Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District

Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District

Incumbent

Bryan Steil

Assumed office: January 3, 2019

Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Bryan Steil (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Wisconsin representatives represented an average of 737,184 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 712,279 residents.

Elections

• 2030
• 2028
• 2026
• 2024
• 2022
• 2020
• 2018

See also: Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District election, 2026

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1

The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Bryan Steil (R)
	Submit photo	Miguel Aranda (D)
	Submit photo	Mitchell Berman (D)
		Randy Bryce (D)
		Enrique Casiano (D)
		Gage Stills (D)
	Submit photo	Connor Walleck (R)
	Submit photo	Adam Follmer (Independent)

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See also: Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1

Incumbent Bryan Steil (R) defeated Peter Barca (D) and Chester Todd Jr. (G) in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bryan Steil (R)	54.0	212,515
		Peter Barca (D)	43.8	172,402
		Chester Todd Jr. (G)	2.1	8,191
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1%	385

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 393,493
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1

Peter Barca (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter Barca	99.8	59,758
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2%	103

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,861
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Diane Anderson (D)
• Anthony Hammes (D)
• Lorenzo Santos (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1

Incumbent Bryan Steil (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bryan Steil	99.4	52,253
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6%	327

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 52,580
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Steven Trueblood (R)

Green Party primary

Green primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1

Chester Todd Jr. (G) advanced from the Green Party primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chester Todd Jr.	98.1	259
		Other/Write-in votes	1.9%	5

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 264
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See also: Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1

Incumbent Bryan Steil (R) defeated Ann Roe (D) and Charles Barman (The Going Away Party) in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bryan Steil (R)	54.0	162,610
		Ann Roe (D)	45.1	135,825
		Charles Barman (The Going Away Party)	0.7	2,247
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1%	185

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 300,867
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1

Ann Roe (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ann Roe	99.8	48,148
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2%	112

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 48,260
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Albert Namath (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1

Incumbent Bryan Steil (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bryan Steil	99.2	73,191
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8%	571

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,762
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See also: Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1

Incumbent Bryan Steil (R) defeated Roger Polack (D) in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bryan Steil (R)	59.3	238,271
		Roger Polack (D)	40.6	163,170
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1%	313

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 401,754
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1

Roger Polack (D) defeated Josh Pade (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Roger Polack	58.1	28,698
		Josh Pade	41.7	20,608
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2%	109

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 49,415 (100% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Angela Cunningham (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1

Incumbent Bryan Steil (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bryan Steil	99.7	40,273
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3%	131

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,404
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Baker (R)
• Charles Barman (R)
• Jeremy Ryan (R)

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1

Bryan Steil (R) defeated Randy Bryce (D) and Ken Yorgan (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bryan Steil (R)	54.6	177,492
		Randy Bryce (D)	42.3	137,508
		Ken Yorgan (Independent)	3.1	10,006
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0%	7

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 325,0130
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1

Randy Bryce (D) defeated Catherine Myers (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Randy Bryce	59.6	36,406
		Catherine Myers	40.4	24,699

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 61,1050
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 1 on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bryan Steil	51.6	30,885
		Nick Polce	14.9	8,948
		Paul Nehlen	11.1	6,638
	Submit photo	Kevin Steen	10.5	6,262
	Submit photo	Jeremy Ryan	10.4	6,226
		Bradley Thomas Boivin	1.5	924

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,8830
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jeff Wamboldt (R)

Previous election results

2016

See also: Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Paul Ryan (R) defeated Ryan Solen (D), Jason Lebeck (L), and Spencer Zimmerman (Trump Conservative) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Ryan defeated Paul Nehlen in the Republican primary, while Solen defeated Tom Breu to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on August 9, 2016.

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 1 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Paul Ryan Incumbent	65%	230,072
	Democratic	Ryan Solen	30.2%	107,003
	Trump Conservative	Spencer Zimmerman	2.7%	9,429
	Libertarian	Jason Lebeck	2.1%	7,486
Total Votes				353,990
Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 1 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Paul Ryan Incumbent	84.1%	57,364
Paul Nehlen	15.9%	10,864
Total Votes		68,228
Source: Wisconsin Elections and Ethics Commission

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 1 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Ryan Solen	59.1%	14,639
Tom Breu	40.9%	10,142
Total Votes		24,781
Source: Wisconsin Elections and Ethics Commission

2014

See also: Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

The 1st Congressional District of Wisconsin held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Paul Ryan (R) defeated Rob Zerban (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 1 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Paul Ryan Incumbent	63.3%	182,316
	Democratic	Rob Zerban	36.6%	105,552
	Independent	Keith Deschler - Write-in	0%	29
	N/A	Scattering	0.1%	273
Total Votes				288,170
Source: Wisconsin Government Accountability Board

2012

See also: Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District elections, 2012

