2026 Wisconsin elections

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2026 Wisconsin elections
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  2025 April 7, 2026
November 3, 2026
2027 

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.

Contents

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

U.S. House

DistrictIncumbentThis race
Location 2022
PVI [1]
MemberPartyFirst
elected
ResultCandidates
Wisconsin 1 R+3 Bryan Steil Republican 2018 Incumbent's intent unknown
Wisconsin 2 D+19 Mark Pocan Democratic 2012 Incumbent's intent unknown
Wisconsin 3 R+4 Derrick Van Orden Republican 2022 Incumbent's intent unknown
  • Rebecca Cooke (Democratic) [2]
Wisconsin 4 D+25 Gwen Moore Democratic 2004 Incumbent's intent unknown
Wisconsin 5 R+14 Scott Fitzgerald Republican 2020 Incumbent's intent unknown
Wisconsin 6 R+10 Glenn Grothman Republican 2014 Incumbent's intent unknown
Wisconsin 7 R+12 Tom Tiffany Republican 2020 (special) Incumbent's intent unknown
Wisconsin 8 R+10 Tony Wied Republican 2024 (special) Incumbent's intent unknown

State

Executive

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

Governor

Incumbent Democratic governor Tony Evers, first elected in 2018, is eligible for a third four-year term but has not yet stated if he will run for re-election.

Lieutenant governor

Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Sara Rodriguez, first elected in 2022, is eligible to run for re-election, but has not yet stated if she will do so.

Attorney general

Incumbent Democratic attorney general Josh Kaul, first elected in 2018, is eligible for a third four year term, but has not yet stated if he will run for re-election.

Secretary of state

Incumbent Democratic secretary of state Sarah Godlewski, first appointed in 2023, is eligible to run for a full four year term, but has not yet stated if she will do so.

One candidate, green party organizer Pete Karas, has declared a campaign for this office. [3]

Treasurer

Incumbent Republican state treasurer John Leiber, first elected in 2022, is eligible to run for re-election, but has not yet stated if he will do so.

Legislature

State senate

Party
(majority caucus shading)
Total
Democratic Republican
Last election (2024)61016
Total after last election (2024)151833
Total before this election151833
Up for election51217
of which:Incumbent retiring000
Vacated000
Open000
Unopposed000

State assembly

Party
(majority caucus shading)
Total
Democratic Republican
Last election (2024)356499
Total after last election (2024)455499
Total before this election455499
Up for election455499
of which:Incumbent retiring000
Open000
Moving districts000
Vacated000
Unopposed000

Judiciary

State Supreme Court

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, first elected in 2016, is running for re-election. [4]

State Court of Appeals

At least three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals will be on the ballot for the Spring general election, April 7, 2026. [a]

  • 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 has not indicated if she will 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.
  • 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.

Notes

  1. There could also be an election in District III if a vacancy occurs in that district before December 1, 2025, but only one seat per district can be on the ballot per year, so the district I, II, and IV elections are locked.

References

  1. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  2. Andrea, Lawrence (March 11, 2025). "Democrat Rebecca Cooke launches bid to unseat Derrick Van Orden in Wisconsin battleground seat". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  3. Bahl, Andrew (December 10, 2024). "The Wisconsin Green Party wants to double down in 2026. Will it work?". The Cap Times . Retrieved March 22, 2025 via Green Party of Wisconsin.
  4. "Conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley planning to seek reelection in 2026". WisPolitics. April 4, 2025. Retrieved April 4, 2025.