# 2014 Wisconsin elections

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The 2014 Wisconsin Fall General Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 4, 2014. Wisconsin's Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and State Treasurer were all up for election, as well as Wisconsin's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives. The November general election in 2014 also featured a statewide referendum on an amendment to the Constitution of Wisconsin. The 2014 Wisconsin Fall Primary Election was held on August 12, 2014.
The Republican Party of Wisconsin held onto all statewide offices up for election in 2014, except for secretary of state, where Democrat Doug La Follette won his tenth term. Republicans also retained control of the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly. The partisan breakdown of Wisconsin's delegation to the United States House of Representatives was unchanged, remaining five Republicans and three Democrats.
For local offices and judicial seats, the 2014 Wisconsin Spring General Election was held April 1, 2014. No Wisconsin Supreme Court seats were up in 2014, but three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and 41 Wisconsin Circuit Court seats were up. The 2014 Wisconsin Spring Primary Election was held on February 18.

## Federal
### House of Representatives

All 8 of Wisconsin's congressional districts were up for election at the Fall general election. Seven of eight incumbent representatives ran for reelection, with Tom Petri retiring from District 6. Party composition remained unchanged after the general election.
| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Elected | Elected | Defeated | Democratic | Democratic | Republican | Republican | Others | Others | Total | Total | Result |
| District | Incumbent | Incumbent | Elected | Elected | Defeated | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Result |
| District 1 | Paul Ryan | | Paul Ryan | | Rob Zerban (D) Keith R. Deschler (Ind) | 105,552 | 36.63% | 182,316 | 63.27% | 302 | 0.10% | 288,170 | 12.23% | Republican Hold |
| District 2 | Mark Pocan | | Mark Pocan | | Peter Theron (R) | 224,920 | 68.40% | 103,619 | 31.51% | 308 | 0.09% | 328,847 | 13.96% | Democratic Hold |
| District 3 | Ron Kind | | Ron Kind | | Tony Kurtz (R) Ken Van Doren (Ind) | 155,368 | 56.46% | 119,540 | 43.44% | 253 | 0.09% | 275,161 | 11.68% | Democratic Hold |
| District 4 | Gwen Moore | | Gwen Moore | | Dan Sebring (R) Robert R. Raymond (Ind) | 179,045 | 70.24% | 68,490 | 26.87% | 7,357 | 2.89% | 254,892 | 10.82% | Democratic Hold |
| District 5 | Jim Sensenbrenner | | Jim Sensenbrenner | | Chris Rockwood (D) | 101,190 | 30.40% | 231,160 | 69.45% | 476 | 0.14% | 332,826 | 14.13% | Republican Hold |
| District 6 | Tom Petri | | Glenn Grothman | | Mark L. Harris (D) Gus Fahrendorf (Ind) | 122,212 | 40.87% | 169,767 | 56.77% | 7,054 | 2.36% | 299,033 | 12.69% | Republican Hold |
| District 7 | Sean Duffy | | Sean Duffy | | Kelly Westlund (D) Lawrence Dale (Ind) | 112,949 | 39.41% | 169,891 | 59.28% | 3,763 | 1.31% | 286,603 | 12.17% | Republican Hold |
| District 8 | Reid Ribble | | Reid Ribble | | Ron Gruett (D) | 101,345 | 34.94% | 188,553 | 65.01% | 150 | 0.05% | 290,048 | 12.31% | Republican Hold |
| Total | | | | | | 1,102,581 | 46.81% | 1,233,336 | 52.36% | 19,663 | 0.83% | 2,355,580 | 100.00% | |

## State
### Executive
#### Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Incumbent Republican Governor Scott Walker and Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, first elected in 2010, sought re-election to a second term after surviving a recall election in 2012.
The Democratic Party nominated business executive Mary Burke and state senator John Lehman for governor and lieutenant governor, respectively. Burke was a member of the Madison school board and former Secretary of Wisconsin's Department of Commerce. Lehman was a state senator and former teacher from Racine, who had just won back his senate seat in a recall election.
Walker and Kleefisch won the November election with 52% of the vote.
2014 Wisconsin gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Scott Walker (incumbent) / Rebecca Kleefisch (incumbent) | 1,259,706 | 52.26% | −0.79% |
| | Democratic | Mary Burke / John Lehman | 1,122,913 | 46.59% | +0.31% |
| | Libertarian | Robert Burke / Joseph M. Brost | 18,720 | 0.78% | |
| | Independent | Dennis Fehr | 7,530 | 0.31% | |
| | | Scattering | 1,445 | 0.06% | |
| Plurality | Plurality | Plurality | 136,793 | 5.68% | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,410,314 | 100.0% | -4.20% |

#### Attorney General

Republican incumbent attorney general J. B. Van Hollen, first elected in 2006, did not seek re-election to a third term. Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel defeated Jefferson County District Attorney Susan Happ in the November general election.
Happ defeated state representative Jon Richards and Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne in the Democratic primary.

