The Green Papers: Wisconsin 2025 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Spring Primary: Tuesday 18 February 2025 (presumably)
Spring Election: Tuesday 1 April 2025 (presumably)
Tuesday 18 February 2025 (presumably) - Spring Primary . Polling hours reportedly 7:00a-8:00p CST (1300-0200 UTC).
Tuesday 1 April 2025 (presumably) - Spring Election . Polling hours reportedly 7:00a-8:00p CDT (1200-0100 UTC).
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:5,897,473 (1.90% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:10(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 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


A vacancy in the office of U.S. senator or representative in congress occurring prior to the 2nd Tuesday in April in the year of the general election shall be filled at a special primary and election. A vacancy ... occurring between the 2nd Tuesday in April and the 2nd Tuesday in May in the year of the general election shall be filled at the partisan primary and general election. [WI Statutes Chapter 8.50 (4)(b)].

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 119th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator  Tammy Baldwin
First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2018, 2024.
[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 2030

Class 3 Republican Senator  Ronald Harold "Ron" Johnson
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016, 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: None, All Governors

  Democratic Governor  Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers
First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Green     Jill Ferguson
  Candidate Independent     Jacob Veenhuis

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Elected on a ticket with- but nominated separately from- the Governor

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor  Sara Russell Rodriguez
First elected: 2022
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

119th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2026, 2028. No Term Limit. 119th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
6 Republican (6 Undetermined);
2 Democratic (2 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 1 Republican Member of Congress  Bryan George Steil
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 2 Democratic Member of Congress  Mark Pocan
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 Candidate list (1) - 120th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Erik Olsen
FEC H2WI02181; 25 Nov 24; Tot $183,590; Dsb $160,338

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 3 Republican Member of Congress  Derrick F. Van Orden
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 4 Democratic Member of Congress  Gwendolynne S. "Gwen" Moore
First elected: 2004
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 5 Republican Member of Congress  Scott L. Fitzgerald
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 6 Republican Member of Congress  Glenn S. Grothman
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 7 Republican Member of Congress  Thomas "Tom" Tiffany
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 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 8 Republican Member of Congress Tony Wied
First elected in a concurrent Regular and Special Election: 5 November 2024 [re: 20 April 2024 resignation of Member of Congress Michael John "Mike" Gallagher (Republican)]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Democratic Secretary of State  Sarah Godlewski
Appointed 17 March 2023 [re: resignation of Douglas "Doug" La Follette (Democratic).]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 

Secretary of State Douglas "Doug" La Follette (Democratic) resigned on 17 March 2023. He was first elected in 1974; elected in 1982; and subsequently re-elected in 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022.

Governor Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers (Democratic) has appointed former Treasurer Sarah Godlewski (Democratic) to fill out the remainder of the term which ends in 2027. Sarah Godlewski was first elected Treasurer in 2018 and served 1 term.


Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Democratic Attorney General  Joshua "Josh" Kaul
First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Republican Treasurer  John Samuel Leiber
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2021, 2025

Seat up for regular election Nonpartisan Public Instruction Superintendent  Jill Underly
First elected: 6 April 2021
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 1 April 2025
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Sauk Prairie School Superintendent  Jeff Wright
 

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): 7 incumbents, 1 candidate
  Republican: 8 incumbents, 1 candidate
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)
  Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Libertarian
  Wisconsin Green (affiliate of Green)
Other Third Parties
  Justice Party
  Right to Life
  Unity
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
  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
  Wisconsin Assembly Democrats
  Wisconsin Senate Democrats
  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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