Democratic presidential vote share
48.7%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Governor
Tony Evers (D)
National Governors Association
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
49.3%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
U.S. House seats apportioned to Wisconsin
8
2020 · U.S. Census Bureau
Total votes cast for president
3,422,918
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Statehouse
Narrowly divided under new maps
Election Results
Recent presidential votes.
Democratic presidential vote share
48.7%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican presidential vote share
49.6%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
2024 winner
Republican
2024 margin
+0.9 pts
2020 margin
+0.6 pts (D)
Democratic presidential vote share
1976–202448.7%
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Republican presidential vote share
1976–202449.6%
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
| Indicator | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Republican margin (pts) | 0.9 | 1.5 |
- •Wisconsin has been decided by less than one point in three of the last four presidential elections.
Governors
State executive.
Governor
Tony Evers (D)
National Governors Association
In office since
2019
National Governors Association
Governors listed
43
1848–present · National Governors Association
Term limit
None
Governors of Wisconsin
| Governor | Party | In office |
|---|---|---|
| Tony Evers | Democratic | 2019–present |
| Scott Walker | Republican | 2011–2019 |
| Jim Doyle | Democratic | 2003–2011 |
| Scott McCallum | Republican | 2001–2003 |
| Tommy G. Thompson | Republican | 1987–2001 |
| Anthony S. Earl | Democratic | 1983–1987 |
| Lee Sherman Dreyfus | Republican | 1979–1983 |
| Martin James Schreiber | Democratic | 1977–1979 |
| Warren P. Knowles | Republican | 1965–1971 |
| John W. Reynolds | Democratic | 1963–1965 |
| Gaylord Anton Nelson | Democratic | 1959–1963 |
| Vernon W. Thomson | Republican | 1957–1959 |
| Walter J. Kohler Jr. | Republican | 1951–1957 |
| Oscar Rennebohm | Republican | 1947–1951 |
| Walter S. Goodland | Republican | 1943–1947 |
| Julius Peter Heil | Republican | 1939–1943 |
| Albert G. Schmedeman | Democratic | 1933–1935 |
| Walter J. Kohler | Republican | 1929–1931 |
| Fred R. Zimmerman | Republican | 1927–1929 |
| John J. Blaine | Republican | 1921–1927 |
| Emanuel L. Philipp | Republican | 1915–1921 |
| Francis E. McGovern | Republican | 1911–1915 |
| James O. Davidson | Republican | 1906–1911 |
| Robert M. La Follette | Republican | 1901–1906 |
| Edward Scofield | Republican | 1897–1901 |
| William H. Upham | Republican | 1895–1897 |
| George W. Peck | Democratic | 1891–1895 |
| William Dempster Hoard | Republican | 1889–1891 |
| Jeremiah M. Rusk | Republican | 1882–1889 |
| William E. Smith | Republican | 1878–1882 |
| Harrison Ludington | Republican | 1876–1878 |
| William R. Taylor | Democratic | 1874–1876 |
| Cadwallader Colden Washburn | Republican | 1872–1874 |
| Lucius Fairchild | Republican | 1866–1872 |
| James Taylor Lewis | Republican | 1864–1866 |
| Edward Salomon | Republican | 1862–1864 |
| Louis Powell Harvey | Republican | 1862–1862 |
| Alexander Williams Randall | Republican | 1858–1862 |
| Coles Bashford | Republican | 1856–1858 |
| Arthur MacArthur | Democratic | 1856–1856 |
| William Augustus Barstow | Democratic | 1854–1856 |
| Leonard James Farwell | Whig | 1852–1854 |
| Nelson Dewey | Democratic | 1848–1852 |
Source: National Governors Association, current and former governors.
| Indicator | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Years of Democratic control | 14 | 0 |
- •Wisconsin governors face no term limits and wield one of the strongest line-item vetoes in the country.
Senators
U.S. Senate delegation.
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
49.3%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
48.5%
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Senate seats
2
Composition
1 Democrat, 1 Republican
Notable
Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson split the delegation
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1976–202449.3%
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse). Regular-term races; special elections only when no regular race was held. Independents (e.g. caucusing with Democrats) are not counted as Democratic; years without a Democratic nominee are omitted.
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1976–202448.5%
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
| Indicator | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senate seats | 2 | 100 |
- •Wisconsin is one of the few states represented by one senator from each party.
Representatives
U.S. House delegation.
U.S. House seats apportioned to Wisconsin
8
2020 · U.S. Census Bureau
House seats
8
Republicans
6
Democrats
2
U.S. House seats apportioned to Wisconsin
1910–20208▼ 27%
U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.
| Indicator | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. House seats | 8 | 435 |
- •Wisconsin has had eight U.S. House seats since 2003.
Voting Trends
Turnout and participation.
Total votes cast for president
3,422,918
2024 · MIT Election Data and Science Lab
Total votes cast for president
1976–20243,422,918▲ 63%
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
| Indicator | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Voter turnout (%) | 76 | 64 |
- •Wisconsin regularly posts one of the highest voter turnout rates in the nation.
Party Distribution
Partisan balance.
Statehouse
Narrowly divided under new maps
Urban core
Democratic
- •New legislative maps adopted in 2024 made Wisconsin's statehouse competitive for the first time in over a decade.