2022 Wisconsin State Senate election

The 2022 Wisconsin State Senate elections are scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Seventeen of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate are up for election—the odd-numbered districts. This will be the first election to take place after redistricting following the 2020 United States census. Currently, 21 Senate seats are held by Republicans and 12 seats are held by Democrats. The primary election is scheduled for August 9, 2022.[1]

2022 Wisconsin State Senate election
November 8, 2022
17 of 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Chris Kapenga Janet Bewley
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 33rd–Delafield 25th–Mason
Last election 10 seats, 53.8% 6 seats, 45.3%
Seats before 21 12
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Summary
Seats Party
(majority caucus shading)
 Total
Democratic Republican
Last election (2020) 6 10 16
Total after last election (2020) 12 21 33
Total before this election 12 21 33
Up for election 6 11 17
of which: Incumbent retiring 3 3
Vacated
Unopposed
This election
Change from last election
Total after this election
Change in total

Candidates
Dist. Incumbent This race[2]
Member Party First elected Status Primary General Results
01 André Jacque Republican 2018
    03 Tim Carpenter Democratic 2002
      05 Dale Kooyenga Republican 2018 Not Running
      • Dale Kooyenga (Republican)
      • Jessica Katzenmeyer (Democratic)
      • Tom Palzewicz (Democratic)
        07 Chris Larson Democratic 2010
          09 Devin LeMahieu Republican 2014
            11 Stephen Nass Republican 2014
              13 John Jagler Republican 2021 (special)
                15 Janis Ringhand Democratic 2014 Not running[3]
                  17 Howard Marklein Republican 2014
                    19 Roger Roth Republican 2014 Running for
                    lieutenant
                    governor                    [6]
                    • Mark Scheffler (Democratic)[7]
                    • Rachael Ann Cabral-Guevara (Republican)
                    • Anthony Phillips (Republican)
                    • Kristin Alfheim (Democratic)
                    • Andrew Thomsen (Republican)
                      21 Van H. Wanggaard Republican 2014
                        23 Kathy Bernier Republican 2018 Not running[8]
                          25 Janet Bewley Democratic 2014 Not running[11]
                            27 Jon Erpenbach Democratic 1998 Not running[13]
                              29 Jerry Petrowski Republican 2012 Not running[15]
                              • Brent Jacobson (Republican)
                              • Jonathan Kaiser (Republican)
                              • Cory Tomczyk (Republican)
                                31 Jeff Smith Democratic 2018
                                • Jeff Smith (Democratic)
                                • David Estenson (Republican)
                                • Amber Provance (Republican)
                                  33 Chris Kapenga Republican 2015

                                    Outgoing incumbents

                                    Retiring

                                    See also

                                    References
                                    1. Wisconsin Elections Commission Calendar of Election Events: November 2021 – December 2023 (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Elections Commission. October 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
                                    2. "Candidate Tracking by Office". Wisconsin Elections Commission. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
                                    3. "Janis Ringhand won't seek reelection to state Senate". FOX6 News Milwaukee. March 10, 2022.
                                    4. "Spreitzer campaign: Announces campaign for state Senate". WisPolitics.com. March 10, 2022.
                                    5. Koller, Hailey (14 August 2021). "Stroud announces candidacy for Wisconsin State Senate". www.nbc15.com. WMTV. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
                                    6. Zimmerman, Jason (17 February 2022). "Wisconsin Senator Roger Roth running for lieutenant governor". www.wsaw.com. WSAW-TV. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
                                    7. Higgins, Roshaun (3 August 2021). "Mark Scheffler announces bid for Roger Roth's Senate seat". www.postcrescent.com. The Post-Crescent. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
                                    8. Bosk, Felicity (7 January 2022). "State Sen. Kathy Bernier announces she will not seek reelection". www.wqow.com. WQOW. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
                                    9. Bosk, Felicity (21 January 2022). "Altoona's Jesse James announces bid for State Senate". www.wqow.com. WQOW. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
                                    10. Lopez, Julia (8 January 2022). "Brian Westrate announces candidacy for state senate". www.wqow.com. WQOW. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
                                    11. Kowles, Naomi (6 February 2022). "For the Record: Sen. Janet Bewley on stepping down, future for Democrats in legislature". www.channel3000.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
                                    12. "Former Rep. Romaine Quinn to run for state senate, District 25". www.apg-wi.com. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
                                    13. "Longtime Democratic Wisconsin Sen. Erpenbach to retire". www.wxpr.org. WXPR. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
                                    14. "Hesselbein announces state Senate campaign". www.hngnews.com. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
                                    15. "Sixth Wisconsin state senator won't seek reelection". Associated Press. March 10, 2022.
                                    16. "Republican critic of election probe, State Sen. Kathy Bernier, retiring from Senate". WTMJ-TV. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
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