2022 Wisconsin Attorney General election

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2022 Wisconsin Attorney General election
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  2018 November 8, 20222026 
  Attorney Josh Kaul.jpg Eric Toney.jpg
Nominee Josh Kaul Eric Toney
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,333,3691,298,369
Percentage50.6%49.3%

2022 Wisconsin Attorney General election results map by county.svg
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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

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]
  • John Spiros, state assemblyman [20]
  • Joe Handrick, former state assemblyman [20]
  • Tom Weatherston, former state assemblyman [20]
  • Treig Pronschinske, state assemblyman [20]
  • 29 other state legislators [18] [21] [20] [19]
Sheriffs
Police chiefs
Local officials
Organizations

Wisconsin Young Republicans [26]

  • Wisconsin Right to Life [27] (co-endorsed with Toney)
Individuals
Ryan Owens (withdrawn)
State Supreme Court Justices
  • Dan Kelly, former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice (2016–2020) [29]
  • Michael Gablemnan, former justice (2008–2018) [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

Debate & Virtual Townhall

2022 Wisconsin Attorney General republican primary debate & virtual townhall
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 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 [46] Oct. 27, 2022 State Bar of Wisconsin
Wispolitics.com
WISC-TV
Eric Franke YouTube PP
2Oct. 27, 2022 WISN-TV Matt Smith YouTube [lower-alpha 1]
YouTube [lower-alpha 2]
YouTube [lower-alpha 3]
YouTube [lower-alpha 4]
YouTube
PP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [47] TossupNovember 3, 2022
Elections Daily [48] Leans R (flip)November 7, 2022

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 5]
Margin
of error
Josh
Kaul (D)
Eric
Toney (R)
Undecided
The Trafalgar Group (R) 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

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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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