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- The 2018 Wisconsin gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018. It occurred concurrently with a Senate election in the state, elections to the state's U.S. House seats, and various other elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Scott Walker sought re-election to a third term, and was challenged by Democratic candidate and then-Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers, as well as Libertarian Phil Anderson and independent Maggie Turnbull. Evers, along with his running mate Mandela Barnes, managed to defeat Walker and Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch in a closely fought and widely watched race, ending unified Republican control of the state. The result was considered "too close to call" on election night, with Walker and Evers being separated by a mere few hundred votes for much of the night as counties reported their results. Shortly after midnight on November 7, Milwaukee County reported around 46,000 late absentee ballots. From those late ballots, Evers received 38,674 votes, or 84% of the total, and Walker 7,181, giving Evers a narrow lead. The race was called for him shortly after. Wisconsin was the only state in the 2018 gubernatorial election cycle to elect a Democratic governor while voting more Republican than the national average. With a margin of 1.1%, this election was also the second-closest race of the 2018 gubernatorial election cycle, behind only the election in Florida. Walker was one of two Republican incumbent governors to be defeated for re-election in 2018, the other being Bruce Rauner in neighboring Illinois, who had lost decisively to J.B. Pritzker. (en)
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- ;State elected officials
*Tony Earl, former governor of Wisconsin
;County elected officials
* John T. Chisholm, district attorney of Milwaukee County
* John La Fave, register of deeds of Milwaukee County and former state representative
;Individuals
*Ernesto Chacon, president of the Federation for Civic Action
*James Santelle, former United States attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
*Edward J. Zore, chairman of Northwestern Mutual (en)
- ;U.S. senators
* Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
* Russ Feingold, Wisconsin
;U.S. representatives
*Steve Kagen, Wisconsin's 8th congressional district
*Dave Obey, Wisconsin's 7th congressional district
;State officials
* Barbara Lawton, former lieutenant governor of Wisconsin
;State legislators
*Dana Wachs, state representative
*Mark Miller, state senator
*John Lehman, former state senator
*Sondy Pope, state representative
*Bob Turner, former state representative
*Spencer Black, former state representative
*Mandy Wright, former state representative
*Fred Clark, former state representative
*Calvin Potter, former state senator
;Municipal elected officials
* Susan J. M. Bauman, former mayor of Madison
* Joel Skornicka, former mayor of Madison
;Labor unions
* Wisconsin Postal Workers Union (en)
- ;Individuals
*Tim Canova, candidate for Florida's 23rd congressional district (en)
- ;Federal officials
* Donald Trump, president of the United States
* Mike Pence, vice president of the United States
;Statewide officials
* Tommy Thompson, former governor of Wisconsin
;Organizations
* Associated Builders and Contractors
* National Federation of Independent Business (en)
- ;U.S. representatives
* Dave Obey, 7th congressional district
;State legislators
* LaTonya Johnson, state senator
* Christine Sinicki, state representative
* Nick Milroy, state representative
* Dianne Hesselbein, state representative
* Tod Ohnstad, state representative
* Steve Doyle, state representative
* Jill Billings, state representative
* Jonathan Brostoff, state representative
* Mark Spreitzer, state representative
* Dave Considine, state representative
* Lisa Subeck, state representative (en)
- ;U.S. senators
*Kirsten Gillibrand U.S. senator
;National organizations
* EMILY's List
* Feminist Majority
* NARAL Pro-Choice America,
* National Organization for Women
* Women's March Wisconsin
* #VoteProChoice
;State legislators
* Jessica King, state senator
* Nick Milroy, state representative
* Christine Sinicki, state representative
* Amanda Stuck, state representative
* Lisa Subeck, state representative
* JoCasta Zamarripa, state representative
;Individuals
* Andy Gronik, businessman
* Chelsea Handler, actor and comedian
* Bon Iver, American indie folk band
* Bradley Whitford, actor, best known from The West Wing
* Jane Lynch, actor and comedian
* Sarah Silverman, actor and comedian (en)
- ;State officials
* William Weld, former governor of Massachusetts (en)
- ;U.S. Senators
* Kamala Harris, U.S. senator from California
;U.S. Representatives
* Gwen Moore, U.S. representative from Wisconsin's 4th congressional district
;Labor unions
* Amalgamated Transit Union Local 998
* International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139
* Service Employees International Union Wisconsin State Council
* Wisconsin State AFL–CIO
* AFSCME Council 32 (en)
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- The 2018 Wisconsin gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018. It occurred concurrently with a Senate election in the state, elections to the state's U.S. House seats, and various other elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Scott Walker sought re-election to a third term, and was challenged by Democratic candidate and then-Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers, as well as Libertarian Phil Anderson and independent Maggie Turnbull. Evers, along with his running mate Mandela Barnes, managed to defeat Walker and Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch in a closely fought and widely watched race, ending unified Republican control of the state. (en)
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