| Election Name: | 2017 Wisconsin elections |
| Country: | Wisconsin |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2016 Wisconsin elections |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Wisconsin elections |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Election Date: | April 4, 2017 |
The 2017 Wisconsin Spring Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 4, 2017. The top of the ballot was the election for state Superintendent of Public Instruction. There was also an uncontested election for Wisconsin Supreme Court, three uncontested elections for Wisconsin Court of Appeals, and several other nonpartisan local and judicial elections. There were also a number of local referendums for school funding. The 2017 Wisconsin Spring Primary was held February 21, 2017.
In the election for Superintendent of Public Instruction, incumbent Tony Evers won a third term. He would not complete the term, however, as he was elected Governor of Wisconsin the following year.
| Election Name: | 2017 Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction election |
| Country: | Wisconsin |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | No |
| Previous Election: | 2013 Wisconsin elections#Superintendent of Public Instruction |
| Previous Year: | 2013 |
| Next Election: | 2021 Wisconsin elections#Superintendent of Public Instruction |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Election Date: | April 4, 2017 |
| Image1 Size: | x150px |
| Nominee1: | Tony Evers |
| Color1: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote1: | 494,793 |
| Percentage1: | 69.9% |
| Image2 Size: | x150px |
| Nominee2: | Lowell Holtz |
| Color2: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 212,504 |
| Percentage2: | 30.0% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Superintendent | |
| Before Election: | Tony Evers |
| Before Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
| After Election: | Tony Evers |
| After Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
Incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers easily defeated challenger Lowell E. Holtz, taking nearly 70% of the vote. Evers' performance in this statewide election would prove useful as he made his case in a crowded Democratic primary field for Governor of Wisconsin in 2018.[1]
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| Primary Election, February 21, 2017[2] | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, April 4, 2017[3]
| Election Name: | 2017 Wisconsin Supreme Court election |
| Country: | Wisconsin |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | No |
| Previous Election: | 2016 Wisconsin elections#State Supreme Court |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Wisconsin elections#State Supreme Court |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Election Date: | April 4, 2017 |
| Nominee1: | Annette Ziegler |
| Color1: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote1: | 492,352 |
| Percentage1: | 97.2% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Justice | |
| Before Election: | Annette Ziegler |
| Before Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
| After Election: | Annette Ziegler |
| After Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
| Outgoing Members: | 2007 |
| Elected Members: | 2027 |
A regularly-scheduled Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held this year. Incumbent Annette Ziegler was unopposed seeking her second ten-year term.
Three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals were up for election in 2017. All three were uncontested.
Forty eight of the state's 249 circuit court seats were up for election in 2017. Eleven of those seats were contested. No incumbent judge was defeated in the general election, but Trempealeau County judge Charles V. Feltes was defeated in the February primary. Feltes had been appointed by Governor Scott Walker the previous July.
| Circuit | Branch | Incumbent | Elected | Defeated | Defeated in Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Votes | % | Name | Votes | % | Name(s) | |||
| Burnett | Kenneth Kutz | 1,850 | 63.03% | David Grindell | 1,085 | 36.97% | |||
