| Election Name: | 2022 Wisconsin Secretary of State election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
| Country: | Wisconsin |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Wisconsin Secretary of State election |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2026 Wisconsin Secretary of State election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Image1: | Secretary La Follette (7166302470) (1).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Doug La Follette |
| Party1: | Democratic Party of Wisconsin |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,268,748 |
| Percentage1: | 48.3% |
| Nominee2: | Amy Loudenbeck |
| Party2: | Republican Party of Wisconsin |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,261,306 |
| Percentage2: | 48.0% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Secretary of State | |
| Before Election: | Doug La Follette |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party of Wisconsin |
| After Election: | Doug La Follette |
| After Party: | Democratic Party of Wisconsin |
The 2022 Wisconsin Secretary of State election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of Wisconsin. Incumbent Democrat Doug La Follette won re-election to an unprecedented 12th term in the office, narrowly defeating Republican state legislator Amy Loudenbeck. With a margin of 0.29%, this was the closest secretary of state race of the 2022 election cycle.
The secretary of state is one of Wisconsin's six constitutional officers. Once one of the most powerful offices in the state, its role has slowly been diminished as duties were reassigned or eliminated over time. In 1974 election oversight was stripped from the duties of the office and in 2013 the office lost the ability to delay the publicization of laws passed by the legislature, a move which helped unions prepare for Act 10's implementation.[1] [2] [3]
As part of broader attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, Republicans, having historically weakened the office, began a push to put election oversight back under the purview of the secretary of state, as opposed to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, which Republicans had created to replace the previous nonpartisan Government Accountability Board, which oversaw elections and ethics.
| Source | Ranking | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball[9] | November 3, 2022 | |
| Elections Daily[10] | November 7, 2022 |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Doug La Follette (D) | Amy Loudenbeck (R) | Other | Undecided | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNN/SSRS | October 13–17, 2022 | 905 (RV) | ± 4.2% | 47% | 46% | 6% | 1% | |
| 714 (LV) | ± 4.5% | 49% | 48% | 2% | 1% |
Despite losing the state, Loudenbeck won 6 of 8 congressional districts.[11]
| District | La Follette | Loudenbeck | Representative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46% | 50% | Bryan Steil | ||||
| 71% | 26% | Mark Pocan | ||||
| 46% | 50% | Ron Kind (117th Congress) | ||||
| Derrick Van Orden (118th Congress) | ||||||
| 75% | 21% | Gwen Moore | ||||
| 36% | 61% | Scott L. Fitzgerald | ||||
| 40% | 56% | Glenn Grothman | ||||
| 38% | 58% | Tom Tiffany | ||||
| 40% | 56% | Mike Gallagher |