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United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 2024 (August 13 Republican primary)

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U.S. Senate, Wisconsin
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: June 3, 2024
Primary: August 13, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
Pre-election incumbent:
Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Wisconsin
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Toss-up
DDHQ and The Hill: Toss-up
Inside Elections: Tilt Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
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A Republican Party primary took place on August 13, 2024, in Wisconsin to determine which Republican candidate would run in the state's general election on November 5, 2024.

Eric Hovde advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wisconsin.

Thirty-four of 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were up for election in 2024, including one special election. At the time of the election, Democrats had a 51-49 majority.[1] Of the seats up for election in 2024, Democrats held 19, Republicans held 11, and independents held four. As of May 2024, eight members of the U.S. Senate had announced they were not running for re-election.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
June 3, 2024
August 13, 2024
November 5, 2024


Heading into the election, the incumbent was Tammy Baldwin (Democrat), who was first elected in 2012.

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.[2][3]

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:

Candidates and election results

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wisconsin

Eric Hovde defeated Charles Barman and Rejani Raveendran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wisconsin on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Eric Hovde
Eric Hovde
 
86.2
 
477,197
Image of Charles Barman
Charles Barman
 
7.4
 
40,990
Image of Rejani Raveendran
Rejani Raveendran
 
6.3
 
34,612
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
748

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

Total votes: 553,547
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Eric Hovde

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Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Biography:  Hovde received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was a real estate executive, bank CEO, and co-founder of The Hovde Foundation, a charity run by Hovde's family.


Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

Hovde said he would prioritize reducing spending and lowering inflation: "When you think of what’s happened to the cost of food, insurance, energy, you know, healthcare, it’s a real serious issue. And a lot of this has been sparked, the majority of it, by all this reckless spending...We have $35 trillion in debt. It’s now become, the interest costs on that debt, [has] become bigger than our Defense Department budget. It’s only secondary to Social Security. And it’s going to jeopardize all these different other spending programs because the interest costs on the debt will become bigger than Social Security."

Hovde said the southern border was one of his top priorities. His campaign website said, "The Biden Administration and Senator Baldwin have fueled the worst border crisis in our nation’s history. Their refusal to secure our southern border and enforce our immigration laws has put the security of our nation at great risk, allowed the unabated flow of drugs from Mexico and China, and created a humanitarian crisis for migrants."

Hovde said healthcare reform was one of his top priorities and talked about his experiences with the healthcare system as someone with multiple sclerosis. He said, "I think we need to change the Affordable Care Act. There [are] pieces like pre-existing conditions that I would keep. But I think we have to really look at how to drive more competition, how we start bending the cost curve of healthcare down, how we can drive accessibility up."

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Sources: Eric Hovde 2024 campaign website, "Issues: Healthcare," accessed September 3, 2024;WMTV 15, "One-on-One: Eric Hovde says inflation, health care are the biggest issues this election," June 17, 2024; Sunwest Bank, "Eric Hovde," accessed September 3, 2024

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. Senate Wisconsin in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Wisconsin

Election information in Wisconsin: Aug. 13, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 13, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by July 24, 2024
  • Online: July 24, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 11, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Aug. 8, 2024
  • Online: Aug. 8, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 13, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Aug. 13, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

July 30, 2024 to Aug. 11, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (CST)


Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Charles Barman Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Eric Hovde Republican Party $31,958,333 $31,822,973 $135,360 As of December 31, 2024
Rejani Raveendran Republican Party $47,355 $47,355 $0 As of December 31, 2024

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. 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

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Wisconsin in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Wisconsin, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Wisconsin U.S. Senate All candidates 2,000 N/A 6/3/2024 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.


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, 2024
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 Derrick Van Orden Ends.png Republican 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 2024 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2024 district lines, Wisconsin[4]
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[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

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
2022 50.4%Republican Party 49.4%Democratic Party
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
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
2022 51.1%Democratic Party 47.8%Republican Party
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
Average 50.4 45.7
See also: Party control of Wisconsin state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Wisconsin's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Wisconsin
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 1 2 3
Republican 1 6 7
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 May 2024.

State executive officials in Wisconsin, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Tony Evers
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Sara Rodriguez
Secretary of State Democratic Party Sarah Godlewski
Attorney General Democratic Party Josh Kaul

State legislature

Wisconsin State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 10
     Republican Party 22
     Other 0
     Vacancies 1
Total 33

Wisconsin State Assembly

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 35
     Republican Party 64
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 99

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Wisconsin Party Control: 1992-2024
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 23 24
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 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 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 R R

The table below details demographic data in Wisconsin and compares it to the broader United States as of 2022.

Demographic Data for Wisconsin
Wisconsin United States
Population 5,893,718 331,449,281
Land area (sq mi) 54,166 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 82.5% 65.9%
Black/African American 6.2% 12.5%
Asian 2.9% 5.8%
Native American 0.7% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0% 0.2%
Other (single race) 2.2% 6%
Multiple 5.4% 8.8%
Hispanic/Latino 7.3% 18.7%
Education
High school graduation rate 93.1% 89.1%
College graduation rate 32% 34.3%
Income
Median household income $72,458 $75,149
Persons below poverty level 6.6% 8.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2017-2022).
**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. ↑ Two Independents caucused with the Democratic Party. Another independent, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, counted toward the Democratic majority for committee purposes.
  2. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed October 4, 2024
  3. ↑ Wisconsin State Legislature, "Wis. State § 5.62 Partisan primary ballots," accessed October 4, 2024
  4. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed December 15, 2023
  5. ↑ 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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