The Green Papers: Wisconsin 2019 General Election
 
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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. 116th 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)
  Candidate 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

116th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116th 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
  Candidate Democratic     Joshua Jerry "Josh" Randazza-Pade
FEC H0WI01104; 30 Sep 19; Tot $26,217; Dsb $17,001
  Candidate Republican     John Baker
  Candidate Republican     Jeremy J. Ryan
  Candidate 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
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Mark Pocan
FEC H2WI02124; 30 Sep 19; Tot $393,358; Dsb $228,144
  Candidate Republican     Jeffery David Heller
FEC H0WI02078
  Candidate 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
  Candidate Democratic     Justin Bonner
FEC H0WI03100; 30 Sep 19; Tot $146; Dsb $69
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Ronald James "Ron" Kind
FEC H6WI03099; 30 Sep 19; Tot $753,231; Dsb $277,264
  Candidate Democratic     Mark Neumann
Duplicate FEC ids H2WI01035 and H0WI03118

FEC H0WI03118; 30 Sep 19; Tot $13,262; Dsb $6,563
  Candidate Republican     Brandon Lamar Cook
FEC H0WI03126
  Candidate 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
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Gwendolynne S. "Gwen" Moore
FEC H4WI04183; 30 Sep 19; Tot $464,722; Dsb $415,675
  Candidate Republican     Tim Rogers
  Candidate 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
  Candidate Democratic     Tom Palzewicz
FEC H8WI05165; 30 Sep 19; Tot $15,464; Dsb $1,967
  Candidate 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
  Candidate Democratic     Matthew L. "Matt" Boor
FEC H0WI06178
  Candidate Democratic     former state Senator Jessica Jeane "Jess" King
FEC H0WI06186
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Glenn S. Grothman
FEC H4WI06048; 30 Sep 19; Tot $500,816; Dsb $207,216
  Candidate Republican     Melissa M. McClintick
FEC H0WI06160
  Candidate 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
  Candidate Democratic     Tricia Zunker
FEC H0WI07135
  Candidate 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)
  Candidate Democratic     Lawrence Dale
  Candidate Democratic     Wausau School Board President Tricia Zunker
FEC H0WI07135
  Candidate Republican     Jason Church
FEC H0WI07127
  Candidate Republican     Michael Paul Opela, Sr.
FEC H0WI07119
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Thomas "Tom" Tiffany
FEC H0WI07101; 30 Sep 19; Tot $242,300; Dsb $1,351
  Candidate 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
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative Amanda Stuck
FEC H0WI08125; 30 Sep 19; Tot $52,124; Dsb $21,506
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Michael John "Mike" Gallagher
FEC H6WI08155; 30 Sep 19; Tot $1,396,272; Dsb $434,224
  Candidate 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
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Constitution (affiliates)
  Libertarian
  Wisconsin Green (affiliate of Green)
Other Third Parties
  Justice Party
  Right to Life
  Unity
Independents
  (blank): 1 incumbent
  Independent: 3 candidates
  Nonpartisan: 1 incumbent
  The Wisconsin Party
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Not readily classifiable
 
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.


Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/2wiscon.html
Election Authority
  Wisconsin Elections Commission
  Wisconsin Secretary of State
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Republican Caucus
  Wisconsin Assembly Democrats
  Wisconsin Senate Democrats
  Wisconsin Senate Republicans
  Wisconsin State Legislature
  Wisconsin State Legislature
Democratic
  The Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Republican
  Republican Party of Wisconsin
Third Party
  Constitution Party of Wisconsin
  Constitution Party of Wisconsin
  Justice Party of Wisconsin
  Libertarian Party of Wisconsin
  Progressive Dane
  The Unity Party of Wisconsin
  The Wisconsin Party
  Wisconsin Green Party
  Wisconsin Right to Life
Media & others
  Greater Milwaukee Today
  LaCrosse Tribune
  Leader-Telegram - Eau Claire
  Politics1.com - Wisconsin
  The Capital Times, Wisconsin State Journal - Madison
  The Chippewa Herald
  The Daily Press - Ashland
  The Janesville Gazette
  The Journal Times - Racine
  The Kenosha News
  The Wheeler Report - Madison
  Watertown Daily Times
  WISC TV - IBS - Madison
  Wisconsin Radio Network - Madison
  Wisconsin Vote - University of Wisconsin
  WisPolitics.com
  WKOW TV - ABC - Madison

 


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