.rickcrosson.com/
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FEC committee ID: C00916064
FEC committee name: RICK CROSSON FOR CONGRESS
Published email: [email protected]
Published email: [email protected]
Published website: https://www.rickcrosson.com/
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Born into a working-class family that valued hard work and integrity, Rick learned early that real leadership means showing up, taking responsibility, and helping others succeed. That lesson guided him through every chapter of his life.
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Born into a working-class family that valued hard work and integrity, Rick learned early that real leadership means showing up, taking responsibility, and helping others succeed. That lesson guided him through every chapter of his life.
In 1980, Rick joined the U.S. Army. Over the next two decades, he served as a Lieutenant Colonel and Master Army Aviator, flying surveillance missions along the Iron Curtain and later serving as the U.S. Military Liaison to Mexico, working out of the embassy to end the war on drugs. His final mission focused on international cooperation and public safety. Experiences that deepened his commitment to diplomacy, teamwork, and trust.
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In 1980, Rick joined the U.S. Army. Over the next two decades, he served as a Lieutenant Colonel and Master Army Aviator, flying surveillance missions along the Iron Curtain and later serving as the U.S. Military Liaison to Mexico, working out of the embassy to end the war on drugs. His final mission focused on international cooperation and public safety. Experiences that deepened his commitment to diplomacy, teamwork, and trust.
He’s served on the Green Bay Area Board of Education, where he helped guide tough decisions on school funding, boundaries, and a successful local referendum. He’s also given his time to the Greater Green Bay YMCA Board, the Brown County Library Board, and the UW–Stevens Point Business Advisory Council.
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He’s served on the Green Bay Area Board of Education, where he helped guide tough decisions on school funding, boundaries, and a successful local referendum. He’s also given his time to the Greater Green Bay YMCA Board, the Brown County Library Board, and the UW–Stevens Point Business Advisory Council.
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Work should pay enough to cover the basics, care for your family, and have a little breathing room. Rick will fight for wages that reflect what life actually costs in Wisconsin.
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Work should pay enough to cover the basics, care for your family, and have a little breathing room. Rick will fight for wages that reflect what life actually costs in Wisconsin.
Across Northeast Wisconsin, hospitals are closing their labor and delivery units, forcing women to drive long distances for prenatal care and to give birth, putting mothers and babies at risk. The strain falls hardest on rural and underserved communities. Rick will fight to keep maternal care close to home, reverse the closures pushing care out of reach, and back the investments that keep mothers healthy before, during, and after birth. Where you live should not decide whether you survive childbirth.
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Across Northeast Wisconsin, hospitals are closing their labor and delivery units, forcing women to drive long distances for prenatal care and to give birth, putting mothers and babies at risk. The strain falls hardest on rural and underserved communities. Rick will fight to keep maternal care close to home, reverse the closures pushing care out of reach, and back the investments that keep mothers healthy before, during, and after birth. Where you live should not decide whether you survive childbirth.
Dairy and crop prices swing wildly while input costs only go up. Rick will fight for policies that give family farms a fair, stable shot—and stand up to the consolidation squeezing them out.
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Dairy and crop prices swing wildly while input costs only go up. Rick will fight for policies that give family farms a fair, stable shot—and stand up to the consolidation squeezing them out.
Rent and home prices are crushing young workers, families, and seniors while Wall Street investors buy up neighborhoods. Rick supports building more affordable homes, protecting renters, and giving first-time buyers a fair shot.
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Rent and home prices are crushing young workers, families, and seniors while Wall Street investors buy up neighborhoods. Rick supports building more affordable homes, protecting renters, and giving first-time buyers a fair shot.
For families struggling to have children, fertility treatments like IVF are a path to the family they have always wanted. Rick will protect access to IVF and fertility care and stand against efforts to restrict it, because the decision to start or grow a family belongs to the people living it.
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For families struggling to have children, fertility treatments like IVF are a path to the family they have always wanted. Rick will protect access to IVF and fertility care and stand against efforts to restrict it, because the decision to start or grow a family belongs to the people living it.
A handful of corporations now control seeds, processing, and the supply chain, and they set the terms. Rick supports real competition and a fair marketplace, including the right to repair the equipment you own.
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A handful of corporations now control seeds, processing, and the supply chain, and they set the terms. Rick supports real competition and a fair marketplace, including the right to repair the equipment you own.
Groceries, prescriptions, child care, healthcare, utilities—the basics keep climbing while paychecks don’t. Rick will go after price-gouging and the corporate middlemen padding their profits on the backs of working people.
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Groceries, prescriptions, child care, healthcare, utilities—the basics keep climbing while paychecks don’t. Rick will go after price-gouging and the corporate middlemen padding their profits on the backs of working people.
