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2002 Wisconsin elections

April 2, 2022 November 5, 2022

1972 WI assembly election footnote

Retired

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.

Federal

Main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Wisconsin 1	Paul Ryan	Republican	1998	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Paul Ryan (Republican) 67.19% ▌Jeffrey C. Thomas (Democratic) 30.63% ▌George Meyers (Libertarian) 2.11%
Wisconsin 2	Tammy Baldwin	Democratic	1998	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tammy Baldwin (Democratic) 66.01% ▌Ron Greer (Republican) 33.83%
Wisconsin 3	Ron Kind	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ron Kind (Democratic) 62.82% ▌Bill Arndt (Republican) 33.54% ▌George Meyers (Libertarian) 3.20%
Wisconsin 4	Jerry Kleczka	Democratic	1984	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jerry Kleczka (Democratic) 86.32% ▌Brian Verdin (Green) 12.96%
	Tom Barrett Redistricted from the 5th district	Democratic	1992	Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Wisconsin. Democratic loss.
Wisconsin 5	Jim Sensenbrenner Redistricted from the 9th district	Republican	1978	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Jim Sensenbrenner (Republican) 86.13% ▌Robert R. Raymond (Independent) 13.32%
Wisconsin 6	Tom Petri	Republican	1979 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Tom Petri (Republican) Uncontested
Wisconsin 7	Dave Obey	Democratic	1969 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dave Obey (Democratic) 64.21% ▌Joe Rothbauer (Republican) 35.76%
Wisconsin 8	Mark Andrew Green	Republican	1998	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Mark Andrew Green (Republican) 72.58% ▌Andrew Becker (Democratic) 23.89% ▌Dick Kaiser (Green) 3.49%

State

Executive

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

Governor

Main article: 2002 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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—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

Main article: 2002 Wisconsin Attorney General election

Incumbent Democratic attorney general Jim Doyle, first elected in 1990, did not run for re-election—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

Main article: 2002 Wisconsin Secretary of State election

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

Main article: 2002 Wisconsin State Treasurer election

Incumbent Democratic state treasurer Sarah Godlewski, first elected in 2018, did not run for re-election—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.

Legislature

State Senate

Main article: 2002 Wisconsin State Senate election

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.

Seats		Party (majority caucus shading)		Total
		Democratic	Republican
Total after last election (2020)		12	21	33
Total before this election		12	21	33
Up for election		6	11	17
This election		5	12	17
Total after this election		11	22	33
Change in total		1	1

State Assembly

Main article: 2002 Wisconsin State Assembly election

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.

Seats		Party (majority caucus shading)		Total	Vacant
		Democratic	Republican
Total after last election (2020)		38	61	99	0
Total before this election		38	57	95	4
Up for election		38	57	95	4
This election		35	64	99	0
Total after this election		35	64	99	0
Change in total		3	3

Judiciary

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.

2021 Superintendant election

2021 Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction election

April 6, 2021

Nominee Jill Underly Deborah Kerr Popular vote 526,444 386,570 Percentage 57.6% 42.3%

County results Underly:     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Kerr      50–60%      60–70%

Superintendent before election Carolyn Stanford Taylor Nonpartisan Elected Superintendent Jill Underly Nonpartisan

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.

Background

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.

Primary election

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)

Primary county results

  Underly

•   Underly—20–30%
•   Underly—30–40%
•   Underly—40–50%
•   Underly—50–60%

  Kerr

•   Kerr—20–30%
•   Kerr—30–40%
•   Kerr—40–50%

  Gunderson

•   Gunderson—20–30%
•   Gunderson—30–40%
•   Gunderson—40–50%

Primary results

2021 Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction primary election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Nonpartisan Primary, February 16, 2021
	Nonpartisan	Jill Underly	88,796	27.23%
	Nonpartisan	Deborah Kerr	86,174	26.43%
	Nonpartisan	Sheila Briggs	50,815	15.58%
	Nonpartisan	Shandowlyon Hendricks-Williams	36,850	11.30%
	Nonpartisan	Troy Gunderson	27,452	8.42%
	Nonpartisan	Steve Krull	20,543	6.30%
	Nonpartisan	Joe Fenrick	14,507	4.45%
	Write-in		937	0.29%
Total votes			326,074	100.0%
General Election, April 6, 2021
	Nonpartisan	Jill Underly	526,444	57.57%
	Nonpartisan	Deborah Kerr	386,570	42.27%
	Write-in		1,420	0.16%
Total votes			914,434	100.0%

1957 Superintendant election

1957 WI Superintendant electionGeneral county results:

  Watson

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Sullivan

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

2024 Wisconsin Senate election

Detailed results

District 2

Republican primary

Declared

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

Withdrew

• Robert Cowles, incumbent state senator

Democratic primary

Declared

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

District 4

Democratic primary

Declared

• Dora Drake, incumbent state senator
• LaKeshia Myers, member of the Wisconsin state assembly from the 12th district

District 6

Democratic primary

Declared

• La Tonya Johnson

District 8

Republican primary

Declared

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

Declined

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

Democratic primary

Declared

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

District 10

Republican primary

Filed

• Rob Stafsholt, incumbent state senator

Democratic primary

Filed

• Paul W. Hambleton

District 12

Republican primary

Declared

• Mary Felzkowski, incumbent state senator

Democratic primary

Declared

• Andi Rich, business owner

District 14

Republican primary

Declared

• Joan Ballweg, incumbent state senator

Democratic primary

Declared

• Sarah Keyeski

Withdrew

• Chris Unterberger

District 16

Democratic primary

Declared

• Jimmy Anderson
• Samba Baldeh
• Melissa Ratcliff

District 18

Republican primary

Declared

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

Democratic primary

Declared

• Kristin Alfheim

Withdrew

• Joseph Carman

District 20

Republican primary

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

Democratic primary

Filed

• Joseph Gamez
• Michael T. Rapp

District 22

Democratic primary

Filed

• Robert Wirch, incumbent state senator

District 24

Republican primary

Declared

• Patrick Testin, incumbent state senator

Democratic primary

Declared

• Colin McNamara

District 26

Democratic primary

Declared

• Kelda Roys

Declined

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

District 28

Republican primary

Declared

• Julian Bradley, incumbent state senator

Democratic primary

Declared

• Megan Lach, digital marketer

District 30

Republican primary

Declared

• Jim Rafter

Withdrawn

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

Democratic primary

Declared

• Jamie Wall

District 32

Republican primary

Declared

• Stacey Klein

Democratic primary

Declared

• Brad Pfaff, incumbent state senator