2018 Wisconsin Attorney General election

The 2018 Wisconsin Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Wisconsin.

Republican incumbent Brad Schimel, first elected in 2014, ran for re-election to a second term. Voting rights attorney and former federal prosecutor Josh Kaul, the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeated Schimel in the general election and became the first Democrat to be elected Wisconsin Attorney General since 2002. Terry Larson, the Constitution Party nominee, also garnered around 2% of the vote, greater than the vote difference between Schimel and Kaul.

Republican primary Incumbent Attorney General Brad Schimel ran unopposed in the Republican primary.

Democratic primary Attorney Josh Kaul won the Democratic nomination unopposed.

Constitution primary Terry Larson won the Constitution Party nomination unopposed.

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs ofGoverningOctober 26, 2018

Polling Poll sourceDate(s)administeredSamplesizeMarginof errorBradSchimel (R)JoshKaul (D)UndecidedMarquette UniversityMarquette UniversityOctober 24–28, 20181,154 LV± 3.2%47%45%8%1,400 RV± 3.0%45%43%12%Marquette UniversityMarquette UniversityOctober 3–7, 2018799 LV± 3.9%47%43%10%1,000 RV± 3.6%45%41%14%Marquette UniversityMarquette UniversitySeptember 12–16, 2018614 LV± 4.4%48%41%11%800 RV± 4.0%47%40%13%

Results Kaul won the election by a 0.65% margin.

By congressional district Despite losing the state, Schimel won five of eight congressional districts.

District Schimel Kaul Representative 55% 43%Paul Ryan 30% 69%Mark Pocan 48% 50%Ron Kind 24% 74%Gwen Moore 62% 37%Jim Sensenbrenner 57% 41%Glenn Grothman 57% 41%Sean Duffy 56% 42%Mike Gallagher

See also

2018 United States attorney general elections 2018 Wisconsin elections

References