#### Secretary of State

Incumbent Democratic secretary of state Doug La Follette, first elected in 1974 and regaining his seat in 1982, narrowly won his 10th four-year term, defeating the Republican candidate, telecommunications manager Julian Bradley.
La Follette was unopposed in the Democratic primary.
In the Republican primary, Bradley defeated State Representative Garey Bies.

#### Treasurer

Incumbent Republican Treasurer Kurt W. Schuller, first elected in 210 declined to run for re-election. In the election, Republican nominee Matt Adamczyk defeated Democratic nominee Dave Sartori, a former Greenfield alderman to succeed Schuller.
Adamczyk defeated attorney Randall Melchert in the Republican primary.
Sartori defeated Dave Leeper, a former Green County District Attorney, in the Democratic primary.

### Legislature
#### State Senate

17 of the Wisconsin State Senate's 33 seats were up for election in the November general election. Republicans added one seat to their majority, retaking the 21st senate district which had been lost in the 2012 recall elections.
| Seats | Seats | Party (majority caucus shading) | Party (majority caucus shading) | Total |
| Seats | Seats | Democratic | Republican | Total |
| Last election (2012) | Last election (2012) | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| Total after last election (2012) | Total after last election (2012) | 15 | 18 | 33 |
| Total before this election | Total before this election | 15 | 17 | 32 |
| Up for election | Up for election | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| of which: | Incumbent retiring | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| of which: | Vacated | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| of which: | Unopposed | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| This election | This election | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| Change from last election | Change from last election | 1 | 1 | |
| Total after this election | Total after this election | 14 | 19 | 33 |
| Change in total | Change in total | 1 | 2 | |
| Dist. | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | This race | This race |
| Dist. | Member | Party | First elect | Status | Candidates | Results |
| 01 | Frank Lasee | Republican | 2010 | Ran | Y Frank Lasee (Rep.) 61.59% Dean P. Debroux (Dem.) 38.37% | Incumbent re-elected |
| 03 | Tim Carpenter | Democratic | 2002 | Ran | Y Tim Carpenter (Dem.) 97.1% | Incumbent re-elected |
| 05 | Leah Vukmir | Republican | 2010 | Ran | Y Leah Vukmir (Rep.) 73.03% Wendy Friedrich (Dem.) 26.17% | Incumbent re-elected |
| 07 | Chris Larson | Democratic | 2010 | Ran | Y Chris Larson (Dem.) 59.5% Jason Red Arnold (Rep.) 40.26% | Incumbent re-elected |
| 09 | Joe Leibham | Republican | 2010 | Ran for U.S. House of Representatives | Y Devin LeMahieu (Rep.) 59.95% Martha Laning (Dem.) 39.94% | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. House New member elected Republican hold |
| 11 | --Vacant-- | --Vacant-- | --Vacant-- | --Vacant-- | Y Stephen Nass (Rep.) 63.29% Dan Kilkenny (Dem.) 36.63% | Incumbent resigned New member elected Republican hold |
| 13 | Scott Fitzgerald | Republican | 1994 | Ran | Y Scott Fitzgerald (Rep.) 62.69% Michelle Zahn (Dem.) 37.28% | Incumbent re-elected |
| 15 | Timothy Cullen | Democratic | 1974 (2010) | Did not run | Y Janis Ringhand (Dem.) 59.47% Brian Fitzgerald (Rep.) 40.47% | Incumbent retired New member elected Democratic hold |
| 17 | Dale Schultz | Republican | 1991 | Did not run | Y Howard Marklein (Rep.) 55.07% Pat Bomhack (Dem.) 44.85% | Incumbent retired New member elected Republican hold |
| 19 | Michael Ellis | Republican | 1982 | Did not run | Y Roger Roth (Rep.) 57.17% Penny Bernard Schaber (Dem.) 42.76% | Incumbent retired New member elected Republican hold |
| 21 | John Lehman | Democratic | 2006 (2012) | Ran for lieutenant governor | Y Van Wanggaard (Rep.) 61.42% Randy Bryce (Dem.) 38.39% | Incumbent retired to run for lieutenant governor New member elected Republican gain |
| 23 | Terry Moulton | Republican | 2010 | Ran | Y Terry Moulton (Rep.) 61.15% Phil Swanhorst (Dem.) 38.84% | Incumbent re-elected |
| 25 | Robert Jauch | Democratic | 1986 | Did not run | Y Janet Bewley (Dem.) 51.16% Dane Deutsch (Rep.) 48.81% | Incumbent retired New member elected Democratic hold |
| 27 | Jon Erpenbach | Democratic | 1986 | Ran | Y Jon Erpenbach (Dem.) 97.51% | Incumbent re-elected |
| 29 | Jerry Petrowski | Republican | 2012 | Ran | Y Jerry Petrowski (Rep.) 65.73% Paul Demain (Dem.) 34.26% | Incumbent re-elected |
| 31 | Kathleen Vinehout | Democratic | 2006 | Ran | Y Kathleen Vinehout (Dem.) 52.32% Mel Pittman (Rep.) 47.62% | Incumbent re-elected |
| 33 | Paul Farrow | Republican | 2012 | Ran | Y Paul Farrow (Rep.) 73.86% Sherryll Shaddock (Dem.) 26.07% | Incumbent re-elected |

