2018 Wisconsin Attorney General election

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2018 Wisconsin Attorney General election
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  2014 November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06) 2022  
  Attorney Josh Kaul.jpg Brad Schimel.jpg
Nominee Josh Kaul Brad Schimel
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,305,9021,288,712
Percentage49.4%48.8%

2018 Wisconsin Attorney General election results map by county.svg
County results
Kaul:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Schimel:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Attorney General before election

Brad Schimel
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Josh Kaul
Democratic

The 2018 Wisconsin Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Wisconsin.

Contents

Republican incumbent Brad Schimel, first elected in 2014, ran for re-election to a second term. [1] Voting rights attorney and former federal prosecutor Josh Kaul, the Democratic nominee, defeated Schimel in the general election. [2] Terry Larson, the Constitution Party nominee, also garnered around 2% of the vote, greater than the vote difference between Schimel and Kaul.

Republican primary

Incumbent Attorney General Brad Schimel ran unopposed in the Republican primary. [3]

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brad Schimel (incumbent) 394,799 99.77%
Republican Write-in 8960.23%
Total votes395,695 100.0%

Democratic primary

Attorney Josh Kaul won the Democratic nomination unopposed. [4]

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Josh Kaul 432,954 99.65%
Democratic Write-in 1,5090.35%
Total votes434,463 100.0%

Constitution primary

Terry Larson won the Constitution Party nomination unopposed. [5]

Constitution primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Constitution Terry Larson 354 100.0%
Total votes354 100.0%

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Brad
Schimel (R)
Josh
Kaul (D)
Undecided
Marquette University October 24–28, 20181,154 LV± 3.2%47%45%8%
1,400 RV± 3.0%45%43%12%
Marquette University October 3–7, 2018799 LV± 3.9%47%43%10%
1,000 RV± 3.6%45%41%14%
Marquette University September 12–16, 2018614 LV± 4.4%48%41%11%
800 RV± 4.0%47%40%13%

Results

Kaul won the election by a 0.65% margin. [6] [7]

Wisconsin Attorney General election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Josh Kaul 1,305,902 49.41%
Republican Brad Schimel (incumbent)1,288,71248.76%
Constitution Terry Larson47,0381.78%
Write-in 1,1990.05%
Total votes2,642,851 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

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