Frances Ann "Fran" Ulmer is an American administrator and Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. She served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002 under Governor Tony Knowles,becoming the first woman elected to statewide office in Alaska,and lost the 2002 gubernatorial election against Republican Frank Murkowski. In 2007 she became the Chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA),before serving as Chair of the United States Arctic Research Commission between 2011 and 2020,appointed by President Barack Obama.
Margaret Ann Farrow was an American Republican politician who was the 42nd lieutenant governor of Wisconsin and also served in both houses of the state legislature.
Thomas Mark Barrett is an American diplomat and politician who has served as the United States ambassador to Luxembourg since 2022. He previously served as the 44th mayor of Milwaukee,Wisconsin from 2004 until 2021.
Scott Kevin Walker is an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as Milwaukee County executive from 2002 to 2010.
Paul R. Soglin is an American politician and former three-time Mayor of Madison,Wisconsin,having served a total of 22 years in that office between 1973 and 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he was a candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in the 2018 Democratic primary.
Annette Kingsland Ziegler is an American jurist serving as chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court since May 2021. She has been a member of the court since 2007,and is generally regarded as part of its conservative wing. Ziegler served as a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Washington County from 1997 to 2007.
James T. Flynn is an American lawyer and retired politician. He was the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin,serving from 1983 to 1987. Prior to that,he served ten years in the Wisconsin State Senate.
Kelda Helen Roys is an American tech entrepreneur,business owner,attorney,and Democratic politician from Madison,Wisconsin. She is a member of the Wisconsin Senate,representing the 26th Senate district since 2021. She previously served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly,from 2009 to 2013. She was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012,and for Governor of Wisconsin in 2018.
Rebecca Ann Kleefisch is an American politician and former television reporter who served as the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,she was elected to the position on November 2,2010,as the running mate of Governor Scott Walker;the pair narrowly lost reelection to a third term in 2018.
The 2011 Wisconsin protests were a series of demonstrations in the state of Wisconsin in the United States beginning in February involving as many as 100,000 protesters opposing the 2011 Wisconsin Act 10,also called the "Wisconsin Budget Repair bill." The protests centered on the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison,with satellite protests also occurring at other municipalities throughout the state. Demonstrations took place at various college campuses,including the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. After the collective bargaining bill was upheld by the Wisconsin Supreme Court on June 14,the number of protesters declined to about 1,000 within a couple days.
Brett Dudley Hulsey is a consultant,Democratic Party politician and legislator in Wisconsin.
The 2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election was a special election to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. It resulted in voters re-electing incumbent Republican governor Scott Walker over the Democratic candidate Tom Barrett by a larger margin than in 2010 when Walker also faced Barrett. Recall organizers opposed Walker's agenda,particularly his limiting of collective bargaining rights for state employees and they collected over 900,000 signatures to initiate the recall election process. There was also a recall for Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch. She won her race,defeating Democrat Mahlon Mitchell,making her the first lieutenant governor to run in and survive a recall.
J. Mandela Barnes is an American politician who served as the 45th lieutenant governor of Wisconsin from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the state representative for the 11th district from 2013 to 2017. Barnes is the first African American to serve as Wisconsin's lieutenant governor.
The 2014 Wisconsin gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to determine the governor and lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It occurred concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wisconsin,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held August 9,2016.
The 2014 Wisconsin Fall General Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 4,2014. Wisconsin's Governor,Lieutenant Governor,Attorney General,Secretary of State,and State Treasurer were all up for election,as well as Wisconsin's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives. The November general election in 2014 also featured a statewide referendum on an amendment to the Constitution of Wisconsin. The 2014 Wisconsin Fall Primary Election was held on August 12,2014.
Rebecca Lynn Grassl Bradley is an American lawyer,and justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court,serving since 2015. She has been a state judge in Wisconsin since 2012. She was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Scott Walker in 2015,and won election to a 10-year term in 2016.
The 2018 Wisconsin gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018. It occurred concurrently with a Senate election in the state,elections to the state's U.S. House seats,and various other elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Scott Walker sought re-election to a third term,and was challenged by Democratic candidate and then-Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers,as well as Libertarian Phil Anderson and independent Maggie Turnbull. Evers,along with his running mate Mandela Barnes,managed to defeat Walker and Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch in a closely fought and widely watched race,ending the state's Republican trifecta.
The 1914 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3,1914. Primary elections were held on September 1,1914.
The 2022 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Wisconsin. Incumbent Democratic Governor Tony Evers won re-election to a second term by a margin of 3.4%,defeating Republican nominee Tim Michels.
