Ballot Measures, April 2, 2024
Wisconsin voters decided 2 statewide ballot measures on April 2, 2024.
Ballot measures
| Measure | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Question 1 | Prohibit any level of government in the state from applying or accepting non-governmental funds or equipment for election administration. This legislatively referred constitutional amendment was placed on the Wisconsin 2024 ballot. Voters approved it with 54.0% voting yes. | Passed (54% yes) |
| Question 2 | Provide that only election officials designated by law may administer elections. This legislatively referred constitutional amendment was placed on the Wisconsin 2024 ballot. Voters approved it with 59.0% voting yes. | Passed (59% yes) |
Ballot Measures, August 13, 2024
Wisconsin voters decided 2 statewide ballot measures on August 13, 2024.
Ballot measures
| Measure | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Question 1 | Prohibit the legislature from delegating its power to appropriate money. This legislatively referred constitutional amendment was placed on the Wisconsin 2024 ballot. Voters rejected it with only 43.0% voting yes. | Failed (43% yes) |
| Question 2 | Require legislative approval before the governor can expend federal money appropriated to the state. This legislatively referred constitutional amendment was placed on the Wisconsin 2024 ballot. Voters rejected it with only 42.0% voting yes. | Failed (42% yes) |
General Election, November 5, 2024
Wisconsin held its general election on November 5, 2024, deciding 115 legislative seats. No chamber changed party control.
Highlights
- The first election on Wisconsin's court-ordered maps moved the Legislature sharply without moving control. Democrats netted ten Assembly seats and four Senate seats, breaking the Republican supermajority in the Senate that had made Gov. Tony Evers's vetoes overridable, but Republicans kept both chambers on a night Donald Trump carried the state.
- The Senate went from 22-11 to 18-15, two seats from a Democratic majority in 2026. Jodi Habush Sinykin (D) unseated Sen. Duey Stroebel (R) in the Milwaukee suburbs' Senate District 8 by fewer than 1,800 votes in a contest that cost more than $10 million, Sarah Keyeski (D) beat Sen. Joan Ballweg (R) in Senate District 14, and Democrats took two open seats, Kristin Alfheim (D) in the Fox Valley's Senate District 18 and Jamie Wall (D) in Green Bay's Senate District 30.
- In the Assembly the Republican majority narrowed from 64-35 to 54-45. Most of the Democratic pickups were open seats created by retirements and the new lines, but four Republican incumbents lost to Democrats: Tom Michalski (R) in Assembly District 13 to Rep. Robyn Vining (D), a fellow incumbent drawn into the same district; Amy Binsfeld (R) in Assembly District 26 to Joe Sheehan (D); and Loren Oldenburg (R) in Assembly District 96 to Tara Johnson (D) by two points; and Scott Johnson (R) in Assembly District 43 to Brienne Brown (D). Every Democratic incumbent was re-elected.
- The lone statewide question, a constitutional amendment restating that only citizens may vote, passed with about seven in ten votes.
- Across the 115 legislative races, 6 incumbents were defeated, 3 other races finished inside two points, and 22 seats drew a single candidate. Because every district was redrawn before this election, counting individual seats that changed parties overstates the shift; the chamber totals above are the measure of the night.
Legislature
- Assembly (99 seats): 35 D, 64 R before the election, 45 D, 54 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
- Senate (33 seats): 11 D, 22 R before the election, 15 D, 18 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
Legislative races
Ballot measures
| Measure | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Citizenship Voting Requirement Amendment | Prohibit the state and local governments from allowing noncitizens to vote. This legislatively referred constitutional amendment was placed on the Wisconsin 2024 ballot. Voters approved it with 71.0% voting yes. | Passed (71% yes) |