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Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District
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Democratic primary
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General election
Election details
Filing deadline: June 3, 2024
Primary: August 13, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Wisconsin
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
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All U.S. House districts, including the 6th Congressional District of Wisconsin, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was August 13, 2024. The filing deadline was June 3, 2024. The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 94.9%-5.0%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 57.0%-41.4%.[3]

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Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6

Incumbent Glenn Grothman defeated John Zarbano in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman (R)
 
61.2
 
251,889
Image of John Zarbano
John Zarbano (D) Candidate Connection
 
38.7
 
159,042
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
418

Total votes: 411,349
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6

John Zarbano advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Zarbano
John Zarbano Candidate Connection
 
99.9
 
54,212
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
65

Total votes: 54,277
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6

Incumbent Glenn Grothman advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
 
99.2
 
75,113
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
580

Total votes: 75,693
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Candidate profiles

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography "I am a Wisconsinite by marriage. My wife, Merlaine, and I returned to Wisconsin 25 years ago to be closer to her mother and father, Merlaine and Captain Robert Angwall, of Marinette. After I retired from the practice of law, I landed a job as box office manager at UWO Theatre Department where my wife served as chair and professor. In addition, I enjoyed teaching Entertainment Law at UWO and Hospitality Law at Fox Valley Technical College. After she retired, we traveled a bit and spent time with our son, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren. Over the past 2 years, I worked with Republican legislators on my healthcare concept, Healthcare of Wisconsin, for direct medical services without using tax dollars. In September 2023, I received an analysis from the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. My work continues. "


Key Messages

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Women possess the fundamental right of autonomy of self, including their decisions about their own bodies.


Clean our air and water.


Strong labor unions are essential for an equilibrium of national prosperity.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Wisconsin

Election information in Wisconsin: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 16, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 16, 2024

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

Yes

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

  • In-person: Nov. 3, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Oct. 31, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 31, 2024

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

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 22, 2024 to Nov. 3, 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)

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Women possess the fundamental right of autonomy of self, including their decisions about their own bodies.

Clean our air and water.

Strong labor unions are essential for an equilibrium of national prosperity.
Equal Rights For Women

The incumbent, Glenn Grothman, voted, "No," to • Pregnant Workers Fairness Act • Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022 • Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022 • Respect for Marriage Act of 2022 • Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021.

His votes violate Wisconsin values. He must go home to Glenbeulah.
My grandparents. I am so grateful that Nannu caught the San Giovanni from Naples and arrived at Ellis Island on March 14, 1920.
On May 5, 1961, I was 10 years-old when Alan Shepard became the first American in space onboard the Mercury capsule Freedom 7.
Janitor at Methodist Hospital during the summer after high school graduation
It’s the People’s House. Representatives must vote for the values of their constituents and not for the ideology of their designated party.
Yes, especially since the widespread lack of Civics education has caused widespread misunderstanding.
I have listened to many stories from students, alumni, faculty, and staff recounting the devasting effects of the Republicans' budget slashing on the UW System. We must restore funding to higher education.
The House should use its investigative powers for oversight of the Executive and Judicial branches. In addition, in order to make laws fixing the problems of the nation, the House should investigate matters of civil rights, education, healthcare, and immigration.



Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Glenn Grothman Republican Party $998,214 $1,013,451 $522,490 As of December 31, 2024
John Zarbano Democratic Party $90,623 $90,532 $91 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.

General election race ratings

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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.[4]
  • 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.[5][6][7]

Race ratings: Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
Race trackerRace ratings
November 5, 2024October 29, 2024October 22, 2024October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The HillSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House 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. House candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Wisconsin U.S. House All candidates 1,000 N/A 6/3/2024 Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 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.


Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office Districts/
offices
Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested Democratic primaries Contested Republican primaries % of contested primaries Incumbents in contested primaries % of incumbents in contested primaries
2024 8 8 1 23 16 2 3 31.3% 0 0.0%
2022 8 8 1 22 16 1 5 37.5% 3 42.9%
2020 8 8 1 23 16 3 3 37.5% 1 14.3%
2018 8 8 1 25 16 3 3 37.5% 2 28.6%
2016 8 8 1 23 16 5 3 50.0% 4 57.1%
2014 8 8 1 27 16 3 5 50.0% 3 42.9%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Wisconsin in 2024. Information below was calculated on June 16, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Twenty-three candidates ran for Wisconsin’s eight U.S. House districts, including 11 Democrats and 12 Republicans. That’s an average of 2.88 candidates per district. There were 2.75 candidates per district in 2022, 2.88 candidates per district in 2020, and 3.13 candidates per district in 2018.

The 8th Congressional District was the only open district in Wisconsin in 2024. Since 2014, there has been one open district in Wisconsin in every election year.

The 8th Congressional District became vacant after former Rep. Mike Gallagher (R) resigned from Congress on April 19.

Two congressional districts—the 3rd and the 8th—were tied for the most candidates who ran for a district in Wisconsin in 2024. Four candidates ran in each district.

Five primaries—two Democratic and three Republican—were contested in 2024, the fewest in Wisconsin in the last 10 years. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 6.8 primaries were contested each election year.

No incumbents were in contested primaries in 2024, the fewest in Wisconsin in the last 10 years. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 2.6 incumbents ran in contested primaries.

Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all eight districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+10. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 10 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Wisconsin's 6th the 141st most Republican district nationally.[8]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Wisconsin's 6th based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
41.4% 57.0%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[9] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline Democratic Party Republican Baseline Republican Party Difference
42.0 56.1 R+14.1

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Wisconsin, 2020

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[10] R D D D R D R R R D R R D R R D D D D D D D R D
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

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

See also: Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6

Incumbent Glenn Grothman defeated Tom Powell in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman (R)
 
94.9
 
239,231
Tom Powell (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.1
 
340
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.9
 
12,428

Total votes: 251,999
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Democratic primary election

No Democratic candidates ran in the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6

Incumbent Glenn Grothman defeated Douglas Mullenix in the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
 
82.5
 
84,056
Image of Douglas Mullenix
Douglas Mullenix Candidate Connection
 
17.4
 
17,773
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
82

Total votes: 101,911
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2020

See also: Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6

Incumbent Glenn Grothman defeated Jessica King in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman (R)
 
59.2
 
238,874
Image of Jessica King
Jessica King (D) Candidate Connection
 
40.7
 
164,239
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
220

Total votes: 403,333
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6

Jessica King defeated Michael Beardsley and Matthew Boor in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jessica King
Jessica King Candidate Connection
 
75.9
 
38,043
Image of Michael Beardsley
Michael Beardsley Candidate Connection
 
15.8
 
7,896
Image of Matthew Boor
Matthew Boor Candidate Connection
 
8.3
 
4,165
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
24

Total votes: 50,128
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6

Incumbent Glenn Grothman advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
 
99.7
 
52,247
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
153

Total votes: 52,400
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2018

See also: Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6

Incumbent Glenn Grothman defeated Dan Kohl in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman (R)
 
55.5
 
180,311
Image of Dan Kohl
Dan Kohl (D)
 
44.5
 
144,536

Total votes: 324,847
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6

Dan Kohl advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dan Kohl
Dan Kohl
 
100.0
 
41,862

Total votes: 41,862
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6

Incumbent Glenn Grothman advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 6 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
 
100.0
 
60,485

Total votes: 60,485
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates



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Footnotes

  1. A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
  3. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  4. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  5. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  6. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  7. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  8. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  9. Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023
  10. Progressive Party


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