2022 Wisconsin Secretary of State election

The 2022 Wisconsin Secretary of State election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of Wisconsin. Incumbent Democrat Doug La Follette won re-election to an unprecedented 12th term in the office, narrowly defeating Republican state legislator Amy Loudenbeck. With a margin of 0.29%, this was the closest secretary of state race of the 2022 election cycle.

Background
The secretary of state is one of Wisconsin's six consitutional officers. Once one of the most powerful offices in the state, its role has slowly been diminished as duties were reassigned or eliminated over time. In 1974 election oversight was stripped from the duties of the office and in 2013 the office lost the ability to delay the publicization of laws passed by the legislature, a move which helped unions prepare for Act 10's implementation.

As part of broader attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, Republicans, having historically weakened the office, began a push to put election oversight back under the purview of the secretary of state, as opposed to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, which Republicans had created to replace the previous nonpartisan Government Accountability Board, which oversaw elections and ethics.

Nominee

 * Doug La Follette, incumbent secretary of state

Eliminated in primary

 * Alexia Sabor, chair of the Dane County Democratic Party

Results
[[File:2022 Wisconsin Secretary of State Democratic primary.svg|thumb|200px|Primary results by county: {{legend|#8db8e2|La Follette}}

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Nominee

 * Amy Loudenbeck, state assemblywoman

Eliminated in primary

 * Daniel Schmidtka
 * Jay Schroeder, nominee for secretary of state in 2018

Withdrew before primary

 * Dmitry Becker (endorsed Loudenbeck)

Results
[[File:2022 Wisconsin Secretary of State GOP primary.svg|thumb|200px|Primary results by county: {{legend|#ed8783|Loudenbeck}}

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{{legend|#d02923|70–80%}} {{legend|#c88fe4|Schroeder}}

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Nominee

 * Neil Harmon

By congressional district
Despite losing the state, Loudenbeck won 6 of 8 congressional districts.