Ken Driessen

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Ken Driessen

Independent Direct Participatory Democracy Party

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November 8, 2022

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Ken Driessen (Independent Direct Participatory Democracy Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 8, 2022.

Driessen was a 2016 Populist candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 7th Congressional District of Wisconsin. Driessen dropped out of the race prior to the primary elections.

Elections

2022

See also: Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7

Incumbent Tom Tiffany defeated Richard Ausman in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Tiffany (R)	61.9	209,224
		Richard Ausman (D)	38.1	128,877
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	167

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 338,268
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• George Kellogg (Federalist Party)
• Ken Driessen (Independent Direct Participatory Democracy Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7

Richard Ausman advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Richard Ausman	99.8	43,265
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	67

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,332
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7

Incumbent Tom Tiffany defeated David Kunelius in the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Tiffany	86.6	80,675
	Submit photo	David Kunelius	13.4	12,456
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	52

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 93,183
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Audun Mikkelson (R)

2020

See also: Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District election, 2020

Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)

Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7

Incumbent Tom Tiffany defeated Tricia Zunker in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Tiffany (R)	60.7	252,048
		Tricia Zunker (D)	39.2	162,741
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	218

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 415,007
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ken Driessen (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7

Tricia Zunker advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tricia Zunker	99.9	51,139
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	50

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 51,189
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7

Incumbent Tom Tiffany advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Tiffany	99.7	62,142
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	176

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,318
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2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7

Incumbent Sean Duffy defeated Margaret Engebretson and Ken Driessen in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Duffy (R)	60.1	194,061
		Margaret Engebretson (D)	38.5	124,307
		Ken Driessen (Direct Participatory Democracy Party)	1.4	4,416
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	3

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 322,787
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7

Margaret Engebretson defeated Brian Ewert in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Margaret Engebretson	57.3	27,194
		Brian Ewert	42.7	20,285

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 47,479
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dennis Frank Paulaha (D)
• Bob Look (D)
• Kyle Frenette (D)
• David Beeksma (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7

Incumbent Sean Duffy advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Duffy	100.0	60,708

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2016

See also: Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Sean Duffy (R) defeated Mary Hoeft (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Duffy defeated Donald Raihala in the Republican primary, while Hoeft defeated Joel Lewis to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on August 9, 2016.

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 7 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sean Duffy Incumbent	61.7%	223,418
	Democratic	Mary Hoeft	38.3%	138,643
Total Votes				362,061
Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 7 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Sean Duffy Incumbent	89.5%	29,501
Donald Raihala	10.5%	3,456
Total Votes		32,957
Source: Wisconsin Elections and Ethics Commission

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 7 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mary Hoeft	80.7%	27,289
Joel Lewis	19.3%	6,531
Total Votes		33,820
Source: Wisconsin Elections and Ethics Commission

Driessen dropped out of the race prior to the primary elections.

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2022

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2020

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Footnotes

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Wisconsin's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Tammy Baldwin (D)

Ronald Johnson (R)

Representatives

District 1

Bryan Steil (R)

District 2

Mark Pocan (D)

District 3

Derrick Van Orden (R)

District 4

Gwen Moore (D)

District 5

Scott Fitzgerald (R)

District 6

Glenn Grothman (R)

District 7

Tom Tiffany (R)

District 8

Tony Wied (R)

Republican Party (7)

Democratic Party (3)