The Green Papers: Wisconsin 2020 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Special Primary Election House CD 7: Tuesday 18 February 2020
✓ Special General Election House CD 7: Tuesday 12 May 2020
✓ Primary: Tuesday 11 August 2020
✓ General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Monday 2 December 2019 - Filing deadline: Special Election CD 7 .
Tuesday 18 February 2020 - Special Primary Election House CD 7. Polling hours reportedly 7:00a-8:00p CST (1300-0200 UTC).
Tuesday 12 May 2020 - Special General Election House CD 7. Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p CDT (1200-0100 UTC).
Monday 1 June 2020 - Filing Deadline: Primary/Independent/Third/Minor .
Tuesday 4 August 2020 - Filing Deadline - Independent President .
Tuesday 11 August 2020 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p CDT (1200-0100 UTC).
Tuesday 20 October 2020 - Filing Deadline - Write-in (declaration for President) .
Friday 30 October 2020 - Filing Deadline - Write-in (registration) .
Tuesday 3 November 2020 - General Election . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p CST (1300-0200 UTC).
 
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


2020 Partisan Primary and Presidential Preference Primary and 2020 General Election from the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

2020 Calendar of Election Events and 2020 Wisconsin Election Dates from the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

11 August 2020 Primary results from a media source.


Fall 2020 General Election (candidates) from the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

3 November 2020 returns from the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

circa 18 November 2020: The Trump campaign has requested a recount of the vote in Milwaukee and Dane counties. Trump trails Biden by 0.64%. The results of the 2020 General Election are to be certified on 1 December 2020.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 10 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2020
 Candidate list (5, 8 write-ins)
  Elected Democratic 1,630,866 49.45% former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.
for Vice President: California Senator Kamala D. Harris
(10 Electoral Votes)
FEC P80000722; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,064,613,463; Dsb $1,063,053,521
  Candidate Republican 1,610,184 48.82% President Donald John Trump
for Vice President: Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence
FEC P80001571; 23 Nov 20; Tot $717,303,371; Dsb $718,174,436
  Candidate Libertarian 38,491 1.17% Jo Jorgensen
for Vice President: Jeremy "Spike" Cohen
FEC P00013524; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,405,357; Dsb $3,373,521
  Candidate Scattering 6,367 0.19% SCATTERING
  Candidate American Solidarity 5,259 0.16% Brian T. Carroll
for Vice President: Amar Patel
FEC P00013771
  Candidate Constitution 5,146 0.16% Don Blankenship
for Vice President: William Alan Mohr
FEC P00014209; 20 Dec 20; Tot $83,880; Dsb $83,880
  Candidate Write-in; (Green) 1,089 0.03% Howie Gresham Hawkins
for Vice President: Angela Nichole Walker
FEC P00012211; 23 Nov 20; Tot $495,566; Dsb $476,095
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 411 0.01% Kanye "Deez Nutz" West
for Vice President: Michelle Tidball
FEC P00016741; 23 Nov 20; Tot $14,442,390; Dsb $12,135,513
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialism and Liberation) 110 0.00% Gloria Estela La Riva
for Vice President: Sunil Freeman
FEC P80005572; 23 Nov 20; Tot $43,674; Dsb $39,726
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 52 0.00% Mark Robert Charles
for Vice President: Adrian D. Wallace
FEC P00012039; 23 Nov 20; Tot $157,733; Dsb $155,506
  Candidate Write-in; (Becoming One Nation) 36 0.00% Jade Simmons
for Vice President: Caudeliah J. Rose
FEC P00015537; 23 Nov 20; Tot $125,500; Dsb $72,644
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 25 0.00% Kasey J. Wells
FEC P00007864; 14 Oct 20; Tot $10,625; Dsb $10,578
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 5 0.00% President R19 Boddie
FEC P00017202
Total 3,298,041 100.00%  

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 (2, 1 write-in)
  Candidate Democratic     former state Representative Tom Nelson
FEC S0WI00247; 30 Sep 20; Tot $0; Dsb $2,102
  Candidate Republican     Senator Ronald Harold "Ron" Johnson
FEC S0WI00197
  Candidate Write-in; (Democratic)     Samuel Nicholas D'Amico
FEC S2WI00300

