A new report is highlighting that Rebecca Cooke is all-in for New York City Socialist Zohran Mamdani.
This follows Rebecca Cooke touting the endorsement of far-left radical Bernie Sanders while saying she is “very progressive where it counts.”
“We fully support radical Rebecca Cooke embracing her ‘very progressive’ policies and promoting the Cooke-Mamdani agenda. Wisconsinites will definitely love to hear how she plans to turn Wisconsin into socialist-run New York City!” – NRCC spokesman Zach Bannon
Read more from The Washington Free Beacon here or see excerpts below:
Wisconsin Democrat Running in Swing House District Calls her Politics ‘Somewhere in the Middle’ — Then Endorses NYC Socialist Mamdani
Thaleigha Rampersad and Meghan Blonder
The Washington Free Beacon
September 19, 2025
Rebecca Cooke, the Wisconsin Democrat expected to take on Republican incumbent Derrick Van Orden in the state’s swingy third district, has repeatedly described her politics as “somewhere in the middle,” complaining that “everyone in Washington is either too far left or too far right.” Then she endorsed Zohran Mamdani, the socialist frontrunner in New York City’s mayoral race.
A potential voter at La Crosse County Democrats’ monthly meeting on Monday asked Cooke who she “would be supporting for mayor” if she lived in New York City.
“Mamdani,” she said to applause.
Cooke’s support for the socialist stands in stark contrast with her efforts to bill herself as a moderate Democrat. Mamdani has promised to pursue a range of far-left policies, such as raising taxes to fund free buses and city-owned grocery stores and freezing rent. He’s also consistently defended the anti-Semitic slogan “globalize the intifada.”
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Cooke’s history also casts doubt on her moderate bona fides. In 2021 and 2022, she sat on the steering committee for Opportunity Wisconsin, an alias of the George Soros-backed North Fund, a D.C.-based dark money group, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Cooke did not return a request for comment.
