The Green Papers: Wisconsin 2024 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary and Special Primary House CD 8: Tuesday 13 August 2024
✓ General Election and Special Election House CD 8: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Monday 15 April - Monday 3 June 2024 - Deadline: Primary/Independent/Third/Minor .
Tuesday 14 May - Monday 3 June 2024 - Filing - Special Election House CD 8 .
Monday 1 July - Tuesday 6 August 2024 - Filing Deadline - Independent President .
Tuesday 13 August 2024 - Primary and Special Primary House CD 8 . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p CDT (1200-0100 UTC).
Tuesday 22 October 2024 - Filing Deadline - Write-in (declaration for President) .
Tuesday 5 November 2024 - General Election and Special Election House CD 8 . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p CST (1300-0200 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

Wisconsin 2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


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)].


Upcoming Events, Required documents, and Candidates from the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

Election Information from the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

Primary results from a media source.

General Election Returns from the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

 
           

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 2024
 Candidate list (8, 6 write-ins)
  Elected Republican 1,699,313 49.71% former President Donald John Trump
for Vice President: Ohio Senator James D. "J.D." Vance
(10 Electoral Votes)
FEC P80001571; 08 Aug 24; Tot $29,134; Dsb $29,134
  Candidate Democratic 1,669,767 48.85% Vice President  Kamala Devi Harris
for Vice President: Minnesota Governor Timothy J. "Tim" Walz
FEC P00009423; 16 Oct 24; Tot $997,236,360; Dsb $880,268,088
  Candidate We The People 17,668 0.52% Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr.
for Vice President: Nicole Ann Shanahan
FEC P40011793; 16 Oct 24; Tot $62,846,924; Dsb $61,628,901
  Candidate Wisconsin Green 12,259 0.36% former Lexington Town Meeting Member Jill Ellen Stein
for Vice President: Rudolph T. "Butch" Ware, III
FEC P20003984; 30 Sep 24; Tot $2,582,503; Dsb $2,668,132
  Candidate Libertarian 10,508 0.31% Chase Russell Oliver
for Vice President: Mike ter Maat
FEC P40011983; 16 Oct 24; Tot $441,081; Dsb $435,801
  Candidate Constitution 4,050 0.12% Randall Allan Terry
for Vice President: Stephen E. Broden
FEC P40019218; 16 Oct 24; Tot $381,026; Dsb $363,591
  Candidate Justice For All 2,745 0.08% Cornel Ronald West
for Vice President: Melina Abdullah
FEC P40013708; 16 Oct 24; Tot $1,345,338; Dsb $1,338,498
  Candidate Socialism and Liberation 2,026 0.06% Claudia De la Cruz
for Vice President: Karina Alexandra Garcia
FEC P40015406; 16 Oct 24; Tot $360,917; Dsb $333,692
  Candidate Write-in; (American Solidarity) 8 0.00% Connecticut Regional School Board of Education Member  Peter A. Sonski
FEC P40013724; 16 Oct 24; Tot $86,006; Dsb $63,189
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican)     Cherunda Lynn Fox
FEC P60005303
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Douglas "Doug" Jenkins
for Vice President: Kimberly LaLonde
FEC P00011635
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Brian Larry Kienitz
FEC P40021198
  Candidate Write-in; (Unaffiliated)     André Ramon McNeil, Sr.
FEC P40015265
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Future Madam Potus
for Vice President: Jessica Kennedy
FEC P40021735
Total 3,418,344 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 118th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Senator  Tammy Baldwin
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
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
Renominated
 Candidate list (4, 2 write-ins)
  Elected Democratic 1,674,236 49.38% Senator  Tammy Baldwin
FEC S2WI00219; 16 Oct 24; Tot $42,944,507; Dsb $43,598,002
  Candidate Republican 1,645,398 48.53% Eric D. Hovde
FEC S4WI00256 or S2WI00268

FEC S4WI00256; 16 Oct 24; Tot $29,531,138; Dsb $25,920,194
  Candidate Disrupt The Corruption; (Libertarian) 42,425 1.25% Phillip Norman "Phil" Anderson
FEC S4WI00173; 16 Oct 24; Tot $51,364; Dsb $49,586
  Candidate America First 28,750 0.85% Thomas Charles Leager
FEC S4WI00280; 16 Oct 24; Tot $23,776; Dsb $23,600
  Candidate Write-in; (American Independent)     Scott Alan Aubart
FEC S4WI00181
  Candidate Write-in     John Schiess
Total 3,390,809 100.00%  

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

118th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
6 Republican (5 Renominated, 1 Undetermined);
2 Democratic (2 Renominated)

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress  Bryan George Steil
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Elected Republican 212,398 54.09% Member of Congress  Bryan George Steil
FEC H8WI01156; 16 Oct 24; Tot $5,317,032; Dsb $4,554,685
  Candidate Democratic 172,082 43.82% former Member of Congress  Peter William Barca
First elected in a Special Election: 4 May 1993 (re: to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Member of Congress Leslie Aspin); unsuccessful candidate for reelection: 1994.
FEC H4WI01197 or H4WI01056

FEC H4WI01197; 16 Oct 24; Tot $1,984,192; Dsb $1,851,179
  Candidate Wisconsin Green 8,182 2.08% Chester Todd, Jr.
FEC H4WI01205
Total 392,662 100.00%  

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Member of Congress  Mark Pocan
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Elected Democratic 319,693 70.08% Member of Congress  Mark Pocan
FEC H2WI02124; 16 Oct 24; Tot $967,115; Dsb $993,271
  Candidate Republican 136,464 29.92% Erik Olsen
FEC H2WI02181; 16 Oct 24; Tot $168,106; Dsb $141,471
Total 456,157 100.00%  