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):
5 Republican (4 Renominated, 1 Open);
3 Democratic (3 Renominated)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Bryan George Steil
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 238,271 59.31% Member of Congress Bryan George Steil
FEC H8WI01156; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,509,327; Dsb $3,140,947
  Candidate Democratic 163,170 40.61% Roger Polack
FEC H0WI01120; 23 Nov 20; Tot $547,347; Dsb $523,884
  Candidate Scattering 313 0.08% SCATTERING
Total 401,754 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Member of Congress Mark Pocan
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress
  Elected Democratic 318,523 69.67% Member of Congress Mark Pocan
FEC H2WI02124; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,270,168; Dsb $1,019,815
  Candidate Republican 138,306 30.25% Daniel Peter Theron
FEC H8WI02121; 31 Dec 20; Tot $47,898; Dsb $46,122
  Candidate Scattering 376 0.08% SCATTERING
Total 457,205 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Member of Congress Ronald James "Ron" Kind
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 1996
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress
  Elected Democratic 199,870 51.30% Member of Congress Ronald James "Ron" Kind
FEC H6WI03099; 23 Nov 20; Tot $2,980,887; Dsb $4,350,646
  Candidate Republican 189,524 48.64% Derrick F. Van Orden
FEC H0WI03175; 31 Dec 20; Tot $2,001,281; Dsb $1,974,324
  Candidate Scattering 224 0.06% SCATTERING
Total 389,618 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Member of Congress Gwendolynne S. "Gwen" Moore
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2004
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress
  Elected Democratic 232,668 74.65% Member of Congress Gwendolynne S. "Gwen" Moore
FEC H4WI04183; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,192,114; Dsb $1,149,499
  Candidate Republican 70,769 22.70% Tim Rogers
FEC H8WI04069
  Candidate Independent 7,911 2.54% Robert R. Raymond
FEC H4WI04266
  Candidate Scattering 349 0.11% SCATTERING
Total 311,697 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 5
Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Member of Congress 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."
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 265,434 60.11% state Senator Scott L. Fitzgerald
FEC H0WI05113; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,135,699; Dsb $938,006
  Candidate Democratic 175,902 39.83% Tom Palzewicz
FEC H8WI05165; 23 Nov 20; Tot $370,492; Dsb $361,840
  Candidate Scattering 263 0.06% SCATTERING
Total 441,599 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 6
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Glenn S. Grothman
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 2 write-ins) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 238,874 59.23% Member of Congress Glenn S. Grothman
FEC H4WI06048; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,819,461; Dsb $1,716,391
  Candidate Democratic 164,239 40.72% former state Senator Jessica Jeane "Jess" King
FEC H0WI06186; 23 Nov 20; Tot $292,680; Dsb $248,605
  Candidate Scattering 220 0.05% SCATTERING
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Dennis Paulaha
Total 403,333 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 7
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Thomas "Tom" Tiffany
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected in a Special Election: 12 May 2020 [re: resignation of Member of Congress Sean P. Duffy]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 252,048 60.73% Member of Congress Thomas "Tom" Tiffany
FEC H0WI07101; 23 Nov 20; Tot $2,638,437; Dsb $2,516,595
  Candidate Democratic 162,741 39.21% Wausau School Board President Tricia Zunker
FEC H0WI07135; 31 Dec 20; Tot $1,276,510; Dsb $1,247,243
  Candidate Scattering 218 0.05% SCATTERING
Total 415,007 100.00%  
 Member of Congress 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...."
23 September 2019: Formerly resigned.
Governor Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers (Democratic) will call a special election to fill the vacant seat.
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.
12 May 2020: State Senator Thomas "Tom" Tiffany won the Special Election.

Special Election - 116th Congress
CD 7
Seat up for special election
Special Election
 
Seat up for special election: Tuesday 12 May 2020
Special Election
 Candidate list (2, 3 write-ins)
  Elected Republican 109,498 57.11% state Senator Thomas "Tom" Tiffany
FEC H0WI07101; 23 Nov 20; Tot $2,638,437; Dsb $2,516,595
  Candidate Democratic 82,135 42.84% Wausau School Board President Tricia Zunker
FEC H0WI07135; 31 Dec 20; Tot $1,276,510; Dsb $1,247,243
  Candidate Scattering 82 0.04% SCATTERING
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican) 3 0.00% Michael Opela
FEC H0WI07119; 30 Jun 20; Tot $6,971; Dsb $6,714
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 2 0.00% Dennis Paulaha
Total 191,720 100.00%  
 26 August 2019: Member of Congress 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.
7th Congressional District Special Election from the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
18 February 2020: Results from a media source.
12 May 2020: Results from a media source.
12 May 2020: Returns from the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 8
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Michael John "Mike" Gallagher
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 268,173 64.18% Member of Congress Michael John "Mike" Gallagher
FEC H6WI08155; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,278,018; Dsb $2,857,914
  Candidate Democratic 149,558 35.79% state Representative Amanda Stuck
FEC H0WI08125; 23 Nov 20; Tot $424,558; Dsb $392,110
  Candidate Scattering 107 0.03% SCATTERING
Total 417,838 100.00%  

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
Open Seat - Retiring
 Candidate list (4)
  Candidate Democratic     Assistant State Superintendent Sheila Briggs
  Candidate Democratic     former West Salem School District Superintendent Troy Gunderson
  Candidate Democratic     Pecatonica Area School District Administrator Jill Underly
  Candidate Republican     former Brown Deer School District Superintendent Deb Kerr
 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, 15 candidates
  Republican: 6 incumbents, 13 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): 1 candidate
  Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
  American Solidarity: 1 candidate
  Becoming One Nation: 1 candidate
  Socialism and Liberation: 1 candidate
Independents
  (blank): 1 incumbent
  Independent: 7 candidates
  Nonpartisan: 1 incumbent
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Scattering: 10 candidates
  Write-in: 11 candidates
 
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.


 


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