#### State Assembly

All 99 seats of the Wisconsin State Assembly were up for election in November. 21 Assembly incumbents (14 Republicans, 7 Democrats) did not seek re-election.
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| Affiliation | Republican | Democratic | Total | Vacant |
| Before 2014 elections | 60 | 39 | 99 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 61% | 39% | | |
| After 2014 elections | 63 | 36 | 99 | 0 |
| Voting share | 64% | 36% | | |

### Judiciary
#### State Court of Appeals

Three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals were up for election in 2014. None of the three elections was contested.
* In District I, Judge Patricia S. Curley was re-elected to her fourth term.
* In District II, Judge Lisa Neubauer was re-elected to her second full term.
* In District IV, Judge Gary Sherman was elected to his first full term. Judge Sherman had been appointed to the court in 2010 by Governor Jim Doyle.

#### State Circuit Courts

Forty one of the state's 249 circuit court seats were up for election in 2014. Four of those elections were contested.

### Constitutional Amendments
#### Transportation Fund

In the November election, Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the Constitution of Wisconsin to establish a dedicated transportation fund administered by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The amendment also specified that none of the money which flowed into the fund, collected by transportation fees or taxes, could be appropriated to any other program. Critics argued that purpose of the amendment was to create budget inflexibility that would force legislators to raid education funds to balance the budget.
Transportation Fund :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Yes | Yes | 1,733,101 | 79.94 |
| No | No | 434,806 | 20.06 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 2,167,907 | 100 |

#### Personhood Amendment

There was an attempt to amend the Constitution of Wisconsin to establish a right to life. This amendment did not ultimately make it onto the ballot in 2014, as it did not obtain a necessary vote in the 101st Wisconsin Legislature.

## Local offices
### Kenosha County
#### Kenosha County executive

A regularly scheduled county executive election was held in Kenosha County, at the Spring general election, April 1, 2014. The incumbent James Kreuser, first elected in a 2008 special election, was elected to a second four-year term without opposition.

### Portage County
#### Portage County executive

A regularly scheduled county executive election was held in Portage County, at the Spring general election, April 1, 2014. The incumbent Patty Dreier, first elected in 2010, was elected to a second four-year term without opposition.

### Winnebago County
#### Neenah mayor

A regularly scheduled mayoral election was held in Neenah, Wisconsin, at the Spring general election, April 1, 2014. State representative Dean Kaufert defeated incumbent mayor George Scherck.

### Wood County
#### Wisconsin Rapids mayor

A regularly scheduled mayoral election was held in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, at the Spring general election, April 1, 2014. First-term incumbent mayor Zach Vruwink was re-elected to a second two-year term, defeating former mayor Mary Jo Carson.