Wisconsin 2019 General Election

The Green Papers: Wisconsin 2019 General Election

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Wisconsin
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

✓ Monday 2 December 2019 - Filing deadline: Special Election CD 7 .

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	5,698,230	(1.84% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	10	(1.86% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	8	(1.84% of 435)
Voter Registration:	Wisconsin has election day registration at the polls.
Capital:	Madison

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Wisconsin State and Local Government

Wisconsin 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 116^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Tammy Baldwin • First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2018. [Previously served in the U.S. House: First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010] • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

Class 3		Republican	Senator Ronald Harold "Ron" Johnson • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (1)

		*Republican*		*Senator Ronald Harold "Ron" Johnson* • FEC S0WI00197

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: None, All Governors

		Democratic	Governor Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers • First elected: 2018 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Elected on a ticket with- but nominated separately from- the Governor

		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

116^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 4 Republican (3 Undetermined, 1 Open); 3 Democratic (3 Undetermined); 1 Vacancy

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1		Republican	Congressman Bryan George Steil • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress

		Democratic		Joshua Jerry "Josh" Randazza-Pade • FEC H0WI01104; 30 Sep 19; Tot $26,217; Dsb $17,001

		Republican		John Baker
		Republican		Jeremy J. Ryan
		*Republican*		*Congressman Bryan George Steil* • FEC H8WI01156; 30 Sep 19; Tot $1,281,980; Dsb $456,165

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2		Democratic	Congressman Mark Pocan • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Mark Pocan* • FEC H2WI02124; 30 Sep 19; Tot $393,358; Dsb $228,144

		Republican		Jeffery David Heller • FEC H0WI02078

		Independent		Bradley J. Burt

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 3		Democratic	Congressman Ronald James "Ron" Kind • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list (5) - 117th Congress

		Democratic		Justin Bonner • FEC H0WI03100; 30 Sep 19; Tot $146; Dsb $69
		*Democratic*		*Congressman Ronald James "Ron" Kind* • FEC H6WI03099; 30 Sep 19; Tot $753,231; Dsb $277,264
		Democratic		Mark Neumann • Duplicate FEC ids H2WI01035 and H0WI03118 • FEC H0WI03118; 30 Sep 19; Tot $13,262; Dsb $6,563

		Republican		Brandon Lamar Cook • FEC H0WI03126
		Republican		Kevin John Ruscher

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 4		Democratic	Congressman Gwendolynne S. "Gwen" Moore • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Gwendolynne S. "Gwen" Moore* • FEC H4WI04183; 30 Sep 19; Tot $464,722; Dsb $415,675

		Republican		Tim Rogers
		Republican		Cindy Werner • FEC H0WI04132

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 5		Republican	Congressman Frank James "Jim" Sensenbrenner, Jr. • First elected: 1978 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Open Seat - 4 September 2019: "I think the time has come to basically turn over the page in the Fifth District."
	Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress

		Democratic		Tom Palzewicz • FEC H8WI05165; 30 Sep 19; Tot $15,464; Dsb $1,967

		Republican		state Senator Scott L. Fitzgerald • FEC H0WI05113; 30 Sep 19; Tot $25,543; Dsb $439

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 6		Republican	Congressman Glenn S. Grothman • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list (5) - 117th Congress

		Democratic		Matthew L. "Matt" Boor • FEC H0WI06178
		Democratic		former state Senator Jessica Jeane "Jess" King • FEC H0WI06186

		*Republican*		*Congressman Glenn S. Grothman* • FEC H4WI06048; 30 Sep 19; Tot $500,816; Dsb $207,216
		Republican		Melissa M. McClintick • FEC H0WI06160
		Republican		Michael Opela • FEC H0WI07119

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 7 Vacant		Republican	Congressman Sean P. Duffy • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Vacant Office - 26 August 2019: Resigning effective 23 September 2019 - "After eight and a half years, the time has come for me to focus more on the reason we fight these battles - family ... On September 23, I will step down...." Governor Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers (Democratic) will call a special election to fill the vacant seat. 23 September 2019: Formerly resigned.
	Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress

		Democratic		Tricia Zunker • FEC H0WI07135

		Independent		Ken Driessen
	Congressman Sean P. Duffy (Republican) who was first elected in 2010, announced his resignation on 26 August 2019 effective 23 September 2019 - "After eight and a half years, the time has come for me to focus more on the reason we fight these battles - family ... On September 23, I will step down...." Governor Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers (Democratic) will call a special election to fill the vacant seat.

Special Election - 116th Congress
CD 7			• Seat up for special election: Tuesday 12 May 2020 • Special Election
	Candidate list (6)

		Democratic		Lawrence Dale
		Democratic		Wausau School Board President Tricia Zunker • FEC H0WI07135

		Republican		Jason Church • FEC H0WI07127
		Republican		Michael Paul Opela, Sr. • FEC H0WI07119
		Republican		state Senator Thomas "Tom" Tiffany • FEC H0WI07101; 30 Sep 19; Tot $242,300; Dsb $1,351
		Republican		Spencer Zimmerman
	26 August 2019: Congressman Sean P. Duffy Republican announced his resignation effective 23 September 2019. Governor Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers (Democratic) will call a special election to fill the vacant seat. 23 September 2019: Governor Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers (Democratic) called a special election to fill the vacant seat. The candidate filing deadline is 2 December 2019, the party primaries are 30 December 2019, and the special general election on 27 January 2020. 1 October 2019: Special Primary rescheduled due to federal law mandating that absentee ballots be shipped out to federal and overseas voters at least 45 days before election day. 18 October 2019: Governor Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers (Democratic) called a special election to fill the vacant seat. The candidate filing deadline is 2 December 2019, the party primaries are 18 February 2020, and the special general election on 12 May 2020.

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 8		Republican	Congressman Michael John "Mike" Gallagher • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress

		Democratic		state Representative Amanda Stuck • FEC H0WI08125; 30 Sep 19; Tot $52,124; Dsb $21,506

		*Republican*		*Congressman Michael John "Mike" Gallagher* • FEC H6WI08155; 30 Sep 19; Tot $1,396,272; Dsb $434,224

		Independent		Robbie Hoffman • Independent Environmental Candidate

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Democratic	Secretary of State Douglas "Doug" La Follette • First elected: 1974; elected: 1982; re-elected 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Democratic	Attorney General Joshua "Josh" Kaul • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Democratic	Treasurer Sarah Godlewski • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2017, 2021

		Nonpartisan	Public Instruction Superintendent Carolyn Stanford-Taylor • Appointed 7 January 2019 [re: resignation of Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers having won the Governor's chair in 2018]. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 April 2021
	A non-partisan primary is held when there are more than 2 candidates for Superintendent of Public Instruction. 27 December 2018: Governor-elect and State Superintendent Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers announced his intention to appoint Assistant State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor as the new Public Instruction Superintendent following his oath of office on 7 January 2019. 7 January 2019: Public Instruction Superintendent Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers resigned upon taking the oath of office having won the Governor's chair in 2018. He was first elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2013 and 2017.

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Democratic (affiliates): 9 incumbents, 13 candidates
	• Republican: 6 incumbents, 18 candidates
Independents
	• (blank): 1 incumbent
	• Independent: 3 candidates
	• Nonpartisan: 1 incumbent
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.