Draft:2002 Wisconsin elections
The 2002 Wisconsin fall general election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 5, 2002. All of Wisconsin's partisan executive and administrative offices were up for election, as well as one of Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seats, Wisconsin's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives, the seventeen odd-numbered seats in the Wisconsin State Senate, and all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly. The 2022 Wisconsin fall primary was held on September 10, 2002.
The parties split the major state-wide races, with Democrats gaining the offices of governor and lieutenant governor and retaining the office of attorney general while Republicans retained the office of State Treasurer. Democrats lost one member of the delegation, due in part to redistricting which eliminated the 9th district and moved Tom Barrett into the 4th congressional district, where he declined to seek re-election. Republicans flipped three seats in the election, shifting the State Senate into Republican control. Republicans were able to retain control of the State Assembly, gaining two additional seats in the election.
The 2002 Wisconsin spring election was held April 2, 2022. Three seats of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals were up in this election, as well as various nonpartisan local and judicial offices, including a special election for mayor of Milwaukee. The 2002 spring primary was held February 19, 2002.
These were the first elections held after the redistricting of the state following the 2000 United States census.
Federal
[edit]| District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
| Wisconsin 1 | Paul Ryan | Republican | 1998 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Wisconsin 2 | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 1998 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Wisconsin 3 | Ron Kind | Democratic | 1996 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Wisconsin 4 | Jerry Kleczka | Democratic | 1984 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Tom Barrett
Redistricted from the 5th district |
Democratic | 1992 | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Wisconsin. Democratic loss. | ||
| Wisconsin 5 | Jim Sensenbrenner
Redistricted from the 9th district |
Republican | 1978 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Wisconsin 6 | Tom Petri | Republican | 1979 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Wisconsin 7 | Dave Obey | Democratic | 1969 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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| Wisconsin 8 | Mark Andrew Green | Republican | 1998 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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State
[edit]Executive
[edit]All of Wisconsin's partisan executive offices were up for election in November 2022 with partisan primaries held on August 9.
Governor
[edit]Incumbent Republican governor Scott McCallum, who ascended to the office in 2001 following the resignation of governor Tommy Thompson, was defeated in his bid for a full four year term. He was defeated by the Democratic nominee, incumbent Attorney General Jim Doyle in a three way race which included Republican Ed Thompson, who was running under the Libertarian party banner.[1]
In the Democratic primary, Doyle defeated Tom Barrett, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin's 5th congressional district and Kathleen Falk, then serving as Dane County Executive.[2][3]
Lieutenant governor
[edit]Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Margaret Farrow, appointed by Scott McCallum following his ascension to the governorship, ran for re-election. 1998 Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial nominee Barbara Lawton won the Democratic nomination and was elected as part of a ticket with Democratic attorney general Jim Doyle.
Attorney general
[edit]Incumbent Democratic attorney general Jim Doyle, first elected in 1990, did not run for re-election—he instead ran for and was elected governor. Democratic nominee Peg Lautenschlager, a former United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, defeated Republican candidate Vince Biskupic.
Secretary of state
[edit]Incumbent Democratic secretary of state Doug La Follette, first elected in 1974 and 1982, won his 7th four-year term, defeating the Republican candidate, Robert Gerald Lorge.
La Follette was unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Edward J. Frami ran as the Wisconsin Constitution Party nominee.
Treasurer
[edit]Incumbent Republican state treasurer Jack Voight, first elected in 1994, ran for re-election. He defeated Democrat TBD.
Legislature
[edit]State Senate
[edit]The 17 odd-numbered districts out of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin Senate were up for election in 2002. Republicans won 12 of those 17 seats, for a net gain of three seats, giving them a majority in this chamber going into the 106th Wisconsin Legislature.
These were the first state senate elections in Wisconsin under new districts, reflecting the 2020 United States census.
| Seats | Party (majority caucus shading) |
Total | ||
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| Republican | Democratic | |||
| Last election (2000) | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| Total after last election (2000) | 15 | 18 | 33 | |
| Total before this election | 15 | 18 | 33 | |
| Up for election | 8 | 9 | 17 | |
| of which: | Incumbent retiring | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Vacated | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Unopposed | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| This election | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| Change from last election |  3 |
 3 |
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| Total after this election | 18 | 15 | 33 | |
| Change in total | 3 |
3 |
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State Assembly
[edit]All 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly were up for election in 2002. Republicans won 58 of those seats, for a net gain of two seats.
These were the first state assembly elections in Wisconsin under new districts, reflecting the 2020 United States census.
| Seats | Party (majority caucus shading) |
Total | Vacant | ||
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| Democratic | Republican | ||||
| Total after last election (2020) | 38 | 61 | 99 | 0 | |
| Total before this election | 38 | 57 | 95 | 4 | |
| Up for election | 38 | 57 | 95 | 4 | |
| This election | 35 | 64 | 99 | 0 | |
| Total after this election | 35 | 64 | 99 | 0 | |
| Change in total | 3 |
3 |
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Judiciary
[edit]State Court of Appeals
[edit]Three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals were up for election in April 2022.
- In District II, Judge Lori Kornblum, appointed by Governor Tony Evers in 2021, was defeated by Waukesha County circuit judge Maria S. Lazar.
- In District III, Judge Thomas Hruz, appointed by Governor Scott Walker in 2014, was unopposed seeking a second six-year term.
- In District IV, Judge Brian Blanchard, first elected in 2010, was unopposed seeking a third six-year term.
State Circuit Courts
[edit]- ↑ Silvers, Amy Rabideau (October 22, 2011). "Ed Thompson was his own man in politics". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
- ↑ Schultze, Steve; Walters, Steven (September 14, 2002). "Mayor, county executive races hold little appeal, Barrett says". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
- ↑ "Celinda Lake: Making The Case For Pro-Choice Female Candidates". WisPolitics.com. Archived from the original on 2004-03-07. Retrieved 2016-12-07.