What to know about Wisconsin’s 2026 elections

Key contests

Wisconsin’s 2026 Election Day is Nov. 3. Voters will choose a governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and secretary of state, while all eight of the state’s U.S. House districts will hold elections.

In the governor’s race, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley is the Democratic candidate and U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany is the Republican candidate. For secretary of state, JoCasta Zamarripa is the Democratic candidate and Jay Schroeder is the Republican candidate.

The lieutenant governor contest features Sarah Godlewski, a Democrat, and David Varnam, a Republican. In the attorney general race, Democratic incumbent Josh Kaul faces Republican Eric Toney.

The highlighted congressional contest is in District 3. Democrat Rebecca Cooke and Republican incumbent Derrick Van Orden are running for the western Wisconsin seat.

Wisconsin’s recent presidential results

Wisconsin divided closely between the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees in each election from 2016 through 2024.

In 2024, Donald Trump received 49.6% of Wisconsin’s presidential vote, compared with 48.7% for the Democratic nominee. His 0.9 percentage-point margin was his smallest among the 50 states, and Wisconsin awarded 10 electoral votes.

The result followed a Democratic edge in 2020, when the Democratic nominee received 49.4% and the Republican nominee received 48.8%. In 2016, the Republican nominee received 47.8%, while the Democratic nominee received 47.0%.

Those three results show margins of less than one percentage point between the two major-party nominees in each presidential election. The 2026 contests, however, cover state executive offices and congressional representation rather than the presidency.