2026 Wisconsin elections

2026 Wisconsin elections

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The 2026 Wisconsin fall general election will take place in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 3, 2026. All of Wisconsin's partisan executive and administrative offices will be up for election, as well as all of Wisconsin's eight seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. The fall election will also fill the seventeen odd-numbered seats in the Wisconsin Senate and all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 108th Wisconsin Legislature. The 2026 Wisconsin fall primary will take place on August 11, 2026.

The 2026 Wisconsin spring election will take place on April 7, 2026. One seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as well as various nonpartisan local and judicial offices will be up for election. The 2026 spring primary will take place on February 17, 2026.

Federal offices

U.S. House

Main article: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin

District		Incumbent			This race
Location	2022 PVI [1]	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Wisconsin 1	R+3	Bryan Steil	Republican	2018	Incumbent running	▌Miguel Aranda (Democratic) [2] ▌Mitchell Berman (Democratic) [3] ▌Randy Bryce (Democratic) [4] ▌Gage Stills (Democratic) [5] ▌ Bryan Steil (Republican) [6]
Wisconsin 2	D+19	Mark Pocan	Democratic	2012	Incumbent's intent unknown
Wisconsin 3	R+4	Derrick Van Orden	Republican	2022	Incumbent running	▌Emily Berge (Democratic) [7] ▌Rebecca Cooke (Democratic) [8] ▌ Derrick Van Orden (Republican) [9]
Wisconsin 4	D+25	Gwen Moore	Democratic	2004	Incumbent's intent unknown
Wisconsin 5	R+14	Scott Fitzgerald	Republican	2020	Incumbent's intent unknown	▌Andrew Beck (Democratic) [10] ▌Ben Steinhoff (Democratic) [11]
Wisconsin 6	R+10	Glenn Grothman	Republican	2014	Incumbent's intent unknown	▌Kelly Brown (Democratic) [10] ▌Aaron Wojciechowski (Democratic) [12]
Wisconsin 7	R+12	Tom Tiffany	Republican	2020 (special)	Incumbent retiring to run for governor [13]	▌Chris Armstrong (Democratic) [10] ▌Jessi Ebben (Republican) [14]
Wisconsin 8	R+10	Tony Wied	Republican	2024 (special)	Incumbent running	▌Rick Crosson (Democratic) [15] ▌Mark Scheffler (Democratic) [16] ▌ Tony Wied (Republican) [17]

State offices

Executive

All of Wisconsin's partisan executive offices will be up for election in November 2026 with partisan primaries held on August 11.

Governor

Main article: 2026 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

Incumbent Democratic governor Tony Evers, first elected in 2018, has announced that he will not run for re-election. This will be the first open seat gubernatorial election in Wisconsin since 2010.

Lieutenant governor

Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Sara Rodriguez, first elected in 2022, has announced that she will not run for re-election as lieutenant governor, and will instead seek the Democratic nomination for governor.

Attorney general

Main article: 2026 Wisconsin Attorney General election

Incumbent Democratic attorney general Josh Kaul, first elected in 2018, is running for a third four year term.

Secretary of state

Main article: 2026 Wisconsin Secretary of State election

Incumbent Democratic secretary of state Sarah Godlewski, first appointed in 2023, is eligible to run for a full four year term, but will not do so. This will be the first open seat secretary of state election in Wisconsin since 1978.

Treasurer

Main article: 2026 Wisconsin State Treasurer election

Incumbent Republican state treasurer John Leiber, first elected in 2022, is running for re-election.

Legislature

State senate

     Republican incumbent
     Democratic incumbent
     Democratic and Republican incumbent
     No incumbent
     No election

Main article: 2026 Wisconsin Senate election

		Party (majority caucus shading)		Total
		Democratic	Republican
Last election (2024)		6	10	16
Total after last election (2024)		15	18	33
Total before this election		15	18	33
Up for election		5	12	17
of which:	Incumbent retiring	0	0	0
	Vacated	0	0	0
	Open	0	1	1
	Unopposed	0	0	0

State assembly

     Republican incumbent
     Republican incumbent retiring
     Democratic incumbent
     Democratic incumbent retiring

Main article: 2026 Wisconsin State Assembly election

		Party (majority caucus shading)		Total
		Democratic	Republican
Last election (2024)		35	64	99
Total after last election (2024)		45	54	99
Total before this election		45	54	99
Up for election		45	54	99
of which:	Incumbent retiring	2	1	3
	Open	2	1	3
	Moving districts	0	0	0
	Vacated	0	0	0
	Unopposed	0	0	0

Judiciary

State Supreme Court

Main article: 2026 Wisconsin Supreme Court election

A regularly scheduled Wisconsin Supreme Court election will be on the ballot for the spring general election, April 7, 2026, for a ten-year term on the court. The incumbent justice, Rebecca Bradley, is not running for re-election. ^[18] Two candidates have declared for this race, Wisconsin Court of Appeals judges Chris Taylor, of Dane County, and Maria S. Lazar, of Waukesha County.

