April 7, 2026, 5:02 a.m. CT
Today is Election Day in Wisconsin.
On April 7, voters will elect a brand new state Supreme Court justice, make their decisions for native workplaces and weigh in on a number of faculty district referendums.
Here’s the whole lot to know as you head to the polls immediately:
What does Wisconsin vote for immediately?
There is just one statewide race, that means everybody will see it on the prime of their poll. That’s for Wisconsin Supreme Court. Both candidates are present judges on the state Court of Appeals.
Chris Taylor, a former Democratic state lawmaker and former coverage director for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, is the liberal candidate within the race. Maria Lazar, a former assistant lawyer common throughout Gov. Scott Walker’s administration, is the conservative candidate.
The remainder of the poll will depend on the place you reside, however would possibly embody native workplaces like mayor, metropolis council, faculty board and extra. Some faculty districts have funding referendums on the poll.
You can preview the races and candidates in your poll at myvote.wi.gov.
There’s an inventory of contested races within the Milwaukee space on the backside of this story.
How do I discover my polling place in Wisconsin?
You can discover your assigned polling place by coming into your deal with at myvote.wi.gov, too.
When are polls open in Wisconsin immediately?
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to eight p.m. throughout the state. As lengthy as you are in line by 8 p.m., you may be allowed to vote.
What do I must deliver to vote in Wisconsin?
Make positive you deliver a legitimate picture ID. Those include:
- Wisconsin driver’s license
- State ID card issued by the DMV
- Military or veteran’s ID card
- Tribal ID card
- U.S. passport
- Certificate of naturalization
- College ID card, if it consists of the date it was issued, scholar’s signature and expires no later than two years after it was issued. Some universities issue separate ID cards that match the necessities.
You could have heard in regards to the SAVE Act, a invoice pending in Congress that would require proof of citizenship to vote. That laws hasn’t develop into legislation, so Wisconsin voters need not deliver a separate doc that signifies their citizenship standing.
Does Wisconsin have same-day voter registration?
You’ll have the ability to register or replace your registration at your polling place. If you’d moved or modified your title because the final election, you may must re-register.
If you should register, be sure that to deliver a proof of residence doc that reveals your present deal with, like a duplicate of your lease, a utility invoice or financial institution assertion. You can present an digital copy in your telephone. A full checklist of accepted paperwork is obtainable on the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s website.
If you are registering to vote from a brand new deal with, you must have lived there for at least 28 days by April 7. If you have not reached 28 days at your new deal with, you may must vote on the polling place assigned to your earlier deal with.
What do I do if I nonetheless have an absentee poll?
If you continue to have a mail-in absentee poll for the election, it is too late to place it within the mail. Your clerk should have your poll by 8 p.m. to rely it.
Check your native clerk’s web site or give them a call for specific instructions on returning your absentee poll. They could let you know to deliver your poll to your assigned polling place or a central rely location.
Some communities have absentee poll drop bins, however be sure that to observe instructions posted on the field, as they could shut earlier than 8 p.m. The City of Milwaukee’s drop boxes are open till 6 p.m. on April 7.
When will we all know the outcomes of the April 7 election?
It’s onerous to know precisely when outcomes might be known as. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel might be posting outcomes as they arrive in.
The two most recent Supreme Court races, each of which elected liberal justices by double-digit margins, had been known as lower than an hour after polls closed.
Local races and referendums, often decided by slim margins, may take longer to name.
When are Wisconsin’s subsequent elections?
Wisconsin has two extra 2026 elections after April 7:
- Aug. 11: The partisan main to slim down candidates for workplaces like governor, U.S. Congress and extra. This is when voters will choose from large primary fields for governor.
- Nov. 3: The common election, when voters make their last decisions for partisan workplaces. This can be known as the “midterms.”
A full checklist of election dates and vital voting deadlines may be discovered on the WEC’s website.
Milwaukee-area contested races
Here’s an inventory of the contested native races within the Milwaukee space. Incumbents are famous with (i):
Milwaukee County
MILWAUKEE COUNTY BOARD
- District 7: Felisia Martin (i), Stacy Smiter
- District 9: Patti Logsdon (i), Maquood Khan
- District 11: Kathleen Vincent (i), Ryan Antczak
BAYSIDE VILLAGE BOARD (two seats)
- Bob Rudman (i), Kelly Marrazza (i), Martin J. Perry
CUDAHY SCHOOL BOARD (two seats)
- Katy Castleton, Chris Galewski (i), Randy Hollenbeck, Rhonda Riccio (i)
FOX POINT VILLAGE PRESIDENT
- Christine Symchych (i), Jennie Stoltz
FRANKLIN MAYOR
- John Nelson (i), Basil Ryan
FRANKLIN COMMON COUNCIL
- District 6: Jason Craig (i), Danelle J. Kenney
FRANKLIN SCHOOL BOARD (two seats)
- Kathryn J. Eckhardt, Denise Groniger, Mary Yank (i)
GLENDALE COMMON COUNCIL
- District 4: Richard Wiese, Andrew L. Franklin
GLENDALE-RIVER HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENDUM
- Shall the Glendale-River Hills School District, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin be licensed to exceed the income restrict laid out in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $5,000,000 per 12 months for 4 years, starting with the 2026-2027 faculty 12 months and ending with the 2029-2030 faculty 12 months, for non-recurring functions consisting of operational bills to keep up district applications?
