2022 Wisconsin Attorney General election

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2022 Wisconsin Attorney General election
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Nominee Josh Kaul Eric Toney
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,333,3691,298,369
Percentage50.64%49.31%
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Kaul:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Toney:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%     No data
Attorney General before election

Josh Kaul
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Josh Kaul
Democratic

The 2022 Wisconsin Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Wisconsin. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul won re-election to a second term. Party nominees were selected in a partisan primary on August 9, 2022.

Contents

Kaul won re-election by a margin of 1.33%.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Josh Kaul (incumbent) 461,024 100.0%
Total votes461,024 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Adam Jarchow

U.S. Representatives

State legislators

  • Dave Craig, former state senator [20]
  • Joe Handrick, former state assemblyman [20]
  • Treig Pronschinske, state assemblyman [20]
  • John Spiros, state assemblyman [20]
  • Tom Weatherston, former state assemblyman [20]
  • 29 other state legislators [18] [21] [20] [19]

Sheriffs

Police chiefs

Local officials

Organizations

Individuals

Ryan Owens (withdrawn)

State Supreme Court Justices

  • Michael Gablemnan, former justice (2008–2018) [29]
  • Dan Kelly, former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice (2016–2020) [29]
  • David Prosser, former justice (1998–2016) [29] (switched endorsement to Toney after Owens withdrew)
  • Jon Wilcox, former justice (1992–2007) [29]

Speakers of the Wisconsin Assembly

  • Ben Brancel, former speaker of the assembly (1997–1999) [29] (switched endorsement to Toney after Owens withdrew)
  • John Gard, former speaker of the assembly (2003–2007) [29] (switched endorsement to Toney after Owens withdrew)
  • Michael Huebsch, former speaker of the assembly (2007–2009) [29] (switched endorsement to Toney after Owens withdrew)

State legislators

Sheriffs

Individuals

Eric Toney

U.S. Representatives

State Supreme Court Justices

State legislators

District attorneys

Local officials

Sheriffs

Police chiefs

Individuals

Organizations

Declined to endorse

Organizations

Debate and virtual town hall

2022 Wisconsin Attorney General Republican primary debate and virtual town hall
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Republican Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Eric Toney Adam Jarchow Karen Mueller
1Jul. 20, 2022 WISN (AM) Dan O'Donnell [46] PPP
2Aug. 3, 2022 Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Scott Manley YouTube PPA

Results

Results by county Toney 30-40% 40-50% 60-70% Jarchow 30-40% 40-50% 60-70% Mueller 30-40% 40-50% 2022 Wisconsin Attorney General Republican primary election results map by county.svg
Results by county
  Toney
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   60–70%
  Jarchow
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   60–70%
  Mueller
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
Republican primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Eric Toney 222,902 37.43%
Republican Adam Jarchow 220,04536.95%
Republican Karen Mueller152,58125.62%
Total votes595,528 100.0%

General election

Debates

2022 Wisconsin Attorney General debates
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Josh Kaul Eric Toney
1 [47] Oct. 27, 2022 State Bar of Wisconsin
Wispolitics.com
WISC-TV 		Eric Franke YouTube PP
2Oct. 27, 2022 WISN-TV Matt Smith YouTube [a]
YouTube [b]
YouTube [c]
YouTube [d]
YouTube 		PP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [48] TossupNovember 3, 2022
Elections Daily [49] Leans R (flip)November 7, 2022

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [e] 		Margin
of error		Josh
Kaul (D)		Eric
Toney (R)		Undecided
The Trafalgar Group (R) [50] November 2–4, 20221,095 (LV)± 2.9%47%50%3%

Results

Wisconsin Attorney General election, 2022 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Josh Kaul (incumbent) 1,333,369 50.64% +1.23%
Republican Eric Toney1,298,36949.31%+0.55%
Write-in 1,5390.06%+0.01%
Plurality35,0001.33%+0.68%
Total votes2,633,277 100.0% -0.36%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Despite losing the state, Toney won 6 of 8 congressional districts. [51]

DistrictKaulToneyRepresentative
1st 49%51% Bryan Steil
2nd 72%28% Mark Pocan
3rd 49.5%50.4% Ron Kind (117th Congress)
Derrick Van Orden (118th Congress)
4th 77%23% Gwen Moore
5th 38%62% Scott L. Fitzgerald
6th 42%58% Glenn Grothman
7th 41%59% Tom Tiffany
8th 43%57% Mike Gallagher

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Notes

  1. ↑ Part 1
  2. ↑ Part 2
  3. ↑ Part 3
  4. ↑ Part 4
  5. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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