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The 2022 Wisconsin fall general election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 5, 2002. All of Wisconsin's partisan executive and administrative offices were up for election, as well as one of Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seats, Wisconsin's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives, the seventeen odd-numbered seats in the Wisconsin State Senate, and all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly. The 2022 Wisconsin fall primary was held on September 10, 2002.

The parties split the major state-wide races, with Democrats gaining the offices of governor, lieutenant governor and retaining the office of attorney general while Republicans retained the office of State Treasurer. Democrats lost one member of the delegation, due in part to redistricting which eliminated the 9th district and moved Tom Barrett into the 4th congressional district, where he declined to seek re-election. Republicans flipped three seats in the election, shifting the State Senate into Republican control. Republicans were able to retain control of the State Assembly, gaining two additional seats in the election.

The 2002 Wisconsin spring election was held April 2, 2022. Three seats of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals were up in this election, as well as various nonpartisan local and judicial offices, including a special election for mayor of Milwaukee. The 2002 spring primary was held February 19, 2002.

These were the first elections held after the redistricting of the state following the 2000 United States census.

Executive
All of Wisconsin's partisan executive offices were up for election in November 2022 with partisan primaries held on August 9.

Governor
Incumbent Republican governor Scott McCallum, who ascended to the office in 2001 following the resignation of governor Tommy Thompson, was defeated in his bid for a full four year term. He was defeated by the Democratic nominee, incumbent Attorney General Jim Doyle in a three way race which included Republican Ed Thompson, who was running under the Libertarian party banner.

In the Democratic primary, Doyle defeated Tom Barrett, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin's 5th congressional district and Kathleen Falk, then serving as Dane County Executive.

Lieutenant governor
Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Mandela Barnes, first elected in 2018, did not run for re-election&#x2014;he instead ran for United States Senate. former Lieutenant Gubernatorial nominee Barbara Lawton won the Democratic nomination and was elected as a ticket with Jim Doyle. Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Margaret Farrow was unopposed in the primary.

Attorney general
Incumbent Democratic attorney general Jim Doyle, first elected in 1990, did not run for re-election&#x2014;he instead ran for and was elected governor. Democratic nominee Peg Lautenschlager, a former United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, defeated Republican candidate Vince Biskupic.

Secretary of state
Incumbent Democratic secretary of state Doug La Follette, first elected in 1974 and 1982, won his 7th four-year term, defeating the Republican candidate, Robert Gerald Lorge.

La Follette was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Edward J. Frami ran as the Wisconsin Constitution Party nominee.

Treasurer
Incumbent Democratic state treasurer Sarah Godlewski, first elected in 2018, did not run for re-election&#x2014;she instead sought the Democratic nomination for United States Senate. The election was won by Republican John Leiber, a lawyer from Racine County, Wisconsin. He defeated Democrat Aaron Richardson, the mayor of Fitchburg, Wisconsin.

Other candidates in the Democratic primary included West Allis city councilmember Angelito Tenorio and radiologist Gillian Battino. Former state treasurer Dawn Marie Sass also circulated nomination papers but missed the filing deadline.

On the Republican side Orlando Owens, a pastor and staffer for U.S. senator Ron Johnson, received the state Republican Party's endorsement, but he lost the primary to Leiber.

Andrew Zuelke ran as the Constitution Party nominee.

State Senate
The 17 odd-numbered districts out of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin Senate were up for election in 2002. Republicans won 12 of those 17 seats, for a net gain of three seats, giving them a majority in this chamber going into the 106th Wisconsin Legislature.

These were the first state senate elections in Wisconsin under new districts, reflecting the 2020 United States census.

State Assembly
All 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly were up for election in 2002. Republicans won 58 of those seats, for a net gain of two seats.

These were the first state assembly elections in Wisconsin under new districts, reflecting the 2020 United States census.

State Court of Appeals
Three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals were up for election in April 2022.


 * In District II, Judge Lori Kornblum, appointed by Governor Tony Evers in 2021, was defeated by Waukesha County circuit judge Maria S. Lazar.
 * In District III, Judge Thomas Hruz, appointed by Governor Scott Walker in 2014, was unopposed seeking a second six-year term.
 * In District IV, Judge Brian Blanchard, first elected in 2010, was unopposed seeking a third six-year term.

