Wisconsin Governor
Tue, Nov 3 · Governor Tony Evers Democratic since Jan 2019 (not a candidate in 2026)
David Crowley 49.2Thomas P. Tiffany 44.2
Average of 3 polls, Sep 28 to Oct 23, from VoteHub · how it’s calculated
Newest poll
2 are partisan pollsNewest · Wick, field dates Oct 19 to Oct 23, released Oct 29, 1,213 likely voters, partisan (R), per VoteHubPoll sponsored by League of American WorkersPolls updated Oct 30, 7:30 p.m. ET, from VoteHub
Polls over time
13 polls, through Election Day Nov 3The thick line is the 7-week average, not a forecast. How it’s calculated. All polls. Polls updated Oct 30, 7:30 p.m. ET, from VoteHub.
The polls in this chart (13)
2 polls released in the last 14 days · latest results range from 44 to 51% (D) and 44 to 46% (R) (newest 5 polls on the chart)
13 of the 30 polls for this race, each with both names, plotted on the field end date.
| Pollster | Field dates | Released | Sample | Crowley | Tiffany |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wick | Oct 19 to Oct 23 | Oct 29 | 1,213 likely voters | 47.7 | 44.7 |
| Marquette University Law School | Oct 14 to Oct 22 | Oct 30 | 668 likely voters | 51 | 44 |
| Z to A Research | Sep 28 to Oct 1 | Oct 9 | 662 likely voters | 49 | 44 |
| Marquette University Law School | Sep 16 to Sep 23 | Oct 1 | 692 likely voters | 49 | 46 |
| Marquette University Law School | Aug 12 to Aug 20 | Aug 27 | 891 registered voters | 44 | 44 |
| Marquette University Law School | Aug 12 to Aug 20 | Aug 27 | 738 likely voters | 49 | 44 |
| TIPP Insights | Aug 14 to Aug 18 | Aug 26 | 1,119 likely voters | 47 | 43 |
| TIPP Insights | Aug 14 to Aug 18 | Aug 26 | 1,434 registered voters | 43 | 41 |
| Platform Communications | Aug 12 to Aug 13 | Aug 17 | 500 likely voters | 48 | 44 |
| GBAO Strategies | Jul 30 to Aug 3 | Aug 13 | 800 likely voters | 47 | 44 |
| RMG Research | Jul 20 to Jul 24 | Jul 30 | 800 registered voters | 46 | 43 |
| TIPP Insights | Mar 13 to Mar 19 | Apr 27 | 1,495 registered voters | 39 | 38 |
| TIPP Insights | Mar 13 to Mar 19 | Apr 27 | 1,175 likely voters | 42 | 41 |
Polls left off the chart (17 of 30)
| Poll | Why it is not on the chart |
|---|---|
| RMG ResearchJul 20 to Jul 24 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Francesca Hong, Tom Tiffany) |
| RMG ResearchJul 20 to Jul 24 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Mandela Barnes, Tom Tiffany) |
| Marquette University Law SchoolJul 8 to Jul 16 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Mandela Barnes, Tom Tiffany) |
| Marquette University Law SchoolJul 8 to Jul 16 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Francesca Hong, Tom Tiffany) |
| Marquette University Law SchoolJul 8 to Jul 16 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Kelda Roys, Tom Tiffany) |
| The Public Sentiment InstituteMay 13 to May 15 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Francesca Hong, Tom Tiffany) |
| The Public Sentiment InstituteMay 13 to May 15 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Mandela Barnes, Tom Tiffany) |
| The Public Sentiment InstituteMay 13 to May 15 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Francesca Hong, Tom Tiffany) |
| The Public Sentiment InstituteMay 13 to May 15 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Mandela Barnes, Tom Tiffany) |
| TIPP InsightsMar 13 to Mar 19 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Mandela Barnes, Tom Tiffany) |
| TIPP InsightsMar 13 to Mar 19 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Mandela Barnes, Tom Tiffany) |
| TIPP InsightsMar 13 to Mar 19 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Francesca Hong, Tom Tiffany) |
| TIPP InsightsMar 13 to Mar 19 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Francesca Hong, Tom Tiffany) |
| TIPP InsightsMar 13 to Mar 19 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Sara Rodriguez, Tom Tiffany) |
| TIPP InsightsMar 13 to Mar 19 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Sara Rodriguez, Tom Tiffany) |
| Patriot PollingMar 10 to Mar 16 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Francesca Hong, Tom Tiffany) |
| Impact ResearchOct 2 to Oct 8 | Names fewer than two candidates on this ballot (lists Mandela Barnes, Tom Tiffany) |
Side by side
Left column: CrowleyRight column: Tiffany
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeTiffanyNo published score for Crowley
- Races
- None listed
- Won 6 of 8
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 6
- Age on Election Day
- Not available
- 68
How these are counted
The spectrum is a published research score, not our rating. How this works. Wins and losses count the races in our results files, the same as each profile.
