
Candidate for U.S. Representative, Wisconsin District 1
Mitchell Berman
Mitchell Berman is an emergency room nurse from Raymond who spent more than a decade as a nurse at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and is running for office for the first time. His campaign centers on health care costs, lowering living costs and ethics rules for members of Congress.
- Current or most recent role
- Emergency room nurse
- Hometown
- Raymond
- Campaign website
- bermanforcongress.com
Why they say you should vote for them
The candidate's own case to voters, summarized from their campaign and public statements.
- Says he is running to fix the health care system, end corruption in Washington and lower costs for Wisconsin families.[3]
- Describes himself as a working-class nurse and union member, saying that background lets him look at legislation with empathy for what people are dealing with.[1],[4]
- Says he does not take corporate PAC money and never will.[2]
Background
Where they stand
- Health CareSupports restoring Affordable Care Act subsidies, reversing the Medicaid cuts in the 2025 reconciliation law, raising the number of drugs Medicare can negotiate, creating a public option and making $35 insulin available to everyone.[2],[3]
- Elections & DemocracySupports overturning Citizens United, requiring disclosure of election funding, and banning stock trading by members of Congress, the president and the vice president and their families.[2],[3]
- Economy & JobsSupports raising the federal minimum wage, passing the PRO Act and rolling back tariffs on lumber and building materials that he says raise the cost of new homes.[2]
- Foreign PolicySays Congress should decide when the country goes to war and supports ending the war in Iran.[2]
- AbortionSupports protecting reproductive freedom and access to reproductive health care, and funding rural maternity care.[2]
Voting record
Mitchell Berman has not held an office with a recorded voting record. See Background and Where they stand.
In their words
Sources
- Mitchell Berman for Congress, Mitchell Berman campaign
- Priorities, Mitchell Berman campaign
- Mitchell Berman (Candidate Connection survey), Ballotpedia
- Working-class ER nurse seeks to flip battleground Wisconsin House seat, The Guardian, September 3, 2026
- National Democrats add Steil challenger Berman to 'Red to Blue' initiative, Wisconsin Public Radio, September 15, 2026
- Democrat Mitchell Berman will face GOP Rep. Bryan Steil in 1st Congressional District, Wisconsin Public Radio, August 11, 2026
- Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District election, 2026, Ballotpedia
Photo: Mitchell Berman for Congress (Campaign photo).
Last reviewed October 10, 2026. Spot an error or something missing? Report a correction.
Also running for U.S. Representative, Wisconsin District 1
- Bryan Steil (Republican)