| Columbia | 2 | W. Andrew Voigt | W. Andrew Voigt | 5,024 | 99.31% | ||||
| Dane | 9 | Richard G. Niess | Richard G. Niess | 58,785 | 99.11% | ||||
| 12 | Clayton Kawski | Jill J. Karofsky | 50,585 | 57.54% | Marilyn Townsend | 37,110 | 42.21% | ||
| Dodge | 2 | Martin De Vries | Martin De Vries | 7,988 | 64.09% | Randall E. Doyle | 4,476 | 35.91% | |
| Door | 2 | David L. Weber | David L. Weber | 5,426 | 99.12% | ||||
| 5 | Robert Wirtz | Robert Wirtz | 9,140 | 99.66% | |||||
| Grant | 1 | Robert P. VanDeHey | Robert P. VanDeHey | 6,086 | 99.51% | ||||
| Green Lake | Mark Slate | Mark Slate | 1,643 | 99.58% | |||||
| Iron | Patrick J. Madden | Patrick J. Madden | 1,081 | 98.45% | |||||
| Jefferson | 4 | Randy R. Koschnick | Bennett J. Brantmeier | 6,087 | 98.94% | ||||
| Kenosha | 4 | Anthony Milisauskas | Anthony Milisauskas | 10,390 | 99.16% | ||||
| 7 | Jodi L. Meier | Jodi L. Meier | 12,386 | 85.10% | John Anthony Ward | 2,145 | 14.74% | ||
| Manitowoc | 3 | Jerome L. Fox | Bob Dewane | 7,646 | 55.03% | Patricia Koppa | 6,217 | 44.75% | |
| Marathon | 4 | Gregory J. Strasser | Gregory J. Strasser | 12,528 | 99.52% | ||||
| 5 | Michael K. Moran | Michael K. Moran | 12,780 | 99.58% | |||||
| Milwaukee | 1 | Maxine Aldridge White | Maxine Aldridge White | 55,038 | 98.90% | ||||
| 4 | Michael J. Hanrahan | Michael J. Hanrahan | 52,096 | 98.81% | |||||
| 9 | Paul Van Grunsven | Paul Van Grunsven | 51,192 | 98.80% | |||||
| 10 | Vacant | Michelle Ackerman Havas | 52,032 | 98.71% | |||||
| 13 | Mary E. Triggiano | Mary E. Triggiano | 52,348 | 99.02% | |||||
| 18 | Pedro Colón | Pedro Colón | 54,247 | 98.80% | |||||
| 19 | Dennis R. Cimpl | Dennis R. Cimpl | 51,670 | 98.93% | |||||
| 21 | Cynthia Davis | Cynthia Davis | 52,464 | 98.96% | |||||
| 33 | Carl Ashley | Carl Ashley | 52,473 | 99.11% | |||||
| 35 | Frederick C. Rosa | Frederick C. Rosa | 52,864 | 98.89% | |||||
| 36 | Jeffrey Kremers | Jeffrey Kremers | 52,611 | 98.69% | |||||
| 47 | John Siefert | Kristy Yang | 49,342 | 57.20% | Scott A. Wales | 36,705 | 42.55% | ||
| Oconto | 1 | Michael T. Judge | Michael T. Judge | 4,846 | 100.0% | ||||
| Outagamie | 1 | Mark J. McGinnis | Mark J. McGinnis | 14,032 | 100.0% | ||||
| Polk | 1 | Daniel J. Tolan | Daniel J. Tolan | 4,839 | 60.06% | Malia Malone | 3,218 | 39.94% | David D. Danielson |
| 2 | Jeff Anderson | Jeff Anderson | 6,959 | 100.0% | |||||
| Racine | 3 | Emily S. Mueller | Emily S. Mueller | 15,242 | 100.0% | ||||
| Rock | 6 | John M. Wood | John M. Wood | 11,822 | 99.13% | ||||
| Sheboygan | 2 | Kent Hoffmann | Kent Hoffmann | 10,159 | 99.65% | ||||
| 3 | Angela W. Sutkiewicz | Angela W. Sutkiewicz | 10,722 | 99.55% | |||||
| 5 | Daniel Borowski | Daniel Borowski | 10,143 | 99.46% | |||||
| Trempealeau | Charles V. Feltes | Rian W. Radtke | 2,856 | 52.29% | Rick Schaumberg | 2,594 | 47.49% | Charles V. Feltes | |
| Vernon | Darcy Rood | 3,253 | 56.43% | Timothy J. Gaskell | 2,512 | 43.57% | |||
| Washington | 1 | James G. Porous | James G. Porous | 10,004 | 99.32% | ||||
| 3 | Todd K. Martens | Todd K. Martens | 8,903 | 73.32% | Robert T. Olson | 3,210 | 26.44% | ||
| Waukesha | 3 | Ralph M. Ramirez | Ralph M. Ramirez | 31,937 | 99.33% | ||||
| 3 | Lloyd V. Carter | Lloyd V. Carter | 30,757 | 99.29% | |||||
| 4 | William Domina | William Domina | 31,326 | 99.31% | |||||
| Waupaca | 1 | Philip M. Kirk | Troy L. Nielsen | 4,522 | 63.74% | 2,568 | 36.19% | ||
| Waushara | Guy Dutcher | Guy Dutcher | 2,078 | 100.0% | |||||
| Winnebago | 2 | Scott C. Woldt | Scott C. Woldt | 11,811 | 99.18% | ||||
| 6 | Daniel J. Bissett | Daniel J. Bissett | 11,715 | 99.26% | |||||
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi won re-election without opposition.
In Racine's special mayoral election, held in October, State Assemblymember Cory Mason was elected to fill the remainder of Mayor John Dickert's unexpired term. Mason topped a six-person primary and went on to defeat Alderman Sandy Weidner in the special election.[4]
There were 65 local education-funding referendums on the ballot in the 2017 election. 40 of those referendums passed, awarding the school districts approximately $700 million in additional funding.[5]