Wisconsin state executive official elections, 2025
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: January 7, 2025 |
| Primary: February 18, 2025 General: April 1, 2025 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Wisconsin |
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One state executive office was up for election in Wisconsin in 2025:
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Superintendent of Public Instruction
General election
General election for Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Jill Underly defeated Brittany Kinser and Adrianne Melby in the general election for Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction on April 1, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jill Underly (Nonpartisan) | 52.7 | 1,148,427 |
 | Brittany Kinser (Nonpartisan) | 46.9 | 1,022,489 | |
Adrianne Melby (Nonpartisan) (Write-in)  | 0.0 | 348 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 7,305 | ||
| Total votes: 2,178,569 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Jill Underly and Brittany Kinser defeated Jeff Wright in the primary for Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction on February 18, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jill Underly (Nonpartisan) | 37.9 | 177,626 |
| ✔ | | Brittany Kinser (Nonpartisan) | 34.5 | 161,636 |
 | Jeff Wright (Nonpartisan) | 27.4 | 128,292 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 1,055 | ||
| Total votes: 468,609 | |||
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Context of the 2025 elections
Party control in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Party Control: 1992-2025
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 | 25 |
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| 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 | 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 | R |
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Wisconsin
Campaign finance
The section and tables below contain data from financial reports submitted to state agencies. The data is gathered and made available by Transparency USA.
Past elections
2022
The following offices were up for election in 2022:
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Treasurer
See also
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