United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, 2020

Elections in Wisconsin, 2020

• Election date: Nov. 3
• Registration deadline(s): Oct. 14 (mail and online); Oct. 30 (in person)
• Online registration: Yes
• Same-day registration: Yes
• Recount laws

• Early voting starts: Varies locally
• Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): Nov. 3 (received)
• Processing, counting, and challenging absentee/mail-in ballots
• Voter ID: Photo ID
• Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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2020 U.S. House Elections in Wisconsin

Primary Date August 11, 2020

Partisan breakdown • Candidates

Wisconsin's District Pages District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7• District 8

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2020 U.S. Senate Elections

The 2020 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin took place on November 3, 2020. Voters elected eight candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's eight congressional districts.

Candidate filing deadline	Primary election	General election
June 1, 2020	August 11, 2020	November 3, 2020

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Wisconsin modified its absentee/mail-in voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

• Absentee/mail-in voting: Absentee and mail-in ballot applications were sent to most registered voters in the general election.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 3 election, the Republican Party held five of the eight congressional seats from Wisconsin.

Members of the U.S. House from Wisconsin -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2020	After the 2020 Election
	Democratic Party	3	3
	Republican Party	5	5
Total		8	8

Incumbents

Heading into the 2020 election, the incumbents for the eight congressional districts were:

Name	Party	District
Bryan Steil	Republican	1
Mark Pocan	Democratic	2
Ron Kind	Democratic	3
Gwen Moore	Democratic	4
Jim Sensenbrenner	Republican	5
Glenn Grothman	Republican	6
Tom Tiffany	Republican	7
Mike Gallagher	Republican	8

Voting in Wisconsin

See also: Voting in Wisconsin

2020 election results

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Click the links below for more information on Wisconsin elections in 2020:

• President of the United States
• U.S. House
• State Senate
• State Assembly
• State Supreme Court
• State intermediate appellate courts

Battleground races

Ballotpedia identified the following Wisconsin elections as battlegrounds:

• Wisconsin Supreme Court elections, 2020
• Wisconsin Supreme Court elections, 2020 (February 18 nonpartisan primary)
• Wisconsin's 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)
• Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District special election (February 18, 2020 Democratic primary)
• Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District special election (February 18, 2020 Republican primary)
• Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District special election, 2020

Candidates

District 1

General election candidates

• Bryan Steil  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Roger Polack  (Democratic Party) 

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Josh Pade
• Roger Polack ✔ 

Did not make the ballot:

• Angela Cunningham

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 Republican primary candidates

• Bryan Steil (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• John Baker
• Charles Barman
• Jeremy Ryan

District 2

General election candidates

• Mark Pocan  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
• Peter Theron  (Republican Party)

Did not make the ballot:

• Bradley Burt (Independent)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Mark Pocan (Incumbent) ✔

 Republican primary candidates

• Peter Theron ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Jeffery Heller

District 3

General election candidates

• Ronald James Kind  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
• Derrick Van Orden  (Republican Party) 

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Ronald James Kind (Incumbent) ✔
• Mark A. Neumann

Did not make the ballot:

• Justin Bonner 

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 Republican primary candidates

• Jessi Ebben 
• Derrick Van Orden ✔ 

Did not make the ballot:

• Brandon Cook
• John Garske
• Shannon Moats 
• Tim Peters
• Kevin Ruscher
• Jonathan Sundblom
• Alex Virijevich

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District 4

General election candidates

• Gwen Moore  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
• Tim Rogers  (Republican Party)
• Robert Raymond  (Independent)

Did not make the ballot:

• Aneb Jah Rasta Sensas-Utcha Nefer I (Independent)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Gwen Moore (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• David Turner

 Republican primary candidates

• Tim Rogers ✔
• Cindy Werner

Did not make the ballot:

• Travis Clark

District 5

General election candidates

• Tom Palzewicz  (Democratic Party) 
• Scott Fitzgerald  (Republican Party) ✔

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Tom Palzewicz ✔ 

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 Republican primary candidates

• Clifford DeTemple 
• Scott Fitzgerald ✔

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District 6

General election candidates

• Glenn Grothman  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Jessica King  (Democratic Party) 

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Michael Beardsley 
• Matthew Boor 
• Jessica King ✔ 

Did not make the ballot:

• Amy Washburn 

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 Republican primary candidates

• Glenn Grothman (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Melissa McClintick

District 7

General election candidates

• Tom Tiffany  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Tricia Zunker  (Democratic Party)

Did not make the ballot:

• Ken Driessen (Independent)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Tricia Zunker ✔

 Republican primary candidates

• Tom Tiffany (Incumbent) ✔

District 8

General election candidates

• Mike Gallagher  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Amanda Stuck  (Democratic Party)

Did not make the ballot:

• Robbie Hoffman (Independent)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Amanda Stuck ✔

 Republican primary candidates

• Mike Gallagher (Incumbent) ✔

Candidate ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Wisconsin in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Wisconsin, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2020
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Signature formula	Filing fee	Filing fee formula	Filing deadline	Source
Wisconsin	1st Congressional District	Recognized party	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	6/1/2020	Source
Wisconsin	1st Congressional District	Unaffiliated	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	6/1/2020	Source
Wisconsin	2nd Congressional District	Recognized party	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	6/1/2020	Source
Wisconsin	2nd Congressional District	Unaffiliated	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	6/1/2020	Source
Wisconsin	3rd Congressional District	Recognized party	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	6/1/2020	Source
Wisconsin	3rd Congressional District	Unaffiliated	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	6/1/2020	Source
Wisconsin	4th Congressional District	Recognized party	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	6/1/2020	Source
Wisconsin	4th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	6/1/2020	Source
Wisconsin	5th Congressional District	Recognized party	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	6/1/2020	Source
Wisconsin	5th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	6/1/2020	Source
Wisconsin	6th Congressional District	Recognized party	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	6/1/2020	Source
Wisconsin	6th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	6/1/2020	Source
Wisconsin	7th Congressional District	Recognized party	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	6/1/2020	Source
Wisconsin	7th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	6/1/2020	Source
Wisconsin	8th Congressional District	Recognized party	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	6/1/2020	Source
Wisconsin	8th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	1,000	Fixed number	N/A	N/A	6/1/2020	Source

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 2020

• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020
• List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2020
• United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2020
• United States House Republican Party primaries, 2020
• Democratic Party battleground primaries, 2020
• Republican Party battleground primaries, 2020

External links

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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)