2022 Wisconsin Secretary of State election

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2022 Wisconsin Secretary of State election
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Nominee Doug La Follette Amy Loudenbeck
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,268,7481,261,306
Percentage48.30%48.01%
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La Follette:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Loudenbeck:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%
     No data
Secretary of State before election

Doug La Follette
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Doug La Follette
Democratic

The 2022 Wisconsin Secretary of State election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of Wisconsin. Incumbent Democrat Doug La Follette won re-election to an unprecedented 12th term in the office, narrowly defeating Republican state legislator Amy Loudenbeck. With a margin of 0.29%, this was the closest secretary of state race of the 2022 election cycle.

Contents

Background

The secretary of state is one of Wisconsin's six constitutional officers. Once one of the most powerful offices in the state, its role has slowly been diminished as duties were reassigned or eliminated over time. In 1974 election oversight was stripped from the duties of the office and in 2013 the office lost the ability to delay the publicization of laws passed by the legislature, a move which helped unions prepare for Act 10's implementation. [1] [2] [3]

As part of broader attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, Republicans, having historically weakened the office, began a push to put election oversight back under the purview of the secretary of state, as opposed to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, which Republicans had created to replace the previous nonpartisan Government Accountability Board, which oversaw elections and ethics. [3] [4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Alexia Sabor

Statewide officials

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Doug
La Follette		Alexia
Sabor		Undecided
Change Research (D) [7] [A] July 1–7, 2022560 (LV)± 4.6%42%9%43%

Results

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Primary results by county:
  La Follette
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Democratic primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Doug La Follette (incumbent) 300,773 63.63%
Democratic Alexia Sabor171,95436.37%
Total votes472,727 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Daniel Schmidtka [9]
  • Jay Schroeder, nominee for secretary of state in 2018 [10]

Withdrew before primary

  • Dmitry Becker [9] (endorsed Loudenbeck) [11]

Endorsements

Amy Loudenbeck

U.S. Representatives

Statewide officials

State legislators

Individuals

Organizations

Jay Schroeder

State legislators

Declined to endorse

Organizations

Results

Primary results by county: Loudenbeck 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Schroeder 40-50% 2022 Wisconsin Secretary of State GOP primary.svg
Primary results by county:
  Loudenbeck
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Schroeder
  •   40–50%
Republican primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Amy Loudenbeck 264,940 46.32%
Republican Jay Schroeder228,19139.90%
Republican Justin Daniel Schmidtka78,84613.78%
Total votes571,977 100.0%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Neil Harmon [9]

Results

Libertarian primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Neil Harmon 769 100.0%
Total votes769 100.0%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [20] TossupNovember 3, 2022
Elections Daily [21] Lean R (flip)November 7, 2022

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Doug
La Follette (D)		Amy
Loudenbeck (R)		OtherUndecided
CNN/SSRS [22] October 13–17, 2022905 (RV)± 4.2%47%46%6% [b] 1%
714 (LV)± 4.5%49%48%2% [c] 1%

Results

2022 Wisconsin Secretary of State election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Doug La Follette (incumbent) 1,268,748 48.30% −4.44%
Republican Amy Loudenbeck 1,261,30648.01%+0.83%
Libertarian Neil Harmon54,4132.07%N/A
Green Sharyl R. McFarland41,5321.58%N/A
Write-in 9440.04%-0.04%
Plurality7,4420.28%-5.16%
Total votes2,626,943 100.0% -1.87%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Despite losing the state, Loudenbeck won 6 of 8 congressional districts. [23]

DistrictLa FolletteLoudenbeckRepresentative
1st 46%50% Bryan Steil
2nd 70%26% Mark Pocan
3rd 46%50% Ron Kind (117th Congress)
Derrick Van Orden (118th Congress)
4th 75%21% Gwen Moore
5th 36%61% Scott L. Fitzgerald
6th 40%56% Glenn Grothman
7th 38%58% Tom Tiffany
8th 40%56% Mike Gallagher

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Neither" with 4%; "Other" with 2%
  3. ↑ "Neither" with 1%; "Other" with 1%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ This poll was sponsored by 314 Action Fund

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  2. ↑ "2013 Wisconsin Act 5". Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
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  22. ↑ CNN/SSRS
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