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This page provides information on the 2025 elections in Wisconsin, including theoffices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia,election dates, andfrequently asked questions.

Election dates

Statewide election dates in Wisconsin are listed below. For more dates, please see theelections calendar.

Statewide election dates

February 18, 2025: Spring primary
April 1, 2025: Spring general election

Offices on the ballot

Noteworthy elections

Below is a list of races in this state that received in-depth coverage on Ballotpedia. Click the link below to learn about that race.

• Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Election, 2025 (February 18 primary election)
• Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2025
• Wisconsin Supreme Court elections, 2025
• Wrightstown Community School District, Wisconsin, elections (2025)

Statewide ballot measures

See also:Wisconsin 2025 ballot measures

April 1:

What's on your ballot?

See also:Sample Ballot Lookup

List of candidates

The following table displays a list of candidates in Wisconsin. The list does not include presidential candidates, and it may not include all candidates for local offices. Pleaseclick here to learn more about Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

State Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Jill Underly Incumbent	Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction	Nonpartisan	Won General
Brittany Kinser	Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Adrianne Melby	Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction	Nonpartisan	Lost (Write-in) General
Jeff Wright	Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction	Nonpartisan	Lost Primary
Susan Crawford	Wisconsin Supreme Court	Nonpartisan	Won General
Brad Schimel	Wisconsin Supreme Court	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Mark Gundrum Incumbent	Wisconsin Court of Appeals District II	Nonpartisan	Won General
Lisa Kay Stark Incumbent	Wisconsin Court of Appeals District III	Nonpartisan	Won General
Jennifer Nashold Incumbent	Wisconsin Court of Appeals District IV	Nonpartisan	Won General

