Wisconsin 2026 Primary Elections

★ 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 ✓	315,308	41.7%
Francesca Hong	311,513	41.2%
Kelda Roys	59,443	7.9%
Joel Brennan	37,135	4.9%
Mandela Barnes	32,422	4.3%

Republican Primary

Held August 11, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Tom Tiffany ✓	468,348	95.4%
Andy Manske	22,666	4.6%

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★ U.S. House 8 districts

WI-01 District 1 Toss-up 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 9,700 13.6% Total Write-ins 163 0.2%

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 144,312 87.9% ✓ Douglas Alexander 19,653 12.0% Total Write-ins 217 0.1%

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WI-03 District 3 Toss-up R Derrick Van Orden

Derrick Van Orden (R) Incumbent ✓ Rebecca Cooke (D) ✓

Democratic · Aug 11 Rebecca Cooke 56,546 60.5% ✓ Emily Berge 36,832 39.4% Total Write-ins 55 0.1%

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%

Republican · Aug 11 Tim Rogers 10,079 80.8% ✓ Purnima Nath 2,356 18.9%

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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 ✓ Bradley Smith (D) ✓ Matthew Arndt (G) ✓ Elizabeth Fitzgibbon (I) Michael Thurow (I)

Democratic · Aug 11 Brad Smith 36,416 50.2% ✓ Amanda Bell 35,946 49.6% Total Write-ins 153 0.2%

Republican · Aug 11 Glenn Grothman — — ✓

Green · Aug 11 Matthew Arndt — — ✓

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WI-07 District 7 Safe R Open

Frederic Clark (D) ✓ Michael Alfonso (R) ✓

Democratic · Aug 11 Fred Clark 25,718 37.4% ✓ Ginger Murray 21,748 31.7% Chris Armstrong 20,707 30.1% Total Write-ins 218 0.2%

Republican · Aug 11 Michael Alfonso 49,663 48.8% ✓ Kevin Hermening 26,973 26.5% Jessi Ebben 15,936 15.7% Niina Baum 4,916 4.8% Don Raihala 4,005 3.9%

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WI-08 District 8 Safe R R Tony Wied

Tony Wied (R) Incumbent ✓ 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% Total Write-ins 130 0.2%

Republican · Aug 11 Tony Wied — — ✓

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📊 Primary Polls

Race	Pollster	Date	Sample	Results
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 2024 err 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 2024 err 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 · Republican primary	Marquette University	2026-07-16	399 RV	Tom Tiffany 67% · Andy Manske 2% · Unsure 30%

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