Access to birth control is basic health care, and it is under threat. Rick will protect access to contraception for everyone in Northeast Wisconsin who needs it, and he will stand against any effort to put that decision in the hands of politicians.
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Access to birth control is basic health care, and it is under threat. Rick will protect access to contraception for everyone in Northeast Wisconsin who needs it, and he will stand against any effort to put that decision in the hands of politicians.
Reliable broadband, decent roads, and good local jobs aren’t luxuries—they’re what keep small towns alive. Rick will fight to bring that investment home.
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Reliable broadband, decent roads, and good local jobs aren’t luxuries—they’re what keep small towns alive. Rick will fight to bring that investment home.
Contraception, cancer screenings, prenatal care, and the full range of reproductive health services, including abortion, are health care. Rick supports a woman’s right to make these deeply personal decisions with her family, her faith, and her doctor, not a politician in Washington or Madison. He will protect access to reproductive health care and oppose efforts to criminalize the women who seek it or the doctors who provide it.
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Contraception, cancer screenings, prenatal care, and the full range of reproductive health services, including abortion, are health care. Rick supports a woman’s right to make these deeply personal decisions with her family, her faith, and her doctor, not a politician in Washington or Madison. He will protect access to reproductive health care and oppose efforts to criminalize the women who seek it or the doctors who provide it.
Young farmers can’t afford to start, and aging farmers have no one to pass the land to. Rick supports making it easier for the next generation to keep Wisconsin farming.
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Young farmers can’t afford to start, and aging farmers have no one to pass the land to. Rick supports making it easier for the next generation to keep Wisconsin farming.
From surprise bills to sky-high premiums, the system is built to confuse you and overcharge you. Rick will fight to cap out-of-pocket costs, to make prices clear and fair, and to remove barriers to medical care created by prior authorization requirements from insurers.
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From surprise bills to sky-high premiums, the system is built to confuse you and overcharge you. Rick will fight to cap out-of-pocket costs, to make prices clear and fair, and to remove barriers to medical care created by prior authorization requirements from insurers.
Rick served in the U.S. Army, and he knows the promise this country makes to the men and women who put on the uniform. Too often, Washington breaks that promise the moment they come home. Rick will make sure the people who served get what they were promised.
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Rick served in the U.S. Army, and he knows the promise this country makes to the men and women who put on the uniform. Too often, Washington breaks that promise the moment they come home. Rick will make sure the people who served get what they were promised.
We can secure the border and treat people like human beings.
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We can secure the border and treat people like human beings.
The medications people need to stay alive, like insulin and inhalers, should not cost a fortune. Rick supports Medicare negotiating drug prices and capping what families pay at the pharmacy counter.
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The medications people need to stay alive, like insulin and inhalers, should not cost a fortune. Rick supports Medicare negotiating drug prices and capping what families pay at the pharmacy counter.
Veterans shouldn’t wait months for care they’ve already earned. Rick will fight for timely, quality treatment and a VA that actually answers when a veteran calls.
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Veterans shouldn’t wait months for care they’ve already earned. Rick will fight for timely, quality treatment and a VA that actually answers when a veteran calls.
Most folks want the same commonsense thing: a system that’s orderly, fair, and actually works. After 40 years without comprehensive reforms, our immigration laws no longer reflect the realities of today’s world. Rick will work with anyone to solve the problem instead of running on it to win elections.
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Most folks want the same commonsense thing: a system that’s orderly, fair, and actually works. After 40 years without comprehensive reforms, our immigration laws no longer reflect the realities of today’s world. Rick will work with anyone to solve the problem instead of running on it to win elections.
Seniors paid into these programs their whole working lives. Rick will defend them against any attempt to cut, privatize, or gamble away the benefits people earned.
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Seniors paid into these programs their whole working lives. Rick will defend them against any attempt to cut, privatize, or gamble away the benefits people earned.
Too many veterans are lost to suicide and homelessness. Rick will fight for the mental health care, housing, and support that keep our veterans living with dignity and honor, fit for the sacrifices they made.
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Too many veterans are lost to suicide and homelessness. Rick will fight for the mental health care, housing, and support that keep our veterans living with dignity and honor, fit for the sacrifices they made.
An orderly, lawful, well-resourced border is the foundation of any working system. Rick supports giving border agents the people and tools to do the job right, focused on the real threats: shutting down the trafficking and fentanyl smuggling that hurt our communities. Securing the border and treating people humanely are not opposites, they are how a functioning system works.
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An orderly, lawful, well-resourced border is the foundation of any working system. Rick supports giving border agents the people and tools to do the job right, focused on the real threats: shutting down the trafficking and fentanyl smuggling that hurt our communities. Securing the border and treating people humanely are not opposites, they are how a functioning system works.
When a local hospital closes, a whole community pays the price. Rick will fight for the rural hospitals, clinics, and mental health and addiction care that Northeast Wisconsin depends on.
