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Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District

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Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District
Incumbent
Assumed office: January 3, 2005

Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Gwen Moore (D).

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

2024

See also: Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District election, 2024

Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Republican primary)

Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4

Incumbent Gwen Moore defeated Tim Rogers, Robert Raymond, and Micah Leavitt in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore (D)
 
74.8
 
249,938
Image of Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers (R)
 
22.4
 
74,921
Image of Robert Raymond
Robert Raymond (Independent)
 
2.6
 
8,792
Micah Leavitt (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
13
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
618

Total votes: 334,282
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4

Incumbent Gwen Moore advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
 
99.5
 
85,017
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
411

Total votes: 85,428
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4

Tim Rogers defeated Purnima Nath in the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers
 
71.2
 
13,382
Image of Purnima Nath
Purnima Nath
 
28.4
 
5,348
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
69

Total votes: 18,799
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2022

See also: Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4

Incumbent Gwen Moore defeated Tim Rogers and Robert Raymond in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore (D)
 
75.3
 
191,955
Image of Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers (R)
 
22.6
 
57,660
Image of Robert Raymond
Robert Raymond (Independent)
 
2.0
 
5,164
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
233

Total votes: 255,012
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4

Incumbent Gwen Moore advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
 
99.6
 
72,845
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
325

Total votes: 73,170
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4

Tim Rogers defeated Travis Clark in the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers
 
74.3
 
16,528
Travis Clark
 
25.1
 
5,583
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
135

Total votes: 22,246
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2020

See also: Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4

Incumbent Gwen Moore defeated Tim Rogers and Robert Raymond in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore (D)
 
74.6
 
232,668
Image of Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers (R)
 
22.7
 
70,769
Image of Robert Raymond
Robert Raymond (Independent)
 
2.5
 
7,911
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
349

Total votes: 311,697
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4

Incumbent Gwen Moore advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
 
99.4
 
68,898
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
392

Total votes: 69,290
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4

Tim Rogers defeated Cindy Werner in the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers
 
50.2
 
6,685
Image of Cindy Werner
Cindy Werner
 
49.5
 
6,598
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
41

Total votes: 13,324
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4

Incumbent Gwen Moore defeated Tim Rogers and Robert Raymond in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore (D)
 
75.7
 
206,487
Image of Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers (R)
 
21.7
 
59,091
Image of Robert Raymond
Robert Raymond (Independent)
 
2.6
 
7,170

Total votes: 272,748
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4

Incumbent Gwen Moore defeated Gary George in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
 
89.0
 
76,991
Image of Gary George
Gary George
 
11.0
 
9,468

Total votes: 86,459
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4

Tim Rogers defeated Cindy Werner in the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 4 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tim Rogers
Tim Rogers
 
55.6
 
8,912
Image of Cindy Werner
Cindy Werner
 
44.4
 
7,122

Total votes: 16,034
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2016

See also: Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Gwen Moore (D) defeated Andy Craig (L) and Robert Raymond (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Moore defeated Gary George in the Democratic primary on August 9, 2016.[1][2]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 4 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngGwen Moore Incumbent 77% 220,181
     Independent Robert Raymond 11.7% 33,494
     Libertarian Andy Craig 11.3% 32,183
Total Votes 285,858
Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission


U.S. House, Wisconsin District 4 Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngGwen Moore Incumbent 84.7% 55,256
Gary George 15.3% 10,013
Total Votes 65,269
Source: Wisconsin Elections and Ethics Commission

2014

See also: Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 4th Congressional District of Wisconsin held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Gwen Moore (D) defeated Dan Sebring (R) and Robert Raymond (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 4 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngGwen Moore Incumbent 70.2% 179,045
     Republican Dan Sebring 26.9% 68,490
     Independent Robert Raymond 2.7% 7,002
     N/A Scattering 0.1% 355
Total Votes 254,892
Source: Wisconsin Government Accountability Board

2012

See also: Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 4th Congressional District of Wisconsin held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Gwen Moore won re-election in the district.[3]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 4 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngGwen Moore Incumbent 72.2% 235,257
     Republican Dan Sebring 24.8% 80,787
     Independent Robert Raymond 2.8% 9,277
     Miscellaneous N/A 0.1% 467
Total Votes 325,788
Source: Wisconsin Government Accountability Board "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" (dead link)

