Kaul' s victory, alongside Tony Evers ' (D) victory in the gubernatorial election and Douglas La Follette 's (D) victory in the Secretary of State election, created a Democratic triplex in Wisconsin.
On November 7, 2006, J.B. Van Hollen won election to the office of Attorney General of Wisconsin. He defeated Kathleen Falk (D) in the general election. [ hide] Attorney General of Wisconsin, 2006.
11.66%. In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Wisconsin with 47.2 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 46.5 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Wisconsin cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 76.7 percent of the time.
Party: Republican. Incumbent: Yes. Political office: Attorney General of Wisconsin (Assumed office: 2015) Biography: Schimel graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a degree in political science in 1987. He obtained his law degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1990.
Voters on Tuesday, Aug. 14 got their first opportunity to whittle down the number of candidates who will eventually replace longtime Republican legislator and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's First Congressional District.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's political path has seemingly never been easy.
State Sen. Leah Vukmir and Marine veteran and businessman Kevin Nicholson were the frontrunners to be the Republican challenger to incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin in the November election.
U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, who was first elected to Congress in 1978, faced his first primary race in the last 10 years on Tuesday. Jennifer Vipond, a pediatrician from Elm Grove, challenged the 75-year-old Republican congressman. The incumbent will face Democrat Tom Palzewicz of Brookfield in November.
Eliminated in primary. Matt Flynn , former chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and retired partner at Quarles & Brady. Mike McCabe, former executive director of Wisconsin Democracy Campaign and candidate for the State Assembly in 1998.
The 2018 Wisconsin gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018. It occurred concurrently with a Senate election in the state, elections to the state's U.S. House seats, and various other elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Scott Walker sought re-election to a third term, and was challenged by Democratic candidate ...
Mandela Barnes, a former state representative from Milwaukee, defeated opponent Kurt Kober by a 2 to 1 margin for the nomination, becoming the first African American to be nominated by a major party for a Wisconsin gubernatorial ticket.
Mahlon Mitchell, president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2012. Josh Pade, lawyer. Kelda Roys, former state representative and candidate for WI-02 in 2012. Paul Soglin, Mayor of Madison.
The race was called for him shortly after. Wisconsin was the only state in the 2018 gubernatorial election cycle to elect a Democratic governor while voting more Republican than the national average. With a margin of 1.1%, this election was also the second-closest race of the 2018 gubernatorial election cycle, behind only the election in Florida.
In April 2018, Walker warned that Wisconsin was “at risk of a blue wave“ in November.