What changed in this race
Newest firstNEW POLLWisconsin Governor
Wisconsin Governor: David Crowley 51, Tom Tiffany 44
Marquette University Law School, Oct 14 to Oct 22, 668 likely voters
NEW POLLWisconsin Governor
Wisconsin Governor: David Crowley 48, Tom Tiffany 45
Wick, Oct 19 to Oct 23, 1,213 likely voters
More about this race
Candidates on the ballot
- David CrowleyDemocraticwith Sarah Godlewski
- Thomas P. TiffanyRepublicanwith David Varnam
Source: elections.wi.gov, dated Oct 6
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Official results for Wisconsin
History (5 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 2,656,386
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
Governor, Wisconsin, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTony EversWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,358,77451.2% RepublicanTim Michels Republican 1,268,53547.8% IndependentJoan Ellis Beglinger Independent 27,1981.0% Scattered write-ins 1,8790.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,669,613
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
Governor, Wisconsin, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTony EversWon Democratic 1,324,30749.6% RepublicanScott Kevin Walker(incumbent) Republican 1,295,08048.5% LibertarianPhil Anderson Libertarian 20,2550.8% OtherMaggie Turnbull Independent 18,8840.7% GreenMichael J. White Green 11,0870.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,408,869
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
Governor, Wisconsin, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott Kevin WalkerWon(incumbent) Republican 1,259,70652.3% DemocraticMary Burke Democratic 1,122,91346.6% IndependentRobert Burke Independent 18,7200.8% IndependentDennis Fehr Independent 7,5300.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,152,125
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
Governor, Wisconsin, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott Kevin WalkerWon Republican 1,128,94152.5% DemocraticTom Barrett Democratic 1,004,30346.7% IndependentJim Langer Independent 10,6080.5% OtherJim James Common Sense 8,2730.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,159,251
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
Governor, Wisconsin, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim DoyleWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,139,11552.8% RepublicanMark A. Green Republican 979,42745.4% GreenNelson Eisman Green 40,7091.9%
2006 to 2022: Cha, Kuriwaki and Snyder, Candidates in American General Elections, version 3.1 (2006-2023 governor rows), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Cha, Kuriwaki and Snyder (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Governor races before 2006 are not on file.
Data notes (17)
- Source priority per race: (1) a state election office's own certified results parsed in scripts/data/gov_results.py (NJ Division of Elections PDFs, Virginia Department of Elections, the Civera ElectionStats databases run by CT, VA, VT, CO, NY, NM and SC, the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, the NC State Board of Elections archive); (2) the open Cha/Kuriwaki/Snyder 'Candidates in American General Elections' file (Harvard Dataverse, CC0), which copies each state's statement of vote; (3) OpenElections county files and the 2020 Dataverse official-results tables, used only to add named candidates the Dataverse file omitted and to add the write-in count; (4) MEDSL precinct sums, used the same way and only when their Democratic and Republican totals agree with the Dataverse rows to 0.3 percent. Each race's source is listed in web/data/sources/gov-results.json.
