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2026 Wisconsin federal ballot

Wisconsin votes on all 8 of its U.S. House seats on November 3, 2026; neither U.S. Senate seat is up.

What else is on your ballot

Federal races only, not governor, state or local contests or ballot measures. See your full sample ballot at What's On My Ballot, run by the Wisconsin Elections Commission.

The delegation, district by district

8 seats on the ballot
2 Democratic6 Republican1 not on the ballot on record

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, 2026 

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

$47M in play

Of every dollar in Wisconsin's federal races, 31 cents is outside groups spending on their own, not the campaigns.

Raised by candidatesOutside money
All 8 House races$47M
$33M raised by candidates$15M outside money$5.9M a seat on average

Gifts of $200 or less

$6.2M19%

Larger individual gifts

$14M41%

From PACs

$6.3M19%

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

Incumbents defending a seat

The 7 sitting members defending a seat on this ballot, what they have raised, and the stock trades they have disclosed.

Who is spending on Wisconsin

$15M 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 25 groups

How far the money traveled

Most of the outside money on Wisconsin's races comes from groups that are spending in other states too.

Groups spending in other states too
$9.8M67%
Groups spending only in Wisconsin
$4.8M33%

Groups filing here

52

The widest one reaches

31states

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 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.