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Connecticut

Governor

See also: Connecticut gubernatorial election, 2018 (August 14 Democratic primary)

Democratic primary for Governor of Connecticut

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ned Lamont	81.2	172,567
	Joe Ganim	18.8	39,976

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 212,543

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

See also: Connecticut gubernatorial election, 2018 (August 14 Republican primary)

Republican primary for Governor of Connecticut

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Bob Stefanowski	29.4	42,041
	Mark Boughton	21.3	30,475
	David Stemerman	18.3	26,177
	Tim Herbst	17.5	25,063
	Steve Obsitnik	13.4	19,102

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 142,858

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Lieutenant governor

See also: Connecticut lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018 (August 14 Democratic primary)

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Susan Bysiewicz	62.2	130,451
	Eva Zimmerman	37.8	79,281

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 209,732

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

U.S. House

District 5

See also: Connecticut's 5th Congressional District election (August 14, 2018 Democratic primary)

Democratic primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 5

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jahana Hayes	62.3	24,693
	Mary Glassman	37.7	14,964

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 39,657

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

See also: Connecticut's 5th Congressional District election (August 14, 2018 Republican primary)

Republican primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 5

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Manny Santos	52.4	16,816
	Ruby Corby O'Neill	26.2	8,419
	Rich DuPont	21.4	6,863

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 32,098

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Minnesota

Governor

See also: Minnesota gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018 (August 14 Democratic primary)

Democratic primary for Governor of Minnesota

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tim Walz	41.6	242,832
	Erin Murphy	32.0	186,969
	Lori Swanson	24.6	143,517
	Tim Holden	1.1	6,398
	Ole Savior	0.7	4,019

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 583,735

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

See also: Minnesota gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018 (August 14 Republican primary)

Republican primary for Governor of Minnesota

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jeff Johnson	52.6	168,841
	Tim Pawlenty	43.9	140,743
	Matt Kruse	3.5	11,330

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 320,914

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Attorney general

See also: Minnesota Attorney General election, 2018 (August 14 Democratic primary)

Democratic primary for Attorney General of Minnesota

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Keith Ellison	49.8	281,142
	Debra Hilstrom	19.1	108,048
	Tom Foley	12.5	70,786
	Matt Pelikan	10.6	59,876
	Mike Rothman	7.9	44,522

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 564,374

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate special election in Minnesota (August 14, 2018 Democratic primary)

Special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tina Smith	76.1	433,705
	Richard Painter	13.7	78,193
	Ali Chehem Ali	3.3	18,897
	Gregg Iverson	3.1	17,825
	Nick Leonard	2.9	16,529
	Christopher Seymore	0.9	5,041

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 570,190

U.S. House

District 1

See also: Minnesota's 1st Congressional District election (August 14, 2018 Republican primary)

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jim Hagedorn	60.1	25,431
	Carla Nelson	32.2	13,631
	Steve Williams	5.1	2,144
	Andrew Candler	2.6	1,107

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 42,313

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

District 5

See also: Minnesota's 5th Congressional District election (August 14, 2018 Democratic primary)

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ilhan Omar	48.2	65,237
	Margaret Kelliher	30.4	41,156
	Patricia Torres Ray	13.0	17,629
	Jamal Abdulahi	3.7	4,984
	Bobby Joe Champion	2.8	3,831
	Frank Nelson Drake	1.8	2,480

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 135,317

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Julie Sabo (D)

District 8

See also: Michigan's 13th Congressional District election (August 7, 2018 Democratic primary)

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 8

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Joe Radinovich	44.1	30,732
	Michelle Lee	27.5	19,182
	Jason Metsa	13.2	9,229
	Kirsten Hagen Kennedy	11.7	8,133
	Soren Christian Sorensen	3.5	2,415

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 69,691

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Leah Phifer (D)

Wisconsin

Governor

See also: Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 2018 (August 14 Democratic primary)

Democratic primary for Governor of Wisconsin

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tony Evers	41.8	225,082
	Mahlon Mitchell	16.3	87,926
	Kelda Roys	12.8	69,086
	Kathleen Vinehout	8.2	44,168
	Michael McCabe	7.4	39,885
	Matthew Flynn	5.9	31,580
	Paul Soglin	5.2	28,158
	Andy Gronik	1.2	6,627
	Dana Wachs	0.8	4,216
	Josh Pade	0.4	1,908

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 538,636

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate election in Wisconsin (August 14, 2018 Republican primary)

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wisconsin

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Leah Vukmir	48.9	217,230
	Kevin Nicholson	43.1	191,276
	George Lucia	4.2	18,786
	Griffin Jones	2.0	8,699
	Charles Barman	1.8	7,959

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 443,950

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

John Schiess (R)
Joseph Schnering (Independent)

U.S. House

District 1

See also: Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District election (August 14, 2018 Democratic primary)

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Randy Bryce	59.6	36,406
	Cathy Myers	40.4	24,699

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 61,105

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Jeff Wamboldt (R)

Connecticut

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate election in Connecticut (August 14, 2018 Democratic primary) and United States Senate election in Connecticut (August 14, 2018 Republican primary)

The Democratic Party primary was canceled since incumbent Chris Murphy was the only candidate who filed.