GREENDALE SCHOOL BOARD
- Mary Laurel Grogan, Kathleen Wied-Vincent (i)
NICOLET SCHOOL BOARD (two seats)
- Laura Felix, Anthony Pennington-Cross (i), Theresa Seem (i)
OAK CREEK-FRANKLIN SCHOOL BOARD (two seats)
- Sheryl Cerniglia (i), Genene Hibbler, Jen Knor, Mark Verhalen (i)
ST. FRANCIS COMMON COUNCIL
- District 3: Matt Damon (i), Scott Taddey
SHOREWOOD VILLAGE BOARD (two seats)
- Kathy Stokebrand (i), Arthur Ircink (i), Mitchell Auping
SOUTH MILWAUKEE LIBRARY REFERENDUM
- Shall the City of South Milwaukee be allowed to exceed this restrict and enhance the levy for the following fiscal 12 months, 2027, for the aim of funding operations of the South Milwaukee Public Library, by a complete of three.415%, which ends up in a levy of $12,871,757, and on an ongoing foundation, embody the rise of $425,000 for every fiscal 12 months going ahead?
SOUTH MILWAUKEE SCHOOL BOARD (three seats)
- Tory Elliot, Melissa Ellis, Brian Genduso (i), Patrick Hintz (i), John Nuck, Terrence Talley
WAUWATOSA COMMON COUNCIL
Wauwatosa residents will vote for 12 alderpersons to signify 12 new districts, a change from the 16 alderpersons that represented eight districts. On the poll are 4 contested races, and a few incumbents are operating to signify a brand new district.
- District 3: Ernst Franzen (i), Mark Peters
- District 4: Amanda Saso, Sean Hurley
- District 8: Michael Indy Stluka, Matthew Wicker
- District 11: Michael Morgan (i), Melissa Dolan (i)
WAUWATOSA SCHOOL DISTRICT (4 seats)
- Heather Birk, Liz Heimerl-Rolland, Todd Koehler, Melissa Lamers, Christopher Merker, Dan Stemper, Jason Wautier (i), Lynn Woehrle (i)
WEST ALLIS-WEST MILWAUKEE SCHOOL BOARD (three seats)
- Jeremiah Houle, Brian Keller (i), Noah Leigh (i), Sagar Tolani
WHITEFISH BAY SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENDUM
- Shall the School District of Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin be licensed to difficulty pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Wisconsin Statutes, common obligation bonds in an quantity to not exceed $135,600,000 for the general public objective of paying the price of a district-wide faculty constructing and facility enchancment venture consisting of: security, safety, constructing infrastructure and capital upkeep enhancements at Whitefish Bay High School, Cumberland and Richards Elementary Schools, and Lydell School and Community Center; development of and website enhancements for a brand new center faculty to exchange the prevailing center faculty; acquisition of land; demolition of the prevailing center faculty and repurposing the location for district and group use; and acquisition of furnishings, fixtures and tools?
WHITNALL SCHOOL BOARD (three seats)
- Don Geiger, Joseph D. Hurkman, Cassie Rainer (i), Rachel Scherrer (i), Jesse Stachowiak
Ozaukee County
OZAUKEE COUNTY BOARD
- District 10: Daniel E. Vogel (i), Mark Harris
- District 11: Dionne Holloway, Kevin Kennedy
- District 16: Connie Kincaide (i), Amy Elleson-Baster
- District 19: Jennifer Mackinnon, Dan Eastman
- District 21: Justin V. Strom (i), Tom Stark
- District 24: Jeffrey Hansher (i), James J. Krane
CEDARBURG COMMON COUNCIL
- District 7: Mark Mueller (i), Evan Burks
CEDARBURG SCHOOL BOARD (two seats)
- Connie Kincaide (i), Brady Brown, Jake Hebda
GRAFTON VILLAGE BOARD (three seats)
- Andrew Schwartz (i), Russell MacRae, Danielle Autotte, Luke Spykstra
PORT WASHINGTON COMMON COUNCIL
- District 4: Daniel Benning (i), Dakota Brace
PORT WASHINGTON-SAUKVILLE SCHOOL BOARD
- City of Port Washington Seat: Kiersten Cira (i), Matt Riemer
PORT WASHINGTON TIF REFERENDUM
- Shall the City of Port Washington undertake the proposed ordinance, which, if adopted, would bar the City from creating or approving a Tax Incremental District that requires a big capital expenditure, or with a base worth projected to or exceeding $10,000,000.00, or venture prices exceeding $10,000,000.00, except the creation or approval of such a Tax Incremental District has been accepted by nearly all of electors in a common or particular election?
