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2022 Wisconsin Attorney General election
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Nominee Josh Kaul Eric Toney
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,333,369 1,298,369
Percentage 50.64% 49.31%
Kaul:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Toney:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No data
Attorney General before election

Josh Kaul
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Josh Kaul
Democratic

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The 2022 Wisconsin Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Wisconsin. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul won re-election to a second term. Party nominees were selected in a partisan primary on August 9, 2022.

Kaul won re-election by a margin of 1.33%.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Endorsements

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Josh Kaul
Organizations
Labor unions

Results

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Democratic primary results[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Josh Kaul (incumbent) 461,024 100.0%
Total votes 461,024 100.0%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Withdrew

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Adam Jarchow
U.S. Representatives
State legislators
  • Dave Craig, former state senator[20]
  • Joe Handrick, former state assemblyman[20]
  • Treig Pronschinske, state assemblyman[20]
  • John Spiros, state assemblyman[20]
  • Tom Weatherston, former state assemblyman[20]
  • 29 other state legislators[18][21][20][19]
Sheriffs
Police chiefs
Local officials
Organizations
Individuals
Ryan Owens (withdrawn)
State Supreme Court Justices
  • Michael Gablemnan, former justice (2008–2018)[29]
  • Dan Kelly, former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice (2016–2020)[29]
  • David Prosser, former justice (1998–2016)[29] (switched endorsement to Toney after Owens withdrew)
  • Jon Wilcox, former justice (1992–2007)[29]
Speakers of the Wisconsin Assembly
  • Ben Brancel, former speaker of the assembly (1997–1999)[29] (switched endorsement to Toney after Owens withdrew)
  • John Gard, former speaker of the assembly (2003–2007)[29] (switched endorsement to Toney after Owens withdrew)
  • Michael Huebsch, former speaker of the assembly (2007–2009)[29] (switched endorsement to Toney after Owens withdrew)
State legislators
Sheriffs
Individuals
Eric Toney
U.S. Representatives
State Supreme Court Justices
State legislators
District attorneys
Local officials
Sheriffs
Police chiefs
Individuals
Organizations
Declined to endorse
Organizations

Debate and virtual town hall

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2022 Wisconsin Attorney General Republican primary debate and virtual town hall
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Republican Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Eric Toney Adam Jarchow Karen Mueller
1 Jul. 20, 2022 WISN (AM) Dan O'Donnell [1] P P P
2 Aug. 3, 2022 Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Scott Manley YouTube P P A

Results

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Results by county
  Toney
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   60–70%
  Jarchow
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   60–70%
  Mueller
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
Republican primary results[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Eric Toney 222,902 37.43%
Republican Adam Jarchow 220,045 36.95%
Republican Karen Mueller 152,581 25.62%
Total votes 595,528 100.0%

General election

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Debates

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2022 Wisconsin Attorney General debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Josh Kaul Eric Toney
1[46] Oct. 27, 2022 State Bar of Wisconsin
Wispolitics.com
WISC-TV 		Eric Franke YouTube P P
2 Oct. 27, 2022 WISN-TV Matt Smith YouTube[a]
YouTube[b]
YouTube[c]
YouTube[d]
YouTube 		P P

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[47] Tossup November 3, 2022
Elections Daily[48] Leans R (flip) November 7, 2022

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[e] 		Margin
of error 		Josh
Kaul (D) 		Eric
Toney (R) 		Undecided
The Trafalgar Group (R) November 2–4, 2022 1,095 (LV) ± 2.9% 47% 50% 3%

Results

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Wisconsin Attorney General election, 2022[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Josh Kaul (incumbent) 1,333,369 50.64% +1.23%
Republican Eric Toney 1,298,369 49.31% +0.55%
Write-in 1,539 0.06% +0.01%
Plurality 35,000 1.33% +0.68%
Total votes 2,633,277 100.0% -0.36%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

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Despite losing the state, Toney won 6 of 8 congressional districts.[49]

District Kaul Toney Representative
1st 49% 51% Bryan Steil
2nd 72% 28% Mark Pocan
3rd 49.5% 50.4% Ron Kind (117th Congress)
Derrick Van Orden (118th Congress)
4th 77% 23% Gwen Moore
5th 38% 62% Scott L. Fitzgerald
6th 42% 58% Glenn Grothman
7th 41% 59% Tom Tiffany
8th 43% 57% Mike Gallagher

See also

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References

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  39. ^ "Toney Campaign: Announces new DA endorsements". www.wispolitics.com. Wispolitics.com. June 16, 2022. Archived from the original on June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  40. ^ "Toney campaign: Endorsement from La Crosse County Sheriff Wolf". Wispolitics.com. October 4, 2021. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
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  49. ^ "Ward by Ward Report by Congressional District - Attorney General". Wisconsin Elections Commission. 2022. Archived from the original on October 7, 2024. Spreadsheet download

Notes

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  1. ^ Part 1
  2. ^ Part 2
  3. ^ Part 3
  4. ^ Part 4
  5. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
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Official campaign websites
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