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress  Derrick F. Van Orden
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Elected Republican 211,935 51.42% Member of Congress  Derrick F. Van Orden
FEC H0WI03175; 16 Oct 24; Tot $6,627,347; Dsb $5,751,974
  Candidate Democratic 200,247 48.58% Rebecca Cooke
FEC H4WI03169 or H2WI03130

FEC H4WI03169; 16 Oct 24; Tot $5,300,456; Dsb $4,939,305
Total 412,182 100.00%  

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Member of Congress  Gwendolynne S. "Gwen" Moore
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
First elected: 2004
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Elected Democratic 250,161 74.91% Member of Congress  Gwendolynne S. "Gwen" Moore
FEC H4WI04183; 16 Oct 24; Tot $1,203,656; Dsb $1,193,967
  Candidate Republican 75,000 22.46% Tim Rogers
FEC H4WI04274 or H8WI04069

FEC H4WI04274
  Candidate Independent 8,796 2.63% Robert R. Raymond
FEC H2WI05242 or H4WI04266 or H8WI05124

FEC H2WI05242
Total 333,957 100.00%  

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 5
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress  Scott L. Fitzgerald
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Elected Republican 300,413 64.45% Member of Congress  Scott L. Fitzgerald
FEC H0WI05113; 16 Oct 24; Tot $1,223,539; Dsb $763,477
  Candidate Democratic 165,740 35.55% Ben Steinhoff
FEC H4WI05115; 16 Oct 24; Tot $80,660; Dsb $48,644
Total 466,153 100.00%  

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 6
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress  Glenn S. Grothman
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Elected Republican 251,627 61.11% Member of Congress  Glenn S. Grothman
FEC H4WI06048; 16 Oct 24; Tot $931,270; Dsb $863,113
  Candidate Democratic 160,142 38.89% John Zarbano
FEC H4WI06139; 16 Oct 24; Tot $42,360; Dsb $47,946
Total 411,769 100.00%  

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 7
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress  Thomas "Tom" Tiffany
• Re-elected Tuesday 5 November 2024
First elected in a Special Election: 12 May 2020 [re: resignation of Member of Congress Sean P. Duffy]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Renominated
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Elected Republican 273,883 63.63% Member of Congress  Thomas "Tom" Tiffany
FEC H0WI07101; 16 Oct 24; Tot $1,196,053; Dsb $1,331,761
  Candidate Democratic 156,551 36.37% Kyle Kilbourn
FEC H4WI07129; 16 Oct 24; Tot $214,632; Dsb $179,620
Total 430,434 100.00%  

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 8
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Tony Wied
First elected in a 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 5 November 2024
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Elected Republican 240,490 57.37% Tony Wied
FEC H4WI08119; 16 Oct 24; Tot $1,484,474; Dsb $1,231,894
  Candidate Democratic 178,680 42.63% Kristin Lyerly
FEC H4WI08101; 16 Oct 24; Tot $2,382,760; Dsb $1,802,518
Total 419,170 100.00%  
 Member of Congress Michael John "Mike" Gallagher (Republican), who was first elected in 2016, resigned on 20 April 2024.
10 February 2024: Member of Congress Gallagher: "I have decided not to run for re-election."
22 March 2024: Member of Congress Gallagher: "... I have made the decision to resigned my position as a member of the House of Representatives for Wisconsin's Eighth Congressional District effect April 19, 2024." Per Wisconsin law. A vacancy in that office 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)]
20 April 2024: Member of Congress Gallagher resigned.
14 May 2024: Governor Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers (Democratic) called [Executive Order #226] a special election to fill the vacancy created by Congressman Mike Gallagher's resignation. The special primary is held concurrent with the 13 August regular primary and the special general election is concurrent with the 5 November general election. The winner of the special election will serve until 3 January 2025. The filing of nomination papers is from 14 May to 3 June 2024.
5 November 2024: Tony Wied (Republican) is elected in a concurrent Regular and Special Election.

Special Election - 118th Congress
CD 8
Seat up for special election
Special Election
 
Seat up for special election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Special Election - The election is to fill the vacant seat caused by the 19 April resignation of Member of Congress Michael John "Mike" Gallagher.
 Candidate list (2)
  Elected Republican 242,121 57.38% Tony Wied
FEC H4WI08119; 16 Oct 24; Tot $1,484,474; Dsb $1,231,894
  Candidate Democratic 179,839 42.62% Kristin Lyerly
FEC H4WI08101; 16 Oct 24; Tot $2,382,760; Dsb $1,802,518
Total 421,960 100.00%  
 14 May 2024: Governor Anthony Steven "Tony" Evers (Democratic) called [Executive Order #226] a special election to fill the vacancy created by Congressman Mike Gallagher's resignation. The special primary is held concurrent with the 13 August regular primary and the special general election is concurrent with the 5 November general election. The winner of the special election will serve until 3 January 2025. The filing of nomination papers is from 14 May to 1 June 2024.

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

  Nonpartisan Public Instruction Superintendent  Jill Underly
First elected: 6 April 2021
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 1 April 2025
 

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, 11 candidates
  Republican: 8 incumbents, 12 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: 2 candidates
  Wisconsin Green (affiliate of Green): 2 candidates
Other Third Parties
  America First: 1 candidate
  American Independent (affiliate of America's Independent): 1 candidate
  American Solidarity: 1 candidate
  Disrupt The Corruption: 1 candidate
  Justice For All: 1 candidate
  Justice Party
  Socialism and Liberation: 1 candidate
  Right to Life
  Unity
  We The People: 1 candidate
Independents
  (blank): 1 incumbent
  Independent: 5 candidates
  Nonpartisan: 1 incumbent
  The Wisconsin Party
  Unaffiliated: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 8 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.


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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