2022 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

The 2022 United States Senate election in Wisconsin is planned to be held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wisconsin.

2022 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

November 8, 2022
 
Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent U.S. senator

Ron Johnson
Republican


Incumbent Republican Senator Ron Johnson was first elected in 2010. In 2016, he was reelected with 50.17% of the vote against Democrat Russ Feingold, Johnson’s predecessor. In 2016, he said that he intended to serve only two terms, however, Johnson has not yet confirmed if he will seek a third term in office or retire.[1]

Wisconsin's Senate seat is expected to be one of the most heavily targeted by national Democrats in 2022 for a potential flip as the party has seen considerable success in recent statewide elections, notably in the 2018 midterm elections, when Democrats won every statewide contest on the ballot in Wisconsin (including the state's other Senate seat) and Joe Biden won the state in the 2020 presidential election.[2]

Republican primary

Declared

  • John Berman, electronic hardware design, test engineer and candidate for U.S. Senate (Minnesota and Kansas) in 2020[3][4]
  • Brad Beyer, U.S. Army veteran[5][6]

Filed paperwork

  • Keith Neubert, paramedic[7]

Potential

Declined

Endorsements

Ron Johnson
U.S. Executive Branch Officials

Democratic primary

Declared

Democratic candidates[lower-alpha 1]

Potential

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Mandela Barnes
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
State officials
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations
Sarah Godlewski
U.S. Representatives
State legislators
Individuals
Organizations
Tom Nelson
State officials
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Organizations
Steven Olikara
U.S. officials
  • Scott D. Legwold, former brigadier general in the National Guard of the United States and former Director of the Joint Staff of the Wisconsin Army and Air National Guard[70]
State officials
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Chris Larson (Withdrawn)
State legislators
Individuals
Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Mandela
Barnes
Gillian
Battino
Sarah
Godlewski
Alex
Lasry
Chantia
Lewis
Adam
Murphy
Tom
Nelson
Steven
Olikara
Other Undecided
Data for Progress (D)[upper-alpha 1] November 11–15, 2021 524 (LV) ± 4.0% 39% 1% 5% 16% 1% 6% 0% 3% 29%
Clarity Campaign Labs (D)[upper-alpha 2] August 28–30, 2021 698 (LV) ± 3.7% 37% 1% 7% 5% 1% 8% 1% 38%

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[78] Tossup July 16, 2021
Inside Elections[79] Battleground October 8, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball[80] Lean R March 11, 2021
Hypothetical polling
Ron Johnson vs. Mandela Barnes
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Ron
Johnson (R)
Mandela
Barnes (D)
Undecided
Clarity Campaign Labs (D)[upper-alpha 2] September 8–11, 2021 756 (LV) ± 3.6% 43% 43%
Ron Johnson vs. Tom Nelson
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Ron
Johnson (R)
Tom
Nelson (D)
Undecided
Change Research (D)[upper-alpha 3] March 25–27, 2021 1,723 (LV) ± 2.6% 44% 48% 5%

Notes

  1. The images in this gallery are in the public domain or are otherwise free to use. This gallery should not be construed as a list of major or noteworthy candidates. If a candidate is not included in this gallery, it is only because there are no high-quality, copyright-free photographs of them available on the Internet.
  2. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. Poll conducted for Way to Lead
  2. Poll conducted for Barnes's campaign
  3. This poll was sponsored by Nelson's campaign

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