Candidates and organizations involved in Wisconsin’s statewide elections must file campaign finance information by October 31, 2022. The general election will take place in Wisconsin on November 8, 2022. What state-level offices are on the ballot this year in Wisconsin? Seventeen of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate All 99 seats in the…
Elections for 17 of 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate will take place on Nov. 8, 2022. Republicans hold a 21-12 majority heading into the election. This article details the five most expensive contested general elections in the State Senate. This information comes from candidate reports to the Wisconsin Ethics Commission covering the period…
Elections for all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly will take place on Nov. 8, 2022. Republicans hold a 57-38 majority heading into the election. This article details the five most expensive contested general elections in the State Assembly. This information comes from candidate reports to the Wisconsin Ethics Commission covering the period of…
Incumbent Doug La Follette (D), Amy Loudenbeck (R), Sharyl McFarland (G), and Neil Harmon (L) are running for Wisconsin secretary of state on Nov. 8, 2022. Duties of the Wisconsin secretary of state include recording the official acts of the governor and the executive department, compiling and keeping laws and resolutions adopted by the legislature,…
In Wisconsin, Gov. Tony Evers is the number one fundraiser in state politics in the 2022 election cycle so far. According to campaign finance reports made to the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, the governor received $26,110,543 in total contributions and spent $23,324,064 between January 1, 2021 and August 31, 2022. Evers is running for re-election in…
In Wisconsin politics, state-level candidates and officeholders raised $77.5 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and Aug. 31, 2022. More than $58.9 million, or 76 percent, of all donations reported by candidate committees were raised by the 10 individuals at the top of the list. Top 10 Wisconsin candidates (1/1/2021 – 8/31/2022) Here are the 10…
Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 73— Laura Gapske (D) and Angie Sapik (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Eighty-eight of the country’s 99 state…
Incumbent Josh Kaul (D) and Eric Toney (R) are running for Wisconsin attorney general on Nov. 8, 2022. Kaul was elected in 2018, defeating incumbent Brad Schimel (R) 49.4% to 48.8%. Before Kaul took office, a Republican had held the office since 2007. Sabato’s Crystal Ball senior columnist Louis Jacobson named this election as one of…
Candidates and organizations involved in Wisconsin’s statewide elections must file campaign finance information by September 27, 2022. The general election will take place in Wisconsin on November 8, 2022. What state-level offices are on the ballot this year in Wisconsin? Seventeen of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate All 99 seats in the…
In Wisconsin politics, state-level candidates and political action committees have received $118.0 million in total donations between Jan. 1, 2021, and July 25, 2022. The 10 largest donors gave more than $17.7 million, or 15 percent of all contributions. These are the top 10 individual donors to Wisconsin state-level candidates and political action committees (PACs)…