Wisconsin 2026 Primary

U.S. House & Governor
Aug 11 2026
Completed
Open primary
Governor & U.S. House
Nov 3 2026
60 days away
Filing Deadline: Jun 1, 2026

Governor Lean D

Incumbent: D Tony Evers Open Seat

Democrat

David Crowley Nominee
Francesca Hong
Joel Brennan
Kelda Roys
Mandela Barnes

Republican

Andy Manske
Tom Tiffany Nominee

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Held August 11, 2026.

Candidate Votes %
David Crowley 313,321 39.8%
Francesca Hong 310,110 39.4%
Kelda Roys 59,013 7.5%
Joel Brennan
98% reporting

Republican Primary

Held August 11, 2026.

Candidate Votes %
Tom Tiffany 466,466 95.4%
Andy Manske 22,577 4.6%
98% reporting

U.S. House 8 districts

WI-01 District 1 Safe R R Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil (R) Incumbent Mitchell Berman (D)
Democratic · Aug 11 Mitchell Berman 31,493 44.1% Peter Burgelis 15,455 21.7% Lorenzo J. Santos 14,590 20.4% Miguel Aranda
99% reporting
Republican · Aug 11 Bryan Steil
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WI-02 District 2 Safe D D Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan (D) Incumbent
Democratic · Aug 11 Mark Pocan 140,727 87.9% Douglas Alexander 19,098 11.9% Total Write-ins 216 0.1%
88% reporting
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WI-03 District 3 Likely R R Derrick Van Orden
Derrick Van Orden (R) Incumbent Rebecca Cooke (D)
Democratic · Aug 11 Rebecca Cooke 56,511 60.5% Emily Berge 36,806 39.4% Total Write-ins 54 0.1%
99% reporting
Republican · Aug 11 Derrick Van Orden
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WI-04 District 4 Safe D D Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore (D) Incumbent Tim Rogers (R)
Democratic · Aug 11 Gwen Moore 81,709 71.9% Amy Donahue 31,707 27.9% Total Write-ins 45 0.4%
66% reporting
Republican · Aug 11 Tim Rogers 10,079 80.8% Purnima Nath 2,356 18.9%
66% reporting
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WI-05 District 5 Safe R R Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Fitzgerald (R) Incumbent Andrew Beck (D)
Democratic · Aug 11 Andrew Beck
Republican · Aug 11 Scott Fitzgerald
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WI-06 District 6 Safe R R Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman (R) Incumbent Matthew Arndt (G)
Democratic · Aug 11 Brad Smith 34,436 50.2% Amanda Bell 33,969 49.6% Total Write-ins 153 0.2%
95% reporting
Republican · Aug 11 Glenn Grothman
Green · Aug 11 Matthew Arndt
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WI-07 District 7 Safe R R Tom Tiffany
Michael Alfonso (R) Tom Tiffany (R) Incumbent Christopher Campbell Armstrong (D) Frederic Clark (D) Ginger L Murray (D) Jessi Ebben (R) Kevin Hermening (R) Niina Threlfall-Baum (R) Paul Wassgren (R)
Democratic · Aug 11 Fred Clark 25,718 37.4% Ginger Murray 21,748 31.7% Chris Armstrong 20,707 30.1%
98% reporting
Republican · Aug 11 Michael Alfonso 49,663 48.8% Kevin Hermening 26,973 26.5% Jessi Ebben 15,936 15.7% Don Raihala Niina Baum
99% reporting
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WI-08 District 8 Safe R R Tony Wied
Tony Wied (R) Incumbent Katrina Violetta Deville (D) Mark Christopher Scheffler (D) Rick Crosson (D)
Democratic · Aug 11 Rick Crosson 24,902 35.2% Mark Christopher Scheffler 23,470 33.1% Katrina deVille 22,338 31.5%
97% reporting
Republican · Aug 11 Tony Wied
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📊 Primary Polls

RacePollsterDateSampleResults
Governor · Democratic primary State Navigate 2026-08-06 1473 LV Francesca Hong 44% · David Crowley 22% · Kelda Roys 11% · Mandela Barnes 6% · Joel Brennan 5% · Sara Rodriguez 3% · Unsure 9%
Governor · Democratic primary Public Policy Polling (D) partisan·D ±2.0 2026-08-05 753 LV Francesca Hong 42% · David Crowley 24%
Governor · Democratic primary Marquette University 2026-07-27 407 RV Francesca Hong 46% · Mandela Barnes 21% · David Crowley 11% · Unsure 14%
Governor · Democratic primary State Navigate 2026-07-26 1085 LV Francesca Hong 44% · David Crowley 15% · Mandela Barnes 14% · Sara Rodriguez 4% · Unsure 13%
Governor · Democratic primary Public Policy Polling (D) partisan·D ±2.0 2026-07-22 708 LV Francesca Hong 35% · Mandela Barnes 15% · David Crowley 14% · Unsure 28%
Governor · Democratic primary Wedgewood Polls 2026-07-20 505 LV Francesca Hong 38% · Mandela Barnes 30% · David Crowley 9% · Unsure 23%
Governor · Democratic primary Impact Research (D) partisan·D 2026-07-20 621 LV Francesca Hong 39% · Mandela Barnes 26% · David Crowley 11% · Unsure 11%
Governor · Democratic primary The Public Sentiment Institute 2026-05-15 880 RV Mandela Barnes 24% · Sara Rodriguez 12% · Francesca Hong 9% · David Crowley 8% · Unsure 39%

Primary polls are shown here only — they never enter the general-election averages. Pollster names link to track records.