2010
On November 2, 2010, Gwen Moore won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Dan Sebring (R) and Eddie Ahmad Ayyash (Coalition on Government Reform) in the general election.[4]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 4 General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngGwen Moore incumbent 69% 143,559
     Republican Dan Sebring 29.6% 61,543
     Coalition on Government Reform Eddie Ahmad Ayyash 1.3% 2,802
     N/A Scattering 0.1% 199
Total Votes 208,103


2008
On November 4, 2008, Gwen Moore won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Michael D. LaForest (I) in the general election.[5]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 4 General Election, 2008
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngGwen Moore incumbent 87.6% 222,728
     Independent Michael D. LaForest 11.5% 29,282
     N/A Scattering 0.9% 2,169
Total Votes 254,179


2006
On November 7, 2006, Gwen Moore won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Perfecto Rivera (R) in the general election.[6]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 3 General Election, 2006
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngGwen Moore incumbent 71.3% 136,735
     Republican Perfecto Rivera 28.4% 54,486
     N/A Scattering 0.3% 521
Total Votes 191,742


2004
On November 2, 2004, Gwen Moore won election to the United States House. She defeated Gerald H. Boyle (R), Tim Johnson (I), Robert R. Raymond (I) and Colin Hudson (Constitution) in the general election.[7]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 4 General Election, 2004
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngGwen Moore 69.6% 212,382
     Republican Gerald H. Boyle 28.2% 85,928
     Independent Tim Johnson 1.2% 3,733
     Independent Robert R. Raymond 0.6% 1,861
     Constitution Colin Hudson 0.3% 897
     N/A Scattering 0.1% 341
Total Votes 305,142


2002
On November 5, 2002, Gerald D. Kleczka won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Brian Verdin (Wisconsin Green Party) in the general election.[8]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 4 General Election, 2002
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngGerald D. Kleczka incumbent 86.3% 122,031
     Green Party Brian Verdin 13% 18,324
     Scattering 0.7% 1,012
Total Votes 141,367


2000
On November 7, 2000, Gerald D. Kleczka won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Tim Riener (R) and Nikola Rajnovic (L) in the general election.[9]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 4 General Election, 2000
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngGerald D. Kleczka incumbent 60.8% 163,622
     Republican Tim Riener 37.8% 101,811
     Libertarian Nikola Tajnovic 1.4% 3,705
     Scattering 0% 127
Total Votes 269,265


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.[10] 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.[11][12]

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.[13] 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.[14] Evers submitted a congressional district map proposal to the supreme court on December 15.[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.[16] On March 3, 2022, the court adopted Evers' proposal.[17] 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.[18]

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.[18]

Wisconsin District 4
until January 2, 2023

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Wisconsin District 4
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2010-2011

This is the 4th 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.

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 D+26. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 26 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Wisconsin's 4th the 24th most Republican district nationally.[19]

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 D+25. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 25 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Wisconsin's 4th the 37th most Democratic district nationally.[20]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 75.9%-22.8%.[21]

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 D+25. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 25 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Wisconsin's 4th the 39th most Democratic district nationally.[22]

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 75.9% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 22.8%.[23]

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 D+25. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 25 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District the 43rd most Democratic nationally.[24]

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 1.01. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.01 points toward that party.[25]

See also

External links


Footnotes

  1. Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidate Tracking by Office," accessed June 2, 2016
  2. Politico, "Wisconsin House Primaries Results," August 9, 2016
  3. Politico, "2012 Election Map, Wisconsin," accessed November 11, 2012
  4. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
  5. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
  6. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
  7. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
  8. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
  9. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
  10. WPR, "Evers vetoes Republican-drawn redistricting maps," November 18, 2021
  11. WIZM News, "GOP-led Wisconsin Senate OKs their own redistricting plan," November 8, 2021
  12. Wisconsin Public Radio, "Assembly passes Republican-drawn political maps," November 11, 2021
  13. Wisconsin State Journal, "Wisconsin Supreme Court takes redistricting lawsuit filed by conservatives," September 23, 2021
  14. The Hill, "Wisconsin Supreme Court hands win to GOP in key ruling on new congressional maps," November 30, 2021
  15. Wisconsin Examiner, "Gov. Evers submits ‘least changes’ map to state Supreme Court," December 15, 2021
  16. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Wisconsin Supreme Court won't let Republicans in Congress offer a second redistricting plan," January 10, 2022
  17. Associated Press, "Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts governor’s redistricting maps," March 3, 2022
  18. 18.0 18.1 All About Redistricting, "Wisconsin," accessed May 7, 2015
  19. Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
  20. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  21. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  22. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
  23. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  24. Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
  25. FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018


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