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Wisconsin races

Wisconsin votes on all 8 of its House seats this cycle. Neither Senate seat is up.

Wisconsin races to watch

The delegation, district by district

8 seats on the ballot
2 Democratic6 Republican1 not running again

House seats, filled by the party that holds each one today.

Party of the member holding each seat now, never a margin and never a prediction. A hatched district means that member is not on the ballot for it. Boundaries as drawn for the 119th Congress.

How to vote in Wisconsin

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 20 days before online or by mail, the Friday before in person at your clerk, or same-day at the polls on Election Day.

All dates and rules

Wisconsin by the numbers

5.9Mpeople across 8 districts

Median household income$60K to $96K
District 4District 5
Living below the poverty line6.1% to 19.6%
District 5District 4
Without health insurance3.5% to 8.0%
District 5District 4

The lowest and highest of Wisconsin's districts, on the national range for each measure. Census American Community Survey 2024 five year estimates.

What this ballot costs

$40M in play

Of every dollar in Wisconsin's federal races, 9 cents is outside groups spending on their own, not the campaigns.

Raised by candidatesOutside money
All 8 House races$40M
$36M raised by candidates$3.5M outside money$5M a seat on average

Gifts of $200 or less

$6.2M17%

Larger individual gifts

$14M38%

From PACs

$6.3M17%

Shares of what the campaigns raised themselves. The rest is party money, self funding and transfers.

Incumbents defending a seat

Who is spending on Wisconsin

$3.5M outside money

The groups spending independently on Wisconsin's races, by what they have filed. Open a row to see how the money was spent, supporting or opposing each party, and the interest behind the committee.

1 to 5 of 15 groups

How far the money traveled

Most of the outside money on Wisconsin's races comes from groups whose only filings this cycle are here.

Groups spending in other states too
$192K6%
Groups spending only in Wisconsin
$3.3M94%

Groups filing here

15

The widest one reaches

26states

Independent spending filed on Wisconsin's races, by whether the committee is also spending in other states this cycle. A filing records where a group spends, not where its donors live, so this is a measure of reach, never of who paid for it.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Census context from the American Community Survey, public domain. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.