WASHINGTON – Trump enthusiast Derrick Van Orden, who represents western Wisconsin in Congress, led the state’s House delegation for fundraising during the latest quarterly reporting period. The legally required report listed $864,000, mostly from GOP committees and partisan lobbying agencies that give to issue-friendly political action committees to pass on to candidates whose favors they seek. The donations raised Van Orden’s war chest for re-election to $1.4 million. Among other third-quarter reports from members of the Wisconsin delegation:
> Bryan Steil, R-Janesville: $593,000.
> Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelburst: $205,000. Earlier, in the year’s second-quarter report, when Tiffany was actively considering a run against Senator Tammy Baldwin, he raised $113,000.