United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, 2022
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin were on November 8, 2022. Voters elected eight candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's eight U.S. House districts. The primary was scheduled for August 9, 2022. The filing deadline was June 1, 2022.
Partisan breakdown
| Members of the U.S. House from Wisconsin -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2022 | After the 2022 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 3 | 2 | |
| Republican Party | 5 | 6 | |
| Total | 8 | 8 | |
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
- Bryan Steil (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Ann Roe (Democratic Party)
- Charles Barman (The Going Away Party)
Democratic primary candidates
- Ann Roe ✔
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- Bryan Steil (Incumbent) ✔
District 2
General election candidates
- Mark Pocan (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Erik Olsen (Republican Party)
- Douglas Alexander (Independent)
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- Mark Pocan (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
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District 3
General election candidates
- Brad Pfaff (Democratic Party)
- Derrick Van Orden (Republican Party) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
- Rustin Provance (Libertarian Party)
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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Did not make the ballot:
District 4
General election candidates
- Gwen Moore (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Tim Rogers (Republican Party)
- Robert Raymond (Independent)
Democratic primary candidates
- Gwen Moore (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
District 5
General election candidates
- Scott Fitzgerald (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Mike Van Someren (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- James Kidd (Independent)
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- Scott Fitzgerald (Incumbent) ✔
District 6
General election candidates
- Glenn Grothman (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Tom Powell (Independent) (Write-in)
Democratic primary candidates
No candidates filed for the Democratic Party primary.
Did not make the ballot:
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- Glenn Grothman (Incumbent) ✔
- Douglas Mullenix
Did not make the ballot:
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District 7
General election candidates
- Tom Tiffany (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Richard Ausman (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- George Kellogg (Federalist Party)
- Ken Driessen (Independent Direct Participatory Democracy Party)
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- Tom Tiffany (Incumbent) ✔
- David Kunelius
Did not make the ballot:
District 8
General election candidates
- Mike Gallagher (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Jacob VandenPlas (Libertarian Party)
- Paul Boucher (Independent)
- Julie Hancock (Democratic Party) (Write-in)
- Robbie Hoffman (Democratic Party) (Write-in)
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- Julie Hancock (Write-in)
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- Mike Gallagher (Incumbent) ✔
- Shaun Clarmont
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Minor Party primary candidates
Libertarian Party
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General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]
Click the following links to see the race ratings in each of the state's U.S. House districts:
- Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District
- Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District
- Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District
- Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District
- Wisconsin's 5th Congressional District
- Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District
- Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District
- Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District
Ballot access
For information on candidate ballot access requirements in Wisconsin, click here.
Election analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District maps - A map of the state's districts before and after redistricting.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
District map
Below were the district maps in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the maps in place before the election.
Wisconsin Congressional Districts
until January 2, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Wisconsin Congressional Districts
starting January 3, 2023
Click a district to compare boundaries.
Competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Wisconsin.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Wisconsin in 2022. Information below was calculated on July 26, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Twenty-two candidates filed to run for Wisconsin's eight U.S. House districts, including nine Democrats and 13 Republicans. That's 2.75 candidates per district, less than the 2.88 candidates per district in 2020 and the 3.1 in 2018. This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Wisconsin was apportioned eight districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census.
The 22 candidates who filed this year were the fewest candidates running for Wisconsin's U.S. House seats since 2012, when 20 candidates ran. Twenty-three candidates ran in 2020, 25 in 2018, 23 in 2016, and 27 in 2014.
One district — the 3rd — was open. That was the same number of open seats as every other election cycle since 2012. Rep. Ron Kind (D), the incumbent in the 3rd district, did not file for re-election. Five candidates — four Democrats and one Republican — ran to replace Kind, the most candidates who ran for a seat this year.
There were six contested primaries this year — one Democratic and five Republican. That was the same number as in 2020 and 2018 and two fewer than in 2016 and 2014. Four incumbents — two Democrats and two Republicans — did not face any primary challengers. Two districts — the 6th and the 8th — were guaranteed to Republicans because no Democrats made the ballot.
Presidential elections
As a result of redistricting following the 2020 census, many district boundaries changed. As a result, analysis of the presidential vote in each of these new districts is not yet available. Once that analysis is available, it will be published here.
Wisconsin presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 15 Democratic wins
- 15 Republican wins
- 1 other win
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winning Party | R | R | R | D | R | R | P[5] | R | D | D | D | R | D | R | R | R | D | R | R | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | D |
State party control
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Wisconsin's congressional delegation as of November 2022.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Wisconsin, November 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Republican | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 8 | 10 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Wisconsin's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.
| State executive officials in Wisconsin, November 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | Tony Evers
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| Lieutenant Governor | Mandela Barnes
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| Secretary of State | Dogulas J. La Follette
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| Attorney General | Josh Kaul
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State legislature
The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Wisconsin State Legislature as of November 2022.
Wisconsin State Senate
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 12 | |
| Republican Party | 21 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | |
Wisconsin State Assembly
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 38 | |
| Republican Party | 57 | |
| Vacancies | 4 | |
| Total | 99 | |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, Wisconsin was a divided government, with Democrats controlling the governorship and Republican majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
Wisconsin Party Control: 1992-2022
Two years of Democratic trifectas • Ten years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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| Governor | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D |
| Senate | D | R | R | R | D | D | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Redistricting following the 2020 census
On February 19, 2024, Gov. Tony Evers (D) signed Senate Bill 488 into law, adopting new Wisconsin legislative maps.[6] The maps were approved by majority votes in both chambers of Wisconsin's state legislature on February 13. The state Senate voted 18-14 in favor of adopting the new legislative maps, while the state Assembly vote total was 63-33.
In the 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court election, Janet Protasiewicz had defeated Daniel Kelly, changing the balance of the court from a conservative to a liberal majority for the first time in 15 years.[7][8] Later that year on December 22, 2023, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 vote that the state's legislative maps were unconstitutional and ordered new maps to be drawn before the 2024 election.[9] The court rejected the least change approach the conservative majority had adopted for the 2022 maps and ruled that the new maps must satisfy the state constitution's contiguity requirements.[10]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Progressive Party
- ↑ Office of the Governor, "Gov. Evers Signs Fair Maps for Wisconsin," February 19, 2024
- ↑ NBC, "In heated Wisconsin Supreme Court debate, candidates tangle over 'fake elector' scheme," March 21, 2023
- ↑ NBC News, "Wisconsin governor signs new state legislative maps into law, ending a GOP gerrymander," February 19, 2024
- ↑ The New York Times, "Justices in Wisconsin Order New Legislative Maps," December 22, 2023
- ↑ Wisconsin Examiner, "Wisconsin Supreme Court rules state voting maps unconstitutional," December 22, 2023