- total is the sum of the candidate rows in the file, and pct is votes divided by that total, rounded to one decimal. Blank, void, over and under votes are never in total. Write-in votes are in total as a 'Write-ins' row (writein: true) wherever a source reports them: the official databases, OpenElections, and MEDSL precinct returns. The Dataverse file leaves write-ins out, so MEDSL's write-in sum is added when MEDSL's count for every named candidate equals the Dataverse count exactly (for example AK 2022, 784 write-ins, and AL 2022, 9,432, both matching the state's statement of vote). Each race's source ids are in the race's source and sourceAlso fields and in the gov-results-<st> entry of sources.json.
- 151 races not taken from a state's own results file have no write-in row. Either the state counted no write-ins, or the sources on file leave them out (MEDSL's precinct sums did not match every named candidate exactly, or MEDSL has no file for that year); where they were left out, total is short by the write-ins and pct can run slightly above the state's printed percentage: AK 2006, AK 2010, AK 2014, AL 2006, AL 2010, AL 2014, AL 2018, AR 2006, AR 2014, AR 2018, AR 2022, AZ 2002, AZ 2014, AZ 2022, CA 2014, CA 2018, CA 2022, DE 2008, DE 2012, DE 2016, DE 2020, DE 2024, GA 2014, GA 2018, HI 2006, HI 2010, HI 2014, HI 2018, HI 2022, IA 2006, IA 2010, IA 2014, ID 1998, ID 2006, ID 2010, ID 2022, IL 2010, IL 2014, IL 2018, IN 2004, IN 2008, IN 2012, IN 2016, IN 2020, KS 2006, KS 2010, KS 2014, KS 2018, KS 2022, KY 2007, KY 2011, KY 2015, KY 2019, LA 2007, LA 2011, LA 2015, LA 2019, LA 2023, MD 2006, MD 2014, MD 2022, ME 2006, ME 2010, ME 2014, ME 2022, MI 2006, MI 2010, MI 2014, MI 2022, MN 2006, MN 2010, MN 2014, MO 2020, MS 2007, MS 2011, MS 2015, MS 2019, MS 2023, MT 2000, MT 2004, MT 2008, MT 2012, MT 2016, MT 2020, MT 2024, ND 2008, NE 2006, NE 2010, NE 2014, NE 2018, NE 2022, NH 2008, NH 2010, NH 2012, NH 2014, NH 2024, NM 2010, NV 2006, NV 2010, NV 2014, NV 2018, NV 2022, OH 2014, OH 2018, OK 2006, OK 2010, OK 2014, OK 2018, OK 2022, OR 2006, OR 2010, OR 2014, OR 2018, OR 2022, PA 2002, PA 2006, PA 2010, PA 2014, PA 2018, PA 2022, RI 2006, RI 2010, RI 2014, SC 2006, SD 2006, SD 2010, SD 2014, SD 2018, SD 2022, TX 2014, TX 2018, TX 2022, UT 2008, UT 2010, UT 2012, UT 2020, WA 2008, WA 2012, WA 2016, WI 2006, WI 2010, WI 2014, WI 2018, WV 2008, WV 2011, WV 2012, WV 2016, WV 2020, WV 2024, WY 2002, WY 2006.
- party is D, R, I, L, G, O or N from the party label in the source; party_label keeps the source's wording. The Dataverse file prints short labels (Lbt, Grn, Const, DFL, NPA); those are expanded to Libertarian, Green, Constitution, Democratic-Farmer-Labor and No Party Affiliation. Fusion candidates (NY, CT, SC, and the Democratic-Progressive line in VT) are one candidate with all of their ballot lines added together.
- Names: the Dataverse file stores 'LAST, FIRST MIDDLE (NICKNAME), SUFFIX'; the display name uses the nickname when there is one (Josh Shapiro, Bob Riley) and otherwise the given names. All-caps source names were title-cased by rule and can be wrong for internal capitals (DiGiulio, DeWine). Official lists that print only surnames (NJ 1997; MA tickets from 2010 on) take the full name from the Dataverse row of the same race where the surname and party match, otherwise stay surname-only.
- incumbent is true or false only for races built from the Dataverse file (it carries an incumbency code; code 3, a governor who succeeded to the office, is treated as incumbent). It is null for official-source races and for candidates added from OpenElections or MEDSL.
