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The Wisconsin general elections, 2014 were held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 4, 2014. Wisconsin's Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and State Treasurer were all up for election, as well as Wisconsin's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on August 12, 2014. The November general election in 2014 also featured a statewide referendum on an amendment to the Constitution of Wisconsin.

The Republican Party of Wisconsin held onto all statewide offices up for election in 2014, except for Secretary of State, where Democrat Doug La Follette won his tenth term. Republicans also retained control of the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly. The partisan breakdown of Wisconsin's delegation to the United States House of Representatives was unchanged, remaining five Republicans and three Democrats.

For nonpartisan local and judicial seats, the spring general election was held April 1, 2014, with a primary on February 18. No Wisconsin Supreme Court seats were up in 2014, but three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and 41 Wisconsin Circuit Court seats were up.

Federal

Senate

Neither of Wisconsin's United States Senate seats were up for election in 2014.

House of Representatives

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, 2014

All 8 of Wisconsin's congressional districts will be up for election in November. All eight incumbent Representatives are running for reelection, save for District 6, where incumbent Tom Petri was retiring. Party composition remained unchanged after the general election.

District Incumbent Elected Defeated Democratic Republican Others Total Result
scope=col colspan=2 style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"| scope=col colspan=2 style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
District 1 Paul Ryan Paul Ryan style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"| Rob Zerban (D)
Keith R. Deschler (Ind)		 105,552 36.63% 182,316 63.27% 302 0.10% 288,170 12.23% Republican Hold
District 2 Mark Pocan Mark Pocan style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"| Peter Theron (R) 224,920 68.40% 103,619 31.51% 308 0.09% 328,847 13.96% Democratic Hold
District 3 Ron Kind Ron Kind style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"| Tony Kurtz (R)
Ken Van Doren (Ind)		 155,368 56.46% 119,540 43.44% 253 0.09% 275,161 11.68% Democratic Hold
District 4 Gwen Moore Gwen Moore style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"| Dan Sebring (R)
Robert R. Raymond (Ind)		 179,045 70.24% 68,490 26.87% 7,357 2.89% 254,892 10.82% Democratic Hold
District 5 Jim Sensenbrenner Jim Sensenbrenner style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"| Chris Rockwood (D) 101,190 30.40% 231,160 69.45% 476 0.14% 332,826 14.13% Republican Hold
District 6 Tom Petri Glenn Grothman style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"| Mark L. Harris (D)
Gus Fahrendorf (Ind)		 122,212 40.87% 169,767 56.77% 7,054 2.36% 299,033 12.69% Republican Hold
District 7 Sean Duffy Sean Duffy style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"| Kelly Westlund (D)
Lawrence Dale (Ind)		 112,949 39.41% 169,891 59.28% 3,763 1.31% 286,603 12.17% Republican Hold
District 8 Reid Ribble Reid Ribble style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"| Ron Gruett (D) 101,345 34.94% 188,553 65.01% 150 0.05% 290,048 12.31% Republican Hold
Total 1,102,581 46.81% 1,233,336 52.36% 19,663 0.83% 2,355,580 100.00%

State

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Main article: 2014 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

Incumbent Republican Governor Scott Walker and Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, first elected in 2010, sought re-election to a second term after surviving a recall election in 2012.

The Democratic Party nominated business executive Mary Burke and state senator John Lehman for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, respectively. Burke was a member of the Madison school board and former Secretary of Wisconsin's Department of Commerce. Lehman was a state senator and former teacher from Racine, who had just won back his senate seat in a recall election.

Walker and Kleefisch won the November election with 52% of the vote.[1]

2014 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Scott Walker (incumbent) /
Rebecca Kleefisch (incumbent) 		1,259,706 52.26% −0.79%
Democratic Mary Burke /
John Lehman 		1,122,913 46.59% +0.31%
Libertarian Robert Burke /
Joseph M. Brost 		18,720 0.78%
Independent Dennis Fehr 7,530 0.31%
Scattering 1,445 0.06%
Majority 109,098 4.53%
Plurality 136,793 5.68%
Total votes 2,410,314 100.0% -4.20%

Attorney General

Republican incumbent Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen, first elected in 2006, did not seek re-election to a third term. Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel defeated Jefferson County District Attorney Susan Happ in the November general election.

Republican primary

Democratic primary

Candidates
Endorsements
Susan Happ
County District Attorneys
Ismael Ozanne
Statewide politicians
County District Attorneys
Local politicians
  • Joe Parisi, Dane County Executive
  • Dave Mahoney, Dane County Sheriff
  • Carlo Esqueda, Dane County Clerk of Courts
  • Bob Spoden, Rock County Sheriff
  • Shawn Pfaff, Fitchburg Mayor
Results
Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Susan Happ 144,367 52.1
Democratic Jon Richards 90,101 32.5
Democratic Ismael Ozanne 42,555 15.4
Total votes 277,023 100