Washington County
GERMANTOWN SCHOOL BOARD
- Seat No. 3: Kimberly Higgenbotham (i), Anne Utech
- Seat No. 5: Molly Bussie, Richard Yu
GERMANTOWN VILLAGE BOARD
- District 1: David Baum (i), Scott Hefle
- District 2: Jim Stout, Alisha Mir-Marwood
- District 3: Jolene Pieper (i), Dennis Myers
WEST BEND COMMON COUNCIL
- District 1: Travis Prindl, Neil T. Fulton
- District 7: Bill Schmidt, Justice Madl
Waukesha County
WAUKESHA COUNTY BOARD
- District 21: Joel Gaughan (i), Joseph O’Brien
- District 24: Deb Schroeder (i), Bruce Kurtz
ARROWHEAD SCHOOL BOARD, AT-LARGE SEAT
- Chris Farris (i), John Marek
BROOKFIELD MAYOR
- Steven V. Ponto (i), Mike Hallquist
BROOKFIELD COMMON COUNCIL
- District 1: Steve Dasher, Peter Stoll
- District 3: Jason G. Anderson (i), Morgan Austgen
- District 4: Chuck Bloom (i), Jake Gregory
- District 6: Catherine Kahler, Jeffrey Mellone
CHENEQUA VILLAGE BOARD (three seats)
- JoJo Gehl Neumann (i), Richard Grunke (i), Carol O. Manegold (i), Bob Fiedler, Ted Rolfs
DELAFIELD MAYOR
- Tim Aicher (i), Aaron Werner
EAGLE TOWN BOARD (two seats)
- Richard Kugel (i), Wendy Konichek, Faith Lang
ELMBROOK SCHOOL BOARD
- At-large seat: Sam Hughes (i), Elizabeth Theis
- Area I seat: Kevin Klandrud, Scott Wheeler (i)
- Area III seat: Robert Burlage, Jennifer Roskopf
GENESEE TOWN BOARD (two seats)
- Charlie Gresser (i), Adam E. Coker, Tony Reece, Daniel Yatzeck
HAMILTON SCHOOL BOARD
- At-large seat: Cassie Hoehnen, Tom Seiler
- Village of Sussex seat: Adam Gegare, Ashlie Schaffner (i)
HARTLAND-LAKESIDE SCHOOL BOARD
- Kristopher “Kpher” Evans, Morgan Henning (i)
KETTLE MORAINE SCHOOL BOARD (two seats)
- Jay Crouse (i), Katie Grillaert, Amy Richards (i)
LAC LA BELLE VILLAGE BOARD (two seats)
- John Koepke (i), Erik Mullett (i), Jack Gutschenritter, Jeff Ritter
LAKE COUNTRY SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENDUM
- Shall the Lake Country School District, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, be licensed to exceed the income restrict laid out in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $800,000 per 12 months for 4 years, starting with the 2026-2027 faculty 12 months and ending with the 2029-2030 faculty 12 months, for non-recurring functions consisting of operational bills?
MENOMONEE FALLS SCHOOL BOARD (three seats)
- Nicole Barker, Jefferson E. Davis, Rebecca Derlein, Emily Kant Schlimme, Steve Taylor, Joel Woppert (i)
MERTON TOWN BOARD, SUPERVISOR 4
- James Olson (i), Jan Grimm
MUSKEGO MAYOR
- Rick Petfalski (i), Kathy Chiaverotti
MUSKEGO COMMON COUNCIL
- District 3: Dennis Decker (i), Doug Bellows
MUSKEGO-NORWAY SCHOOL BOARD (two seats)
- Robert Bohmann (i), Pattie Morales, Jason Szemborski (i)
NEW BERLIN COMMON COUNCIL
- District 2: Scott La Fever (i), Meg Gardner
NEW BERLIN SCHOOL BOARD (two seats)
- Matthew J. Arend, Joseph Greenhagen, Amanda Peterson, Bob Willkomm
OCONOMOWOC MAYOR
- Matt Rosek, Karen Spiegelberg
OCONOMOWOC COMMON COUNCIL
- District 1: Nick Noggle, April Welch
- District 3: Zachary Frankowski, Brian Rau
SUMMIT VILLAGE BOARD (two seats)
- Jeff Lee (i), Hethe Henrickson, Tina Kummrow, Lisa Mellone
SWALLOW SCHOOL BOARD
- Katie Bergmann, Colin Chance
VERNON VILLAGE BOARD, TRUSTEE 1
- Jay M. Pecha (i), Tina Doggett
WALES VILLAGE BOARD (two seats)
- Alan Barrows (i), Alan Theis (i), Kimberly Suhr
WAUKESHA MAYOR
- Scott Allen, Alicia Halvensleben
WAUKESHA COMMON COUNCIL
- District 2: Eric Payne (i), Jim Evert
- District 6: Jack Wells (i), Richard E. Stueckroth
- District 13: Eileen Micklitz, Scott Oakley
WAUKESHA SCHOOL BOARD (three seats)
- Chase Allen, Maria Carrillo, Mitchel Gallagher, Bette Koenig (i), Melissa Toledo, Diane Voit (i)
Hope Karnopp may be reached at HKarnopp@usatodayco.com.