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Connecticut

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Matthew Corey	76.5	99,899
	Dominic Rapini	23.5	30,624

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 130,523

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Fred Linck (Socialist Action Party)
Ann-Marie Adams (D)

U.S. House

See also: United States House elections in Connecticut (August 14, 2018 Democratic primaries) and United States House elections in Connecticut (August 14, 2018 Republican primaries)

The Democratic and Republican party primaries in Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4 were canceled since only one candidate filed for each nomination.

In District 1, the general election candidates were incumbent John Larson (D), Jennifer Nye (R), and Tom McCormick (Green).
In District 2, the general election candidates were incumbent Joe Courtney (D), Dan Postemski (R), and Daniel Reale (Libertarian).
In District 3, the general election candidates were incumbent Rosa DeLauro (D) and Angel Cadena (R).
In District 4, the general election candidates were incumbent Jim Himes (D) and Harry Arora (R).

Democratic primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 5

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jahana Hayes	62.3	24,693
	Mary Glassman	37.7	14,964

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 39,657

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 5

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Manny Santos	52.4	16,816
	Ruby Corby O'Neill	26.2	8,419
	Rich DuPont	21.4	6,863

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 32,098

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

State executives

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State legislature

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Minnesota

U.S. Senate

Regular election

See also: United States Senate election in Minnesota (August 14, 2018 Democratic primary) and United States Senate election in Minnesota (August 14, 2018 Republican primary)

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Amy Klobuchar	95.7	557,306
	Steve Carlson	1.7	9,934
	Stephen Emery	1.2	7,047
	David Robert Groves	0.8	4,511
	Leonard Richards	0.6	3,552

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 582,350

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Robert Barnheiser (R)

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jim Newberger	69.5	201,531
	Merrill Anderson	15.7	45,492
	Rae Hart Anderson	8.9	25,883
	Roque De La Fuente	5.9	17,051

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 289,957

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Robert Barnheiser (R)

Special election

See also: United States Senate special election in Minnesota (August 14, 2018 Democratic primary) and United States Senate special election in Minnesota (August 14, 2018 Republican primary)

Special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tina Smith	76.1	433,705
	Richard Painter	13.7	78,193
	Ali Chehem Ali	3.3	18,897
	Gregg Iverson	3.1	17,825
	Nick Leonard	2.9	16,529
	Christopher Seymore	0.9	5,041

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 570,190

Special Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Karin Housley	62.0	186,384
	Bob Anderson	35.6	107,102
	Nikolay Nikolayevich Bey	2.5	7,375

There were no incumbents in this race. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 300,861

U.S. House

See also: United States House elections in Minnesota (August 14, 2018 Democratic primaries) and United States House elections in Minnesota (August 14, 2018 Republican primaries)

Minnesota U.S. House Primary Elections 2018
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
Minnesota's 1st Congressional District	Dan Feehan Colin Minehart Did not make the ballot: Vicki Jensen Joe Sullivan Johnny Akzam Regina Mustafa Rich Wright Bob Ries	Andrew Candler Jim Hagedorn Carla Nelson Steve Williams
Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District	Angie Craig Did not make the ballot: Jeff Erdmann	Jason Lewis (i)
Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District	Dean Phillips Cole Young Did not make the ballot: Brian Santa Maria Alicia Donahue	Erik Paulsen (i)
Minnesota's 4th Congressional District	Betty McCollum (i) Muad Hassan Reid Rossell Did not make the ballot: Fasil Moghul	Greg Ryan
Minnesota's 5th Congressional District	Jamal Abdulahi Bobby Joe Champion Frank Nelson Drake Margaret Kelliher Ilhan Omar Patricia Torres Ray Did not make the ballot: Julie Sabo	Bob Carney Jr. Christopher Chamberlin Jennifer Zielinski
Minnesota's 6th Congressional District	Ian Todd	Tom Emmer (i) A.J. Kern Patrick Munro
Minnesota's 7th Congressional District	Collin Peterson (i)	Dave Hughes Matt Prosch Did not make the ballot: Tim Miller
Minnesota's 8th Congressional District	Kirsten Hagen Kennedy Michelle Lee Jason Metsa Joe Radinovich Soren Christian Sorensen Did not make the ballot: Leah Phifer	Pete Stauber Harry Welty