The 1st Congressional District of Wisconsin held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Paul Ryan won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 1 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rob Zerban	43.4%	158,414
	Republican	Paul Ryan Incumbent	54.9%	200,423
	Libertarian	Keith Deschler	1.7%	6,054
	Miscellaneous	N/A	0%	167
Total Votes				365,058
Source: Wisconsin Government Accountability Board "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" (dead link)

2010
On November 2, 2010, Paul Ryan won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Heckenlively (D) and Joseph Kexel (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 1 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Paul Ryan incumbent	68.2%	179,819
	Democratic	John Heckenlively	30.1%	79,363
	Libertarian	Joseph Kexel	1.6%	4,311
	N/A	Scattering	0.1%	134
Total Votes				263,627

2008
On November 4, 2008, Paul Ryan won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Marge Krupp (D) and Joseph Kexel (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 1 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Paul Ryan incumbent	64%	231,009
	Democratic	Marge Krupp	34.7%	125,268
	Libertarian	Joseph Kexel	1.3%	4,606
	N/A	Scattering	0.1%	224
Total Votes				361,107

2006
On November 7, 2006, Paul Ryan won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jeffrey C. Thomas (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 1 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Paul Ryan incumbent	62.6%	161,320
	Democratic	Jeffrey C. Thomas	37.2%	95,761
	N/A	Scattering	0.2%	515
Total Votes				257,596

2004
On November 2, 2004, Paul Ryan won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jeffrey Chapman Thomas (D), Norman Aulabaugh (I) and Don Bernau (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 1 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Paul Ryan incumbent	65.4%	233,372
	Democratic	Jeffrey Chapman Thomas	32.6%	116,250
	Independent	Norman Aulabaugh	1.2%	4,252
	Libertarian	Don Bernau	0.8%	2,936
	N/A	Scattering	0%	166
Total Votes				356,976

2002
On November 5, 2002, Paul Ryan won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jeffrey C. Thomas (D) and George Meyers (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 1 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Paul Ryan incumbent	67.2%	140,176
	Democratic	Jeffrey C. Thomas	30.6%	63,895
	Libertarian	George Meyers	2.1%	4,406
	N/A	Scattering	0.1%	136
Total Votes				208,613

2000
On November 7, 2000, Paul Ryan won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jeffrey C. Thomas (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 1 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Paul Ryan incumbent	66.6%	177,612
	Democratic	Jeffrey C. Thomas	33.3%	88,885
	N/A	Scattering	0.1%	294
Total Votes				266,791

District map

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Wisconsin after the 2020 census

Wisconsin enacted its congressional districts on March 3, 2022, when the Wisconsin Supreme Court approved congressional proposals submitted by Gov. Tony Evers (D). Evers vetoed a legislatively-approved congressional district map on November 18. Those maps had passed the state Senate on November 8, 2021, by a 21-12 vote split along party lines, with all Republicans in the chamber voting for the proposal and all Democrats voting against it. They had passed the House on November 11 by a 60-38 party-line vote.

After Evers' veto, the Wisconsin Supreme Court assumed control of the drafting process, as the court had agreed in September to decide new districts if the legislature and governor failed to do so. On November 30, the court announced it would seek to make as few changes as possible to the current legislative and congressional maps adopted in 2011. Evers submitted a congressional district map proposal to the supreme court on December 15.

On January 10, 2022, the court issued a 4-3 ruling in which it denied congressional Republicans' request to submit an additional, amended map for the court's consideration and granted Evers the ability to make corrections to the map he submitted. On March 3, 2022, the court adopted Evers' proposal. This map took effect for Wisconsin's 2022 congressional elections.



How does redistricting in Wisconsin work? In Wisconsin, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Wisconsin State Legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.

The Wisconsin Constitution requires that state legislative districts be compact and "that they be bounded by county, precinct, town, or ward lines where possible." The state constitution further stipulates that state legislative districts should be contiguous.

2020

2024

2010-2011

This is the 1st Congressional District of Wisconsin after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Wisconsin after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Wisconsin State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

In redistricting, The Hill published a list of the Top Ten House Members who were helped by redistricting. Ryan ranked 9th on the list. The article notes that the redistricting process, controlled by Republicans in the state House, was rushed through rather quickly ahead of recalls happening in the state, and added a few more points to the Republican base in Ryan's district.

District analysis

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

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+2. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 2 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Wisconsin's 1st the 208th most Republican district nationally.

2024

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+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Wisconsin's 1st the 206th most Republican district nationally.

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) 50.3%-48.3%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Wisconsin's 1st the 204th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 48.3% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 50.3%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+5. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 5 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District the 189th most Republican nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.03. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.03 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Wisconsin
• Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
• Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
• Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District election, 2020
• Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 1

Footnotes

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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)