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When a local hospital closes, a whole community pays the price. Rick will fight for the rural hospitals, clinics, and mental health and addiction care that Northeast Wisconsin depends on.
The skills our service members build are second to none. Rick will protect the GI Bill and support good jobs, training, and education so veterans can build a strong civilian life.
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The skills our service members build are second to none. Rick will protect the GI Bill and support good jobs, training, and education so veterans can build a strong civilian life.
It should not take a decade and a fortune to immigrate the right way. Right now, legal pathways exist on paper but leave families, workers, and students waiting years or decades for visas they have already earned. Rick supports clearing those backlogs and modernizing the process so the system actually rewards people for following the rules.
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It should not take a decade and a fortune to immigrate the right way. Right now, legal pathways exist on paper but leave families, workers, and students waiting years or decades for visas they have already earned. Rick supports clearing those backlogs and modernizing the process so the system actually rewards people for following the rules.
Veterans’ benefits are not a line item to bargain over. They were earned. Rick will defend them.
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Veterans’ benefits are not a line item to bargain over. They were earned. Rick will defend them.
Wisconsin is America’s Dairyland, and our dairy farms and food processors rely on a year-round workforce. But our main farm visa does not fit the needs of our farmers, leaving them short-staffed and workers without legal footing. Others who are here legally, seeking asylum or under temporary protected status, wait months or longer for work permits while farms and factories sit short-handed. Rick supports modernizing our farm visa programs and clearing the work authorization backlogs so employers can plan ahead and workers are protected from exploitation. Wisconsin’s farms cannot keep running on a system Washington refuses to fix.
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Wisconsin is America’s Dairyland, and our dairy farms and food processors rely on a year-round workforce. But our main farm visa does not fit the needs of our farmers, leaving them short-staffed and workers without legal footing. Others who are here legally, seeking asylum or under temporary protected status, wait months or longer for work permits while farms and factories sit short-handed. Rick supports modernizing our farm visa programs and clearing the work authorization backlogs so employers can plan ahead and workers are protected from exploitation. Wisconsin’s farms cannot keep running on a system Washington refuses to fix.
During the Vietnam War, Hmong soldiers fought and died alongside American forces in Laos, and many made Wisconsin their home. Too many have never received the recognition or benefits they earned. Rick will fight to secure full recognition and the veterans’ benefits owed to Vietnam-era Hmong veterans for their service to the United States.
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During the Vietnam War, Hmong soldiers fought and died alongside American forces in Laos, and many made Wisconsin their home. Too many have never received the recognition or benefits they earned. Rick will fight to secure full recognition and the veterans’ benefits owed to Vietnam-era Hmong veterans for their service to the United States.
A fair and humane path means dealing honestly with the people already here who are working hard, paying taxes, and contributing, from Dreamers who grew up as our neighbors and classmates to the workers and families woven into our communities. Rick supports an earned, commonsense path to legal status for people who want to keep contributing.It also means a system that works while treating people decently: ending arbitrary and for-profit detention, guaranteeing due process, and clearing the backlogs that leave people waiting years or decades for visas. We can do all of this while keeping our country secure, and we should lean toward saying yes to people chasing their American Dream.
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A fair and humane path means dealing honestly with the people already here who are working hard, paying taxes, and contributing, from Dreamers who grew up as our neighbors and classmates to the workers and families woven into our communities. Rick supports an earned, commonsense path to legal status for people who want to keep contributing.It also means a system that works while treating people decently: ending arbitrary and for-profit detention, guaranteeing due process, and clearing the backlogs that leave people waiting years or decades for visas. We can do all of this while keeping our country secure, and we should lean toward saying yes to people chasing their American Dream.
For too long the rules have been written to benefit those at the very top. Rick believes tax-paying responsibility should be fairly distributed with the heavier burden on the wealthy.
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For too long the rules have been written to benefit those at the very top. Rick believes tax-paying responsibility should be fairly distributed with the heavier burden on the wealthy.
Wisconsin runs on agriculture, but the people who actually work the land are getting squeezed from every direction—by low prices, rising costs, and corporate giants that would rather buy them out than compete with them. Rick believes a strong rural economy starts with standing up for the family farmer.
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Wisconsin runs on agriculture, but the people who actually work the land are getting squeezed from every direction—by low prices, rising costs, and corporate giants that would rather buy them out than compete with them. Rick believes a strong rural economy starts with standing up for the family farmer.
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FEC candidate totals January 1, 2025 through July 22, 2026.
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Candidate ID: H6WI08205
Name: CROSSON, RICK
Office: House
State: WI
District: 08
Coverage start: 2025-01-01
Coverage end: 2026-07-22
Total receipts: $75430.04
Total disbursements: $39306.85
Cash on hand: $23332.11
Debts owed by committee: $0.00
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