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United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 2022 (August 9 Republican primary)

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U.S. Senate, Wisconsin
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Democratic primary
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Election details
Filing deadline: June 1, 2022
Primary: August 9, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
Pre-election incumbent:
Ron Johnson (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Wisconsin
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Lean Republican
Inside Elections: Tilt Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Republican
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U.S. Senate battlegrounds
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Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
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A Republican Party primary took place on August 9, 2022, in Wisconsin to determine which Republican candidate would run in the state's general election on November 8, 2022.

Incumbent Ronald Harold Johnson advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wisconsin.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
June 1, 2022
August 9, 2022
November 8, 2022


Heading into the election, the incumbent was Ron Johnson (Republican), who first took office in 2011.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Wisconsin utilizes an open primary system; registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1][2]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Wisconsin's United States Senate Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

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Candidates and election results

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wisconsin

Incumbent Ronald Harold Johnson defeated David Schroeder in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wisconsin on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ronald Harold Johnson
Ronald Harold Johnson
 
83.6
 
563,871
Image of David Schroeder
David Schroeder
 
16.3
 
109,917
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
693

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

Total votes: 674,481
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[3] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[4] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report Close of books Filing deadline
Year-end 2021 12/31/2021 1/31/2022
April quarterly 3/31/2022 4/15/2022
July quarterly 6/30/2022 7/15/2022
October quarterly 9/30/2022 10/15/2022
Pre-general 10/19/2022 10/27/2022
Post-general 11/28/2022 12/08/2022
Year-end 2022 12/31/2022 1/31/2023


Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Ronald Harold Johnson Republican Party $36,479,852 $35,762,010 $762,105 As of December 31, 2022
David Schroeder Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.


Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Wisconsin in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Wisconsin, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2022
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Wisconsin U.S. Senate All candidates 2,000 N/A 6/1/2022 Source

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
  • Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
  • State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

Presidential elections

See also: Presidential voting trends in Wisconsin and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Wisconsin, 2022
District Incumbent Party PVI
Wisconsin's 1st Bryan Steil Ends.png Republican R+3
Wisconsin's 2nd Mark Pocan Electiondot.png Democratic D+19
Wisconsin's 3rd Open Electiondot.png Democratic R+4
Wisconsin's 4th Gwen Moore Electiondot.png Democratic D+25
Wisconsin's 5th Scott Fitzgerald Ends.png Republican R+14
Wisconsin's 6th Glenn Grothman Ends.png Republican R+10
Wisconsin's 7th Tom Tiffany Ends.png Republican R+12
Wisconsin's 8th Mike Gallagher Ends.png Republican R+10


2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2022 district lines, Wisconsin[5]
District Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Wisconsin's 1st 48.3% 50.3%
Wisconsin's 2nd 70.2% 28.4%
Wisconsin's 3rd 46.8% 51.5%
Wisconsin's 4th 75.9% 22.8%
Wisconsin's 5th 37.9% 60.8%
Wisconsin's 6th 41.4% 57.0%
Wisconsin's 7th 39.3% 59.2%
Wisconsin's 8th 41.5% 57.0%


2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:


Following the 2020 presidential election, 46.1% of Wisconsinites lived in one of the state's 37 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 35.7% lived in one of 12 Solid Democratic counties. Overall, Wisconsin was Battleground Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Wisconsin following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Historical voting trends

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[6] R D D D R D R R R D R R D R R D D D D D D D R D

Statewide elections

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Wisconsin

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Wisconsin.

U.S. Senate election results in Wisconsin
Race Winner Runner up
2018 55.4%Democratic Party 44.6%Republican Party
2016 50.2%Republican Party 46.8%Democratic Party
2012 51.4%Democratic Party 45.9%Republican Party
2010 51.9%Republican Party 47.0%Democratic Party
2006 67.3%Democratic Party 29.5%Republican Party
Average 55.2 42.8

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of Wisconsin

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Wisconsin.

Gubernatorial election results in Wisconsin
Race Winner Runner up
2018 49.5%Democratic Party 48.4%Republican Party
2014 52.3%Republican Party 46.6%Democratic Party
2010 52.3%Republican Party 46.5%Democratic Party
2006 52.8%Democratic Party 45.4%Republican Party
2002 45.1%Democratic Party 41.4%Republican Party
Average 50.4 45.7

State partisanship

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 Democratic Party Tony Evers
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Mandela Barnes
Secretary of State Democratic Party Dogulas J. La Follette
Attorney General Democratic Party Josh Kaul

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
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

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Wisconsin and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Wisconsin
Wisconsin United States
Population 5,686,986 308,745,538
Land area (sq mi) 54,167 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 85.4% 72.5%
Black/African American 6.4% 12.7%
Asian 2.8% 5.5%
Native American 0.9% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0% 0.2%
Other (single race) 2% 4.9%
Multiple 2.4% 3.3%
Hispanic/Latino 6.8% 18%
Education
High school graduation rate 92.2% 88%
College graduation rate 30.1% 32.1%
Income
Median household income $61,747 $62,843
Persons below poverty level 11.3% 13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed October 4, 2024
  2. ↑ Wisconsin State Legislature, "Wis. State § 5.62 Partisan primary ballots," accessed October 4, 2024
  3. ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
  4. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
  5. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022
  6. ↑ Progressive Party


Wisconsin's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Tammy Baldwin (D)
Ronald Johnson (R)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
Tony Wied (R)
Republican Party (7)
Democratic Party (3)


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