# WI-01 — 2026 U.S. House Race (Tier 2) > [!info] Tier 2 light file > Condensed tracking page. **Promotion trigger met Sept 25, 2026** (Cook moved it to Lean) — candidate for a full Tier 1 dossier. Southeast Wisconsin (Racine/Kenosha-to-suburban-Milwaukee) seat held by Republican **Bryan Steil**, who won 2024 by ~10 points. A swing-ish district where Steil consistently outruns the partisan lean; Cook moved it Likely → **Lean Republican** on Sept 25, 2026, putting it closer to the flip-target tier than at any point this cycle. **Ratings:** Cook **Lean Republican** — moved from Likely Republican on **Sept 25, 2026**, one of 15 House races Cook shifted toward Democrats that day. ## Outside-money log — FEC Form 24 notices ### Receipt date 2026-10-08 — $1,025,785.12 from [[Fairshake PAC]], all positive On e-file receipt date **2026-10-08** the crypto industry's [[Fairshake PAC]] (FEC committee **C00835959**) filed a single Form 24 notice — file **2018439**, an original (`F24N`) received at **16:08:07** — carrying **$6,115,866.36 across six House races**, every line **supporting** the candidate. This district's share is **$1,025,785.12**. | Committee | File | Amount | Direction | Payee | |---|---|---|---|---| | **[[Fairshake PAC]]** | **2018439** | **$1,011,985.12** | **support** Bryan Steil | Main Street Media Group | | [[Fairshake PAC]] | 2018439 | $13,800.00 | **support** Bryan Steil | Dockside Strategies | 🔴 **The notice is bipartisan, and its two media vendors are not.** Three of the six beneficiaries are Republicans — Bryan Steil (WI-01), French Hill (AR-02) and [[Bill Huizenga]] (MI-04) — and their **$3,026,296.36** went through **Main Street Media Group**. The other three are Democrats — Janelle Bynum (OR-05), Steven Horsford (NV-04) and [[Derek Tran]] (CA-45) — and their **$3,000,000.00** went through **Targeted Platform Media**. **Dockside Strategies** is on all six. The six primary lines land within **$11,985.12** of one another, which reads as one budget divided six ways rather than six race-specific decisions. This is below the Deals **§7.4a** $10M single-notice floor and is logged here rather than built as a Deal. The same network's Republican-side arm filed **$11,019,087.01** for [[Jon Husted]] in the same tranche through Main Street Media Group — see [[Defend American Jobs 11M Ohio Senate IE October 2026]]. The aggregate column on these rows is not a district total. These are a **first read** of receipt date 2026-10-08. Source: `docquery.fec.gov/dcdev/posted/2018439.fec` ## Related - [[2026 House Races Hub]] - [[WI-03-2026]] — Wisconsin's toss-up seat