State Court of Appeals

Three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals will be on the ballot for the Spring general election, April 7, 2026.

• In District I, incumbent judge Joe Donald has not indicated if he will seek a second six-year term. He was appointed to the court by Governor Tony Evers in 2019 and won election in 2020 without opposition.
• In District II, incumbent judge Lisa Neubauer will not seek a fourth six-year term. She was appointed to the court by Governor Jim Doyle in January 2008, won election that Spring, won re-election without opposition in 2014, and defeated a challenger in 2020. Conservative attorney Anthony Loccoco has announced that he will run for this seat.
• In District IV, incumbent judge Rachel A. Graham has not indicated if she will seek a second six-year term. She was appointed to the court by Governor Tony Evers in 2019 and won election in 2020 without opposition.

State circuit courts

Twenty six of the state's 261 circuit court seats will be on the ballot for the general election on April 7, 2026. In at least five of those seats, the incumbent is retiring. ^[19]

Circuit	Branch	Incumbent		Notes	Candidate(s) [20]
		Name	Entered office
Barron	3	Maureen D. Boyle	2014	Running for re-election.	Maureen D. Boyle (Pending)
Brown	8	Beau G. Liegeois	2019	Appointed by Tony Evers
Chippewa	3	Benjamin J. Lane	2020	Running for re-election.	Benjamin J. Lane (Pending)
Dane	1	Benjamin Jones	2025	Appointed by Tony Evers Running for re-election.	Huma Ahsan (Approved) Benjamin Jones (Pending) Nathan Wagner (Pending)
	8	Stephanie Hilton	2025	Appointed by Tony Evers Running for re-election.	Stephanie Hilton (Pending)
Dodge	1	Brian A. Pfitzinger	2008	Incumbent retiring. [19]	Shawn Woller (Pending)
	4	Kristine A. Snow	2020
Dunn	1	James M. Peterson	2014	Running for re-election.	James M. Peterson (Pending)
Florence–Forest		Leon D. Stenz	2008	Incumbent retiring. [19]	Alexander Paul Seifert (Pending) Robert A. Kennedy Jr. (Pending)
Iron		Anthony J. Stella Jr.	2019	Appointed by Tony Evers
Juneau	2	Paul S. Curran	2008	Running for re-election.	Paul S. Curran (Pending)
Marathon	3	Lamont K. Jacobson	2013	Appointed by Scott Walker Incumbent retiring. [19]	Michael Hughes (Pending)
Milwaukee	2	Milton Childs	2019	Appointed by Tony Evers
	7	Thomas J. McAdams	2014	Incumbent retiring. [19]	Susan M. Roth (Pending)
	16	Brittany Grayson	2019	Appointed by Tony Evers
	27	Kevin E. Martens	2001	Appointed by Scott McCallum Running for re-election.	Kevin E. Martens (Pending)
	29	Rebecca A. Kiefer	2020	Running for re-election.	Rebecca A. Kiefer (Pending)
	32	Laura Gramling Perez	2014	Running for re-election.	Laura Gramling Perez (Pending)
Outagamie	2	Emily I. Lonergan	2019	Appointed by Tony Evers
	3	Mitchell J. Metropulos	2007	Appointed by Jim Doyle Incumbent retiring. [19]	Ian Mevis (Pending) Kyle Joseph Sargent (Pending)
St. Croix	1	Scott J. Nordstrand	2019	Appointed by Scott Walker Running for re-election.	Scott J. Nordstrand (Pending)
Washburn		Angeline E. Winton	2019	Appointed by Tony Evers Running for re-election.	Angeline E. Winton-Roe (Pending)
Washington	2	Gordon Leech	2025	Appointed by Tony Evers	Gordon Leech (Pending) Grant Scaife (Pending)
Waukesha	5	J. Arthur Melvin III	2020		Jack Melvin (Pending)
Waupaca	2	Vicki L. Clussman	2014	Running for re-election.	Vicki L. Clussman (Pending)
Wood	3	Emily Nolan-Plutchak	2025	Appointed by Tony Evers Running for re-election.	Emily Nolan-Plutchak (Pending)

Local offices

Waukesha County

• A regularly scheduled mayoral election will be held in Waukesha, Wisconsin, concurrent with the general election on April 7, 2026. Incumbent mayor Shawn Reilly, first elected in 2014, has not indicated whether he will seek re-election. Current state representative Scott Allen is running for the office. ^[21]

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