Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District
Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Tom Tiffany (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
2024
See also: Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Democratic primary)
Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7
Incumbent Tom Tiffany defeated Kyle Kilbourn in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tom Tiffany (R) | 63.6 | 273,553 |
![]() | Kyle Kilbourn (D) ![]() | 36.4 | 156,524 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 307 |
Total votes: 430,384 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7
Kyle Kilbourn defeated Elsa Duranceau in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kyle Kilbourn ![]() | 58.0 | 32,917 |
Elsa Duranceau ![]() | 41.9 | 23,795 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 63 |
Total votes: 56,775 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7
Incumbent Tom Tiffany advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tom Tiffany | 99.4 | 78,503 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 449 |
Total votes: 78,952 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7
Incumbent Tom Tiffany defeated Richard Ausman in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tom Tiffany (R) | 61.9 | 209,224 |
![]() | Richard Ausman (D) ![]() | 38.1 | 128,877 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 167 |
Total votes: 338,268 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- George Kellogg (Federalist Party)
- Ken Driessen (Independent Direct Participatory Democracy Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7
Richard Ausman advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Richard Ausman ![]() | 99.8 | 43,265 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 67 |
Total votes: 43,332 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7
Incumbent Tom Tiffany defeated David Kunelius in the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tom Tiffany | 86.6 | 80,675 |
David Kunelius | 13.4 | 12,456 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 52 |
Total votes: 93,183 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Audun Mikkelson (R)
2020
Regular
General election
General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7
Incumbent Tom Tiffany defeated Tricia Zunker in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tom Tiffany (R) | 60.7 | 252,048 |
![]() | Tricia Zunker (D) | 39.2 | 162,741 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 218 |
Total votes: 415,007 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ken Driessen (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7
Tricia Zunker advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tricia Zunker | 99.9 | 51,139 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 50 |
Total votes: 51,189 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7
Incumbent Tom Tiffany advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tom Tiffany | 99.7 | 62,142 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 176 |
Total votes: 62,318 | ||||
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Special
General election
Special general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7
Tom Tiffany defeated Tricia Zunker in the special general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on May 12, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tom Tiffany (R) | 57.1 | 109,498 |
![]() | Tricia Zunker (D) | 42.9 | 82,135 |
Total votes: 191,633 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Robert Schuck (Independent)
- Dennis Frank Paulaha (Independent in the Middle Party)
- Douglas Lindee (Constitution Party)
Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7
Tricia Zunker defeated Lawrence Dale in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on February 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tricia Zunker | 88.9 | 35,577 |
![]() | Lawrence Dale | 11.0 | 4,388 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 34 |
Total votes: 39,999 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7
Tom Tiffany defeated Jason Church and Michael Opela Sr. in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on February 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Tom Tiffany | 57.4 | 43,714 |
![]() | Jason Church | 42.5 | 32,339 | |
Michael Opela Sr. (Write-in) | 0.0 | 18 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 29 |
Total votes: 76,100 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7
Incumbent Sean Duffy defeated Margaret Engebretson and Ken Driessen in the general election for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Sean Duffy (R) | 60.1 | 194,061 |
![]() | Margaret Engebretson (D) ![]() | 38.5 | 124,307 | |
Ken Driessen (Direct Participatory Democracy Party) | 1.4 | 4,416 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 3 |
Total votes: 322,787 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7
Margaret Engebretson defeated Brian Ewert in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Margaret Engebretson ![]() | 57.3 | 27,194 |
![]() | Brian Ewert | 42.7 | 20,285 |
Total votes: 47,479 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dennis Frank Paulaha (D)
- Bob Look (D)
- Kyle Frenette (D)
- David Beeksma (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7
Incumbent Sean Duffy advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Wisconsin District 7 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Sean Duffy | 100.0 | 60,708 |
Total votes: 60,708 | ||||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Sean Duffy (R) defeated Mary Hoeft (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Duffy defeated Donald Raihala in the Republican primary, while Hoeft defeated Joel Lewis to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on August 9, 2016.[1][2]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | ![]() |
61.7% | 223,418 | |
Democratic | Mary Hoeft | 38.3% | 138,643 | |
Total Votes | 362,061 | |||
Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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89.5% | 29,501 | ||
Donald Raihala | 10.5% | 3,456 | ||
Total Votes | 32,957 | |||
Source: Wisconsin Elections and Ethics Commission |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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80.7% | 27,289 | ||
Joel Lewis | 19.3% | 6,531 | ||
Total Votes | 33,820 | |||
Source: Wisconsin Elections and Ethics Commission |
2014
The 7th Congressional District of Wisconsin held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Sean Duffy (R) defeated Kelly Westlund (D) and Lawrence Dale (G) in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | ![]() |
59.3% | 169,891 | |
Democratic | Kelly Westlund | 39.4% | 112,949 | |
Green | Lawrence Dale | 1.3% | 3,686 | |
Independent | Rob Taylor - Write-in | 0% | 30 | |
Republican | John Schiess - Write-in | 0% | 5 | |
N/A | Scattering | 0% | 42 | |
Total Votes | 286,603 | |||
Source: Wisconsin Government Accountability Board |
2012
The 7th Congressional District of Wisconsin held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Sean Duffy won re-election in the district.[3]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Democratic | Pat Kreitlow | 43.8% | 157,524 | |
Republican | ![]() |
56.1% | 201,720 | |
Independent | Dale Lehner | 0% | 20 | |
Miscellaneous | N/A | 0.1% | 405 | |
Total Votes | 359,669 | |||
Source: Wisconsin Government Accountability Board "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" (dead link) |
2010
On November 2, 2010, Sean Duffy won election to the United States House. He defeated Julie M. Lassa (D) and Gary Kauther (Independent No War No Bailout) in the general election.[4]
2008
On November 4, 2008, David R. Obey won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Dan Mielke (R) in the general election.[5]
2006
On November 7, 2006, David R. Obey won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Nick Reid (R) and Mike Miles (Wisconsin Green Party) in the general election.[6]
2004
On November 2, 2004, David R. Obey won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mike Miles (Wisconsin Green) and Larry Oftedahl (Constitution Party) in the general election.[7]
2002
On November 5, 2002, David R. Obey won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Joe Rothbauer (R) in the general election.[8]
2000
On November 7, 2000, David R. Obey won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Sean Cronin (R) in the general election.[9]
District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
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 7
until January 2, 2023
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Wisconsin District 7
starting January 3, 2023
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2010-2011
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.[19] Duffy ranked 7th on the list.[19] The article notes that Republican state legislators traded some of the Democratic leaning areas with Republican areas, "making the district a toss-up and giving him a better chance of holding on to the seat."[19]
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+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Wisconsin's 7th the 112th most Republican district nationally.[20]
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+12. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 12 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Wisconsin's 7th the 118th most Republican district nationally.[21]
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) 59.2%-39.3%.[22]
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+12. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 12 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Wisconsin's 7th the 121st most Republican district nationally.[23]
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 39.3% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 59.2%.[24]
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+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District the 167th most Republican nationally.[25]
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 1.02. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.02 points toward that party.[26]
See also
- Redistricting in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
- Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
- Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District election, 2020
- Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District election, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidate Tracking by Office," accessed June 2, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Wisconsin House Primaries Results," August 9, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Wisconsin," accessed November 11, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ WPR, "Evers vetoes Republican-drawn redistricting maps," November 18, 2021
- ↑ WIZM News, "GOP-led Wisconsin Senate OKs their own redistricting plan," November 8, 2021
- ↑ Wisconsin Public Radio, "Assembly passes Republican-drawn political maps," November 11, 2021
- ↑ Wisconsin State Journal, "Wisconsin Supreme Court takes redistricting lawsuit filed by conservatives," September 23, 2021
- ↑ The Hill, "Wisconsin Supreme Court hands win to GOP in key ruling on new congressional maps," November 30, 2021
- ↑ Wisconsin Examiner, "Gov. Evers submits ‘least changes’ map to state Supreme Court," December 15, 2021
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Wisconsin Supreme Court won't let Republicans in Congress offer a second redistricting plan," January 10, 2022
- ↑ Associated Press, "Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts governor’s redistricting maps," March 3, 2022
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 All About Redistricting, "Wisconsin," accessed May 7, 2015
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 The Hill, "House members most helped by redistricting," accessed April 17, 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018