CATCH UP QUICK: What to Know About the WI-01 Race Between Mitchell Berman and Bryan Steil

Refresh your memory on what Michiganders have learned about Bryan Steil: 

• Steil has been with Trump at every step: he cut health care, backed tariffs, and supported the Iran War that’s driving up prices.
• Steil voted to give his wealthy billionaire donors a massive tax cut, paid for by gutting health care for Wisconsin families and driving up their health insurance costs and higher taxes on the middle class. Steil’s vote made the biggest cuts to Medicaid in history, which will kick 270,000 people in Wisconsin off their insurance, jack up premiums by as much as 800%, and threaten to close rural hospitals across Wisconsin.
• Steil took tens of thousands of dollars from PACs for some of the largest data center developers, then voted for the law handing over $80 billion in tax breaks to the industry, using taxpayer money to make his donors richer while data centers eat up Wisconsin farmland, drain the water supply, and drive up electricity costs for everyone else. And Steil “owns up to $50,000 in stock from GE Vernova, the main company powering the nation’s new data center developments.”
• Steil’s net worth has almost doubled since taking office, and his “stock portfolio was the fourth most profitable among members of Congress in 2025.”

Key reads on the WI-01 race: 

• Associated Press: Democrats eye Wisconsin Republican incumbent as congressional map expands in hopes of a blue wave
• Milwaukee Courier: Pharma lobbyists give Bryan Steil donations, in turn he votes in their favor
• Wisconsin Examiner: Congressional stock trading is not a good issue for Bryan Steil
• NBC: Democratic candidates emphasize their support for gun rights in tight midterm races
• Milwaukee Courier: Bryan Steil took $40k from Blackstone executives before voting against renters, thousands more from Wall Street, banks, mortgage providers
• Wisconsin Independent: Steil campaign received $17,000 from Microsoft as company builds Wisconsin data centers
• Milwaukee Courier: Bryan Steil has a financial stake in the data center boom he supports
• The Guardian: Working-class ER nurse seeks to flip battleground Wisconsin House seat

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