- Louisiana uses an open primary with a runoff. One race per election is stored: the round that decided it (the October primary when someone won more than 50 percent, otherwise the November runoff, marked runoff:true). Exact dates for those rounds come from the Dataverse/official files where present and are set in the script otherwise (LA_DATES); check them before showing a date.
- Recall elections (Wisconsin June 2012, California September 2021) are not included. Only regular and special general elections for the office are stored; primaries and runoff primaries are not.
- scripts/data/federal_results.py, if it is re-run, rewrites every web/data/results/governor/{ST}.json to []. Run scripts/data/gov_results.py after it, or remove build_governor() from that script.
- WI: No governor general-election result in this file for 4 of 9 expected election years between 1990 and 2025: 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002. No open or official bulk source was found and parsed for them yet; they are gaps, not zeroes.
- 2006: built from the Dataverse candidates file only; no second source agreed with it at candidate level, so a minor-party candidate who is missing from that file would be missing here too
- 2010: built from the Dataverse candidates file only; no second source agreed with it at candidate level, so a minor-party candidate who is missing from that file would be missing here too
- 2014: built from the Dataverse candidates file only; no second source agreed with it at candidate level, so a minor-party candidate who is missing from that file would be missing here too
- 2018: built from the Dataverse candidates file only; no second source agreed with it at candidate level, so a minor-party candidate who is missing from that file would be missing here too
- Candidate name is the sitting governor's officials-file spelling for 16 rows (the race's winner, same state, race within the governor's tenure, same surname and a compatible first name). Text encoding and casing are repaired by scripts/data/names.py.
- Governor races earlier than the first year listed are not loaded yet for 50 states (AK from 2006; AL from 2006; AR from 2002; AZ from 2002; CA from 2002; CO from 1990; CT from 1990; DE from 2008; FL from 1990; GA from 2002; HI from 2006; IA from 2002; ID from 1994; IL from 2006; IN from 2004; KS from 2006; KY from 2007; LA from 2007; MA from 1990; MD from 2006; ME from 2006; MI from 2006; MN from 2006; MO from 2008; MS from 2007; MT from 2000; NC from 1992; ND from 2008; NE from 2006; NH from 2006; NJ from 1993; NM from 2002; NV from 2006; NY from 1994; OH from 2002; OK from 2006; OR from 2006; PA from 2002; RI from 2006; SC from 2006; SD from 2006; TN from 2002; TX from 1994; UT from 2008; VA from 1993; VT from 1990; WA from 2008; WI from 2006; WV from 2000; WY from 2002). The sources on file start later; nothing was filled in from memory. Each governor page says so under History.
- 1 duplicate candidate rows merged: a 0-vote placeholder row beside the real row is dropped. governor/CO 2022 Paul Noël Fiorino
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Election Wrld. (2026). Governor of Wisconsin. https://www.electionwrld.com/wi/governor. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
Sources
Sources: Wikidata SPARQL (governor position holders, party) (CC0-1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by the Wikidata community (not an official source; to be cross-checked against official governor pages) from official returns, not an official source; 3 U.S.C. 1, 2 U.S.C. 1 and 7: Election Day, first Tuesday after the first Monday in November (US government work, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Cha, Kuriwaki and Snyder, Candidates in American General Elections, version 3.1 (2006-2023 governor rows) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Cha, Kuriwaki and Snyder (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source; Cha, Kuriwaki and Snyder, Candidates in American General Elections, version 4.1 (2024 governor rows) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Cha, Kuriwaki and Snyder (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source; OpenElections state results repositories (github.com/openelections/openelections-data-<st>) (No license is stated in the OpenElections repositories. OpenElections says its data is free for anyone to use. Written permission requested (docs/PERMISSION-REQUESTS.md). No CC0 claim.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by OpenElections volunteers from official returns, not an official source.
DataState data (JSON)Sources: Cha, Kuriwaki and Snyder, Candidates in American General Elections, version 3.1 (2006-2023 governor rows), VoteHub polls (CC BY 4.0), DIME (ODC-BY), Portraits: unitedstates/images (public domain), Photo creditsData as of Oct 30, 2026 (candidate list Oct 28, 2026)