Local Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Melissa Agard Incumbent	Dane County Executive	Nonpartisan	Won General
Stephen Ratzlaff Jr.	Dane County Executive	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Colin Barushok	Dane County Board of Supervisors District 1 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Won General
Adrian Lampron	Dane County Board of Supervisors District 1 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Erin Welsh Incumbent	Dane County Board of Supervisors District 7 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Won General
Keith Furman Incumbent	Dane County Board of Supervisors District 10 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Won General
John W. Duncan Incumbent	Madison Common Council District 1	Nonpartisan	Won General
William Ochowicz	Madison Common Council District 2	Nonpartisan	Won General
Matt Egerer	Madison Common Council District 2	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Derek Field Incumbent	Madison Common Council District 3	Nonpartisan	Won General
Michael Verveer Incumbent	Madison Common Council District 4	Nonpartisan	Won General
Elias Tsarovsky	Madison Common Council District 4	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Regina Vidaver Incumbent	Madison Common Council District 5	Nonpartisan	Won General
Ulrike Dieterle	Madison Common Council District 5	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Davy Mayer	Madison Common Council District 6	Nonpartisan	Won General
Badri Lankella	Madison Common Council District 7	Nonpartisan	Won General
Abdirahman Siad	Madison Common Council District 7	Nonpartisan	Lost General
MGR Govindarajan Incumbent	Madison Common Council District 8	Nonpartisan	Won General
Joann Pritchett	Madison Common Council District 9	Nonpartisan	Won General
Nikki Conklin Incumbent	Madison Common Council District 9	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Ricardo Cruz	Madison Common Council District 9	Nonpartisan	Lost Primary
Yannette Figueroa Cole Incumbent	Madison Common Council District 10	Nonpartisan	Won General
Sheri Carter	Madison Common Council District 10	Nonpartisan	Lost Primary
Lisa Veldran	Madison Common Council District 10	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Bill Tishler Incumbent	Madison Common Council District 11	Nonpartisan	Won General
Julia Matthews	Madison Common Council District 12	Nonpartisan	Won General
Hussein Amach	Madison Common Council District 12	Nonpartisan	Lost Primary
Amani Latimer Burris Incumbent	Madison Common Council District 12	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Tag Evers Incumbent	Madison Common Council District 13	Nonpartisan	Won General
Robert Luther	Madison Common Council District 13	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Isadore Knox Jr. Incumbent	Madison Common Council District 14	Nonpartisan	Won General
Noah Lieberman	Madison Common Council District 14	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford Incumbent	Madison Common Council District 15	Nonpartisan	Won General
Ryan Koglin	Madison Common Council District 15	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Sean O'Brien	Madison Common Council District 16	Nonpartisan	Won General
Kim Richman	Madison Common Council District 16	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Sabrina Madison Incumbent	Madison Common Council District 17	Nonpartisan	Won General
Sean Burke	Madison Common Council District 17	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Carmella Glenn	Madison Common Council District 18	Nonpartisan	Won General
Kevin Monroe	Madison Common Council District 18	Nonpartisan	Lost General
John Guequierre Incumbent	Madison Common Council District 19	Nonpartisan	Won General
Anthony Nino Amato	Madison Common Council District 19	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Barbara Harrington-McKinney Incumbent	Madison Common Council District 20	Nonpartisan	Won General
Sammy Khilji	Madison Common Council District 20	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Alex Brower	Milwaukee Common Council District 3 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Won General
Josh Anderson	Milwaukee Common Council District 3 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost Primary
Daniel Bauman	Milwaukee Common Council District 3 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Franco Ferrante	Milwaukee Common Council District 3 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost Primary
Ieshuh Griffin	Milwaukee Common Council District 3 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost Primary
Bryant Junco	Milwaukee Common Council District 3 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost Primary
Alexander Kostal	Milwaukee Common Council District 3 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost Primary
Nasser Musa	Milwaukee Common Council District 3 (Special election)	Nonpartisan	Lost Primary
Jan Berg Incumbent	DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest 2 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Gussie Lewis Incumbent	DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest 2 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Michelle Hauser	DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of DeForest 2 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Stephanie Sarr Incumbent	DeForest Area School District Board of Education, Village of Windsor	Nonpartisan	Won General
James Ferguson II Incumbent	Milwaukee Public Schools Board of School Directors District 4	Nonpartisan	Won General
Christopher Fons	Milwaukee Public Schools Board of School Directors District 5	Nonpartisan	Won General
Mimi Reza	Milwaukee Public Schools Board of School Directors District 6	Nonpartisan	Won General
Katherine Vannoy	Milwaukee Public Schools Board of School Directors District 7	Nonpartisan	Won General
Molly Kuether-Steele	Milwaukee Public Schools Board of School Directors District 7	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Martha Siravo	Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education Seat 3	Nonpartisan	Won General
Bret Wagner	Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education Seat 3	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Ali Muldrow Incumbent	Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education Seat 4	Nonpartisan	Won General
Nichelle Nichols Incumbent	Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education Seat 5	Nonpartisan	Won General
Meghan Fessler Incumbent	McFarland School District School Board At-large 2 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Meredith Hughey	McFarland School District School Board At-large 2 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Emily Evans	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Board of Education Area I	Nonpartisan	Won General
Tabitha Hansen Incumbent	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Board of Education Area III	Nonpartisan	Won General
Jim Coursey Incumbent	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Board of Education Area IV (Special election) 2 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Robert Hesselbein Incumbent	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District Board of Education Area IV (Special election) 2 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Amanda Davis	Sun Prairie Area School District Board of Education At-large 4 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Melissa Grayson	Sun Prairie Area School District Board of Education At-large 4 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Diana McFarland Incumbent	Sun Prairie Area School District Board of Education At-large 4 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Colleen Uhlenkamp Incumbent	Sun Prairie Area School District Board of Education At-large 4 seats	Nonpartisan	Won General
Steve Schroeder Incumbent	Sun Prairie Area School District Board of Education At-large 4 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Isaac Sung	Sun Prairie Area School District Board of Education At-large 4 seats	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Joe Hanes Incumbent	Verona Area School District Board of Education At-large	Nonpartisan	Won General
Christopher Peguero Incumbent	Verona Area School District Board of Education Portion 2	Nonpartisan	Won General
Payal Khandhar Incumbent	Dane County Circuit Court Branch 2	Nonpartisan	Won General
Rhonda L. Lanford Incumbent	Dane County Circuit Court Branch 16	Nonpartisan	Won General
John Remington Incumbent	Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 6	Nonpartisan	Won General
Dave Swanson Incumbent	Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 11	Nonpartisan	Won General
William Pocan Incumbent	Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 26	Nonpartisan	Won General
Laura Crivello Incumbent	Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 36	Nonpartisan	Won General
Danielle Shelton Incumbent	Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 40	Nonpartisan	Won General
Lena Taylor Incumbent	Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 41	Nonpartisan	Won General
Daniel P. Koval Incumbent	Madison Municipal Court	Nonpartisan	Won General
Valarie Hill Incumbent	Milwaukee Municipal Court	Nonpartisan	Won General

Local election officials

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