Fall 2026 Candidate Information

Fall 2026 Election
Primary, if needed: Tuesday, August 11
Election: Tuesday, November 3
Find Candidates' answers to questions posed by LWV on Vote411.org

U.S. Congressman District 6 (map)
Two Republican candidates are running for this seat:

• Incumbent Glenn Grothman

• Jonathan Peetz

Eight Democratic candidates are running for this seat:

• Amanda Bell

• Kelly Brown

• Michael Heidenreich

• John Macho

• Joey Marschall 

• Kortney Oldham

• Bradley Smith 

• Aaron Wojciechowski 

U.S. Congressman District 8 (map)
There is one Republican candidate for this seat:

• Incumbent Tony Wied

There are three Democratic candidates for this seat:

• Rick Crosson 

• Benjamin Hable 

• Mark Scheffler

Governor of Wisconsin
Incumbent Tony Evers is not running.
Eight Democrats have entered the race for governor:

• Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who previously served in the State Assembly for two terms and currently leads Milwaukee County.

• State Representative Francesca Hong, who represents Madison’s east side in the State Assembly. 

• Missy Hughes, former head of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).

• Former State Representative Brett Hulsey, who served in the State Legislature for four years and ran for Governor in 2014.

• Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez, who currently serves as Evers’ second-in-command. She previously worked in various public health roles. 

• Zachary Roper, a political science student at Carthage College.

• State Senator Kelda Roys, who represents a Madison Senate District, has previously served in the State Assembly, and ran in the 2018 primary for Wisconsin Governor.

Three Republicans have entered the race for governor:

• Andrew Manske, a medical service technician from the Milwaukee area who has not previously held public office. 

• Josh Schoemann, current Washington County Executive since 2020 and has served as county administrator and county manager.

• U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany, who has held his seat in the U.S. House since 2020, previously serving in the State Senate from 2013 to 2020.

Four candidates have entered the race as independents:

• Oliver Carranza

• Crystal Harper

• David King 

• Mike Kohn 

Lieutenant Governor
Incumbent Sara Rodriguez is running for governor.

• Sarah Godlewski, a Democrat, currently serving as Wisconsin's Secretary of State

• David Varnam, a Republican and former Lancaster mayor

• Cyril Sablich, a Republican and student at Waukesha County Technical College.

• Will Martin, a Republican

State Attorney General

• Josh Kaul, a Democrat, the incumbent State Attorney General since 2019

• Eric Toney, a Republican, currently Fond du Lac County District Attorney

Secretary of State
Incumbent Sarah Godlewski is running for Lieutenant Governor

• Collin McNamara, a Republican

• JoCasta Zamarripa, a Democrat

• Pete Karas, a Green Party candidate

State Treasurer

• Incumbent John Leiber, a Republican

• Orlando Owens, a Republican

• Eric Wilson, a Democrat

• Dylan Helmenstine, a Democrat

State Senator  District 19 (map)
Incumbent Rachael Cabral-Guevara

State Representative (map):
  District 39: Incumbent is Alex Dallman (R)
  District 53: Incumbent is Dean Kaufert (R)
  District 54: Incumbent is Lori Palmeri (D)
  District 55: Incumbent is Nate Gustafsen (R)
  District 57: Incumbent is Kevin Petersen (R)

Winnebago County Sheriff

• Incumbent  John Matz, a Republican

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Winnebago County Clerk of Circuit Court

• Incumbent Desiree Bongers