State executives

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State legislature

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State courts

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Local government

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Hennepin County, Minnesota - County commissioner, county attorney, county sheriff, and park commissioner
Ramsey County, Minnesota - County commissioner, county attorney, and county sheriff
St. Paul, Minnesota - City council (special election)
Minneapolis Public Schools

Vermont

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate election in Vermont (August 14, 2018 Democratic primary) and United States Senate election in Vermont (August 14, 2018 Republican primary)

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Vermont

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Bernie Sanders	94.4	63,322
	Folasade Adeluola	5.6	3,748

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 67,070

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Cris Ericson (Independent)
H. Brooke Paige (R)

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Vermont

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	H. Brooke Paige	39.6	9,805
	Lawrence Zupan	37.9	9,383
	Jasdeep Pannu	18.3	4,527
	Roque De La Fuente	4.3	1,057

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 24,772

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Cris Ericson (Independent)
H. Brooke Paige (R)

U.S. House

See also: United States House election in Vermont (August 14, 2018 Democratic primary) and United States House election in Vermont (August 14, 2018 Republican primary)

Democratic primary for U.S. House Vermont At-large District

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Peter Welch	84.0	54,330
	Daniel Freilich	11.9	7,711
	Ben Mitchell	4.1	2,624

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 64,665

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

H. Brooke Paige (R)

Republican primary for U.S. House Vermont At-large District

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	H. Brooke Paige	63.3	14,272
	Anya Tynio	36.7	8,261

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 22,533

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

H. Brooke Paige (R)

State executives

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State legislature

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Wisconsin

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate election in Wisconsin (August 14, 2018 Democratic primary) and United States Senate election in Wisconsin (August 14, 2018 Republican primary)

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Wisconsin

		Candidate
✔		Tammy Baldwin

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

John Schiess (R)
Joseph Schnering (Independent)

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wisconsin

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Leah Vukmir	48.9	217,230
	Kevin Nicholson	43.1	191,276
	George Lucia	4.2	18,786
	Griffin Jones	2.0	8,699
	Charles Barman	1.8	7,959

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 443,950

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

John Schiess (R)
Joseph Schnering (Independent)

U.S. House

See also: United States House elections in Wisconsin (August 14, 2018 Democratic primaries) and United States House elections in Wisconsin (August 14, 2018 Republican primaries)

Wisconsin U.S. House Primary Elections 2018
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District	Randy Bryce Cathy Myers	Bradley Thomas Boivin Paul Nehlen Nick Polce Jeremy Ryan Kevin Steen Bryan Steil Did not make the ballot: Jeff Wamboldt
Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District	Mark Pocan (i)
Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District	Ronald James Kind (i)	Steve Toft Did not make the ballot: Brandon Cook Alex Virijevich
Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District	Gwen Moore (i) Gary George	Tim Rogers Cindy Werner
Wisconsin's 5th Congressional District	Tom Palzewicz Did not make the ballot: Ramon Hyron Garcia	F. James Sensenbrenner (i) Jennifer Vipond
Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District	Dan Kohl Did not make the ballot: Sarah Lloyd	Glenn Grothman (i) Did not make the ballot: Scott Olmer
Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District	Margaret Engebretson Brian Ewert Did not make the ballot: Kyle Frenette Dennis Frank Paulaha David Beeksma Bob Look	Sean Duffy (i)
Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District	Beau Liegeois	Mike Gallagher (i)

State executives

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State legislature

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Local government

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Dane County, Wisconsin - County sheriff and clerk of circuit court
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin - County sheriff and clerk of circuit court

August 14, 2018, election results

Contents

Battlegrounds

Connecticut

Governor

Democratic primary for Governor of Connecticut

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary for Governor of Connecticut

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Lieutenant governor

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

U.S. House

District 5

Democratic primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 5

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 5

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Minnesota

Governor

Democratic primary for Governor of Minnesota

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary for Governor of Minnesota

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Attorney general

Democratic primary for Attorney General of Minnesota

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

U.S. Senate

Special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

U.S. House

District 1

Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

District 5

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 5

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

District 8

Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 8

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Wisconsin

Governor

Democratic primary for Governor of Wisconsin

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

U.S. Senate

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wisconsin

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

U.S. House

District 1

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Connecticut

U.S. Senate

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Connecticut

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

U.S. House

Democratic primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 5

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary for U.S. House Connecticut District 5

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

State executives

State legislature

Minnesota

U.S. Senate

Regular election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Special election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

Special Republican primary for U.S. Senate Minnesota

U.S. House

Minnesota U.S. House Primary Elections 2018

State executives

State legislature

State courts

Local government

Vermont

U.S. Senate

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Vermont