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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 | |||||||||||||||||
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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.
Kaul won re-election by a margin of 1.33%.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Josh Kaul (incumbent) | 461,024 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 461,024 | 100.0% |
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No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Republican | Republican | Republican |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | |||||||
Eric Toney | Adam Jarchow | Karen Mueller | |||||
1 | Jul. 20, 2022 | WISN (AM) | Dan O'Donnell | [46] | P | P | P |
2 | Aug. 3, 2022 | Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce | Scott Manley | YouTube | P | P | A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Eric Toney | 222,902 | 37.43% | |
Republican | Adam Jarchow | 220,045 | 36.95% | |
Republican | Karen Mueller | 152,581 | 25.62% | |
Total votes | 595,528 | 100.0% |
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Republican |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||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 | P | P |
2 | Oct. 27, 2022 | WISN-TV | Matt Smith | YouTube [a] YouTube [b] YouTube [c] YouTube [d] YouTube | P | P |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Sabato's Crystal Ball [48] | Tossup | November 3, 2022 |
Elections Daily [49] | Leans R (flip) | November 7, 2022 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [e] | Margin of error | Josh Kaul (D) | Eric Toney (R) | Undecided |
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The Trafalgar Group (R) [50] | November 2–4, 2022 | 1,095 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 47% | 50% | 3% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Josh Kaul (incumbent) | 1,333,369 | 50.64% | +1.23% | |
Republican | Eric Toney | 1,298,369 | 49.31% | +0.55% | |
Write-in | 1,539 | 0.06% | +0.01% | ||
Plurality | 35,000 | 1.33% | +0.68% | ||
Total votes | 2,633,277 | 100.0% | -0.36% | ||
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Despite losing the state, Toney won six of eight congressional districts. [51]
District | Kaul | Toney | Representative |
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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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