General election

Candidates
  • Brad Schimel, Waukesha County District Attorney (R)
  • Susan Happ, Jefferson County District Attorney (D)
  • Thomas Nelson (L)
Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Brad
Schimel (R) 		Susan
Happ (D) 		Other Undecided
Marquette University October 23–26, 2014 1,164 LV ± 3% 43.1% 38.7% 0.9% 17.3%
1,409 RV ± 2.7% 39.5% 39.5% 1.1% 19.8%
WPR/St. Norbert College October 18–21, 2014 525 ± 4.4% 41% 40% — 19%
Marquette University October 9–12, 2014 803 LV ± 3.5% 41.5% 41.5% — 17%
1,004 RV ± 3.2% 39.1% 39% 0.2% 21.7%
Marquette University September 25–28, 2014 585 LV ± 4.1% 40.9% 38.7% 1.1% 19.3%
801 RV ± 3.5% 36.9% 37.4% 1% 24.5%
Marquette University September 11–14, 2014 589 LV ± 4.1% 41.9% 40.6% 0.4% 17%
800 RV ± 3.5% 38.3% 38.7% 1% 22%
Marquette University August 21–24, 2014 609 LV ± 4.1% 32% 42.5% 0.6% 24.9%
815 RV ± 3.5% 32.8% 39.5% 0.7% 27.1%
Results
Wisconsin Attorney General Election, 2014[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, November 4, 2014
Republican Brad Schimel 1,211,388 51.57% −6.25%
Democratic Susan V. Happ 1,066,866 45.41% +3.26%
Independent Thomas A. Nelson, Sr. 70,951 3.02%
Scattering 1,120 0.05%
Majority 72,451 3.08%
Plurality 144,522 6.15%
Total votes '2,350,325' '100.0%' +11.26%
Republican hold

Secretary of State

Incumbent Democrat Doug La Follette, first elected in 1982 (and also serving from 1975–1979), is running for a ninth non-consecutive term.

Democratic primary

  • Incumbent Doug La Follette ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Republican primary

Candidates
  • Julian Bradley, Telecommunications manager
  • Garey Bies, State Representative
Results
Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Julian Bradley 138,734 64.8
Republican Garey Bies 75,340 35.2
Total votes 214,074 100

General election

Candidates
  • Doug La Follette, Incumbent (D)
  • Julian Bradley, Telecommunications manager (R)
  • Andy Craig, Deputy Director, Wisconsin Liberty Coalition (L)
  • Jerry Broitzman (C)
Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Doug
La Follette (D) 		Julian
Bradley (R) 		Undecided
Gravis Marketing October 3–4, 2014 837 ± 3% 44% 43% 13%
Gravis Marketing September 22–23, 2014 908 ± 3% 50% 37% 13%
Gravis Marketing July 31–August 2, 2014 1,346 ± 3% 46% 39% 15%

Treasurer

Incumbent Republican Kurt W. Schuller, first elected in 2011, is not seeking a second term.

Republican primary

Candidates
Results
Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matt Adamczyk 132,596 61.8
Republican Randall Melchert 82,108 38.2
Total votes 214,074 100

Democratic primary

Candidates
Results
Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dave Sartori 119,504 51.6
Democratic Dave Leeper 112,225 48.4
Total votes 231,729 100

General election

Candidates
  • Matt Adamczyk, legislative staffer (R)
  • Dave Sartori, former Greenfield alderman (D)
  • Jerry Shidell, former Rhinelander mayor (L)
  • Andrew Zuelke, businessman (C)
  • Ron Hardy, Winnebago County Supervisor (G)
Polling

Legislature

State Senate

17 of the Wisconsin State Senate's 33 seats are up for election in November.

Parties style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | Total
Republican Democratic
Last election (2012) 18 15 33
Before this election 17 15 32
Not up 8 8 16
Up 10[5] 7 17
Incumbent retiring 4 3 7
Incumbent running 6 4 10

State Assembly

All 99 seats of the Wisconsin State Assembly are up for election in November. 21 Assemblymen (14 Republicans, 7 Democrats) are not seeking re-election.

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" |
Republican Democratic Vacant
Before 2014 elections 60 39 99 0
Latest voting share 61% 39%
Election results TBD 99 0

Judiciary

State Supreme Court

There were no Wisconsin Supreme Court seats up for election in 2014.

State Court of Appeals

Three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals were up for election in 2014. None of the three elections was contested.

  • In District I, Judge Patricia S. Curley was re-elected to her fourth term.
  • In District II, Judge Lisa Neubauer was re-elected to her second full term.
  • In District IV, Judge Gary Sherman was elected to his first full term. Judge Sherman had been appointed to the court in 2010 by Governor Jim Doyle.

State Circuit Courts

Forty one of the state's 249 circuit court seats were up for election in 2014. Four of those elections were contested.

Constitutional Amendments

Transportation Fund

In the November election, Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the Constitution of Wisconsin to establish a dedicated transportation fund administered by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The amendment also specified that none of the funds collected by transportation fees or taxes could be appropriated to any other program. Critics argued that purpose of the amendment was to create budget inflexibility that would force legislators to raid education funds to balance the budget.[6][7]

Transportation Fund
Candidate Votes %
Yes 1,733,101 79.94
No 434,806 20.06
Total votes 2,167,907 100

Personhood Amendment

There was an attempt to amend the Constitution of Wisconsin to establish a right to life. This amendment did not ultimately make it onto the ballot in 2014, as it did not obtain a necessary vote in the 101st Wisconsin Legislature.

Local

References

  1. ^ Stein, Jason (November 5, 2014). "Walker defeats Burke for 3rd victory in 4 years". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Canvass Results for 2014 General Election - 11/4/2014 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. November 26, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Wisconsin 2014 fall primary election results". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
  4. ^ "Should error disqualify Gravis poll from Wisconsin governor's race poll averaging model?". The Cap Times. October 3, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  5. ^ Includes a seat vacated by Republican Neal Kedzie in June 2014.
  6. ^ "Referendum on Creation of a Transportation Fund". Wisconsin Elections Commission. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  7. ^ "Wisconsin voters approve transportation amendment". Wisconsin State Journal. November 5, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
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