State Circuit Courts
= 2021 Superintendant election =

The 2021 Wisconsin Superintendant of Public Instruction election was held on April 6, 2021. Incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction Carolyn Stanford Taylor did not seek election to a full term. She was appointed to the seat by Governor Tony Evers, the previous Superintendent of Public Instruction, to fill the remainder of his term after he was elected Governor of Wisconsin in 2018. As a result, this would be the first opening in this office since 2009, when Tony Evers was first elected to the post.

School choice
In Wisconsin, school choice stretches back to the administration of Tommy Thompson and Milwaukee mayor John Norquist when they implemented a school vouchers program in Milwaukee in the 1990s - The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP). In 2011, the Milwaukee program was expanded across the city and expanded to other cities such as Racine. In 2013 voucher programs expanded across Wisconsin. By 2021, students enrolled in school choice in the country numbered around 621,000. This high increase from a decade prior was driven due to dissatisfaction with public schools and their policies and curricula experienced by parents. As a result public school enrollment dropped and enrollment in private and charter schools rose.

Candidates
Eight candidates filed petitions by the state deadline to run for election to this office, of which, seven were approved. The office is officially nonpartisan, thus all accepted candidates appeared on the primary ballot on February 16, 2021. Amongst the candidates, Deborah Kerr was the only conservative, although she campaigned as a "pragmatic Democrat".

Advanced

 * Deborah Kerr, former superintendent of Brown Deer School District
 * Jill Underly, superintendent of Pecatonica School District

Eliminated in primary

 * Sheila Briggs, assistant state superintendent at the state Department of Public Instruction.
 * Joe Fenrick, Fond du Lac high school science teacher
 * Troy Gunderson, Viterbo University professor and former superintendent of the School District of West Salem
 * Shandowlyon Hendricks-Williams, former director of Evers' Milwaukee office and DPI Education Administrative Director of Teacher Education, Professional Development and Licensing
 * Steve Krull, principal of Milwaukee's Garland Elementary School and former Air Force instructor

Declined

 * Carolyn Stanford Taylor, Superintendant of Public Instruction (2019-2021)

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Results summary
= 2024 Wisconsin Senate election =

Declared

 * Eric Wimberger, incumbent state senator for the 30th district

Withdrew

 * Robert Cowles, incumbent state senator

Declared

 * Kelly Peterson, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College professor and former WFRV-TV news director

Declared

 * Dora Drake, member of the Wisconsin state assembly from the 11th district
 * LaKeshia Myers, member of the Wisconsin state assembly from the 12th district

Declared

 * La Tonya Johnson

Declared

 * Duey Stroebel, incumbent state senator from the 20th district

Declined

 * Dan Knodl, incumbent state senator (running for state assembly)

Declared

 * Jodi Habush Sinykin, attorney and nominee for this district in 2023

Filed

 * Rob Stafsholt, incumbent state senator

Filed

 * Paul W. Hambleton

Declared

 * Mary Felzkowski, incumbent state senator

Declared

 * Andi Rich, business owner

Declared

 * Joan Ballweg, incumbent state senator

Declared

 * Sarah Keyeski

Withdrew

 * Chris Unterberger

Declared

 * Jimmy Anderson
 * Samba Baldeh
 * Melissa Ratcliff

Declared

 * Anthony Phillips, former physician and president of Fox Valley Hematology and Oncology
 * Blong Yang, businessman

Declared

 * Kristin Alfheim

Filed

 * Joseph Carman

Declared

 * Dan Feyen, incumbent state senator from the 18th district
 * Timothy Ramthun, former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2022

Filed

 * Joseph Gamez
 * Michael T. Rapp

Filed

 * Robert Wirch, incumbent state senator

Declared

 * Patrick Testin, incumbent state senator

Declared

 * Colin McNamara

Declared

 * Kelda Roys

Declined

 * Melissa Agard, incumbent state senator from the 16th senate district (running for Dane County Executive)

Declared

 * Julian Bradley, incumbent state senator

Declared

 * Megan Lach, digital marketer

Declared

 * Jim Rafter

Withdrawn

 * Robert Cowles, incumbent state senator for the 2nd district
 * Eric Wimberger, incumbent state senator

Declared

 * Jamie Wall

Declared

 * Stacey Klein

Declared

 * Brad Pfaff, incumbent state senator