| Election Name: | 2019 Wisconsin elections |
| Country: | Wisconsin |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Wisconsin elections |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2020 Wisconsin elections |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Election Date: | April 2, 2019 |
The 2019 Wisconsin Spring Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on April 2, 2019. There was one seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on the ballot, as well as several other nonpartisan local and judicial elections. There were also a number of local referendums for school funding. The 2019 Wisconsin Spring Primary was held February 19, 2019.
There was an additional special election held in the 64th Wisconsin State Assembly district.
In the Supreme Court election, the Republicans' preferred candidate defeated the Democrats' preferred candidate. In all, only 1 incumbent judge lost their seat in this election, while 2 others retired.
Turnout in the April 2 election was 27% of the voting age population.[1]
A special election was held to fill the 64th district seat of the Wisconsin State Assembly. The seat was vacated by former Wisconsin Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca who had been appointed to the cabinet of Governor Tony Evers. At the time of the election, the 64th Assembly district contained the northern half of the city of Kenosha, along with suburban areas of southeastern Racine County. It is considered a safe democratic seat.
The primary for this seat was held at the spring general election on April 2. Democrat Tip McGuire defeated Gina Walkington and Spencer Zimmerman for the Democratic nomination while Mark Stalker won the Republican nomination unopposed.[2] The special general election was then held April 30, and McGuire defeated Stalker 62.35% to 37.56%.[3]
Judicial elections were held in 2019.
| Election Name: | 2019 Wisconsin Supreme Court election |
| Country: | Wisconsin |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | No |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Wisconsin elections#State Supreme Court |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2020 Wisconsin elections#State Supreme Court |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Election Date: | April 2, 2019 |
| Image1: | 3x4.svg |
| Nominee1: | Brian Hagedorn |
| Color1: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote1: | 606,414 |
| Percentage1: | 50.2% |
| Nominee2: | Lisa Neubauer |
| Color2: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 600,433 |
| Percentage2: | 49.7% |
| Map Size: | 240px |
| Justice | |
| Before Election: | Shirley Abrahamson |
| Before Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
| After Election: | Brian Hagedorn |
| After Party: | Nonpartisan politician |
| Turnout: | 35.4%[4] |
| Outgoing Members: | 2009 |
| Elected Members: | 2029 |
A regularly-scheduled Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held April 2. Incumbent Shirley Abrahamson did not seek reelection.
Republican-backed Brian Hagedorn narrowly defeated Democratic-backed Lisa Neubauer.[5]
Three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals were up for election in 2019. All three were uncontested.
Twenty nine of the state's 249 circuit court seats were up for election in 2019. Only three of those seats were contested. Only one incumbent was defeated for re-election - Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Andrew A. Jones, who had been appointed a year earlier by Governor Scott Walker to fill the vacancy created by Judge Rebecca Dallet's elevation to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
| Circuit | Branch | Incumbent | Elected | Defeated | Defeated in Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Votes | % | Name | Votes | % | Name(s) | |||
| Brown | 3 | Tammy Jo Hock | Tammy Jo Hock | 36,134 | 99.25% | ||||
| 7 | Timothy A. Hinkfuss | Timothy A. Hinkfuss | 36,900 | 99.26% | |||||
| Dane | 16 | Rhonda L. Lanford | Rhonda L. Lanford | 103,480 | 99.03% | ||||
| Dodge | 3 | Joseph G. Sciascia | Joseph G. Sciascia | 13,303 | 100.00% | ||||
| Jefferson | 1 | William V. Gruber | William V. Gruber | 13,004 | 99.22% | ||||
| 2 | William F. Hue | William F. Hue | 13,239 | 99.24% | |||||
| La Crosse | 1 | Ramona A. Gonzalez | Ramona A. Gonzalez | 15,852 | 100.00% | ||||
| 2 | Elliott M. Levine | Elliott M. Levine | 16,258 | 100.00% | |||||
| 3 | Todd Bjerke | Todd Bjerke | 16,579 | 100.00% | |||||
| 4 | Scott L. Horne | Scott L. Horne | 16,978 | 100.00% | |||||
| Lincoln | 2 | Robert R. Russell | Robert R. Russell | 4,279 | 99.58% | ||||
| Manitowoc | 1 | Mark R. Rohrer | Mark R. Rohrer | 12,629 | 99.14% | ||||
| Marinette | 2 | James A. Morrison | James A. Morrison | 6,867 | 100.00% | ||||
| Marquette | Bernard Ben Bult | Chad A. Hendee | 2,885 | 99.28% | |||||
| Milwaukee | 11 | David C. Swanson | David C. Swanson | 87,138 | 98.54% | ||||
| 26 | William S. Pocan | William S. Pocan | 87,258 | 98.61% | |||||
| 36 | Laura A. Crivello | Laura A. Crivello | 87,994 | 98.75% | |||||
| 40 | Andrew A. Jones | Danielle L. Shelton | 71,649 | 57.07% | Andrew A. Jones | 53,407 | 42.54% | ||
| 41 | Audrey K. Skwierawski | Audrey K. Skwierawski | 85,654 | 98.73% | |||||
| Monroe | 1 | Todd L. Ziegler | Todd L. Ziegler | 7,354 | 99.69% | ||||
| Ozaukee | 2 | Joe Voiland | Steve Cain | 14,800 | 58.02% | Angela C. Foy | 10,650 | 41.75% | Mark E. Larson James Wawrzyn |
| Racine | 3 | Maureen M. Martinez | Maureen M. Martinez | 24,151 | 98.99% | ||||
| 7 | Jon E. Fredrickson | Jon E. Fredrickson | 18,606 | 59.59% | Jamie M. McClendon | 12,512 | 40.08% | ||
| Rock | 1 | Karl R. Hanson | Karl R. Hanson | 19,396 | 99.22% | ||||
| 2 | Derrick A. Grubb | Derrick A. Grubb | 19,185 | 99.04% | |||||
| 4 | Daniel T. Dillon | Daniel T. Dillon | 18,977 | 99.17% | |||||
| St. Croix | 2 | Edward F. Vlack | Edward F. Vlack | 10,174 | 99.05% | ||||
| Waukesha | 1 | Michael O. Bohren | Michael O. Bohren | 75,867 | 99.06% | ||||
| 6 | Brad Schimel | Brad Schimel | 81,363 | 97.85% | |||||