Wisconsin 2026 Primary Elections

★ Governor Lean D

Incumbent: D Tony Evers Open Seat

Democrat

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	95.2%
Andy Manske	22,577	4.6%
Total Write-ins	1,177	0.2%

98% reporting

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★ U.S. House 8 districts

WI-01 District 1 Safe R R Bryan Steil

Adam Follmer (D) Lorenzo Juan Santos (D) Miguel Aranda (D) Mitchell Berman (D) ✓ Peter Burgelis (D) Randy Bryce (D) Bryan George Steil (R) ^* ✓

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) ^* ✓

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

Emily Berge (D) Laura S Benjamin (D) Rebecca Cooke (D) ✓ Derrick F. Van Orden (R) ^* ✓

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 S Moore (D) ^* ✓ Amy Donahue (D)

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

Andrew Beck (D) ✓ Ben Steinhoff (D) Scott Fitzgerald (R) ^* ✓

Democratic · Aug 11 Andrew Beck — — ✓

Republican · Aug 11 Scott Fitzgerald — — ✓

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WI-06 District 6 Safe R R Glenn Grothman

Aaron Michael Wojciechowski (D) Amanda Bell (D) Bradley Smith (D) Michael Thurow (I) Glenn S. Grothman (R) ^* ✓

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

Christopher Campbell Armstrong (D) Frederic Clark (D) Ginger L Murray (D) Tom Tiffany (R) ^* Jessi Ebben (R) Kevin Hermening (R) Michael Alfonso (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

Katrina Violetta Deville (D) Mark Christopher Scheffler (D) Rick Crosson (D) Tony Wied (R) ^* ✓

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

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 ±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%
House · Republican primary	TIPP Insights (R) partisan·R ±2.5	2026-05-01	301 RV	Michael Alfonso 35% · Kevin Hermening 21% · Jessi Ebben 5% · Niina Baum 5% · Unsure 34%

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