Key primary races

Senate: Wisconsin Primary Results (D) Key Race

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Senate: Wisconsin Primary Results (R) Key Race

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What’s happening in Wisconsin

  • Joe Biden beat Donald Trump by less than a percentage point in Wisconsin in 2020.
  • Trump, in 2016, was the first Republican presidential nominee to win Wisconsin since Ronald Reagan in 1984.
  • Democrats currently control the Wisconsin governorship while Republicans hold five of the state’s eight US House seats.
  • Each party holds one of the state’s two US Senate seats.

Key dates

Primary election: August 9
General election: November 8

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