Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley defeated Republican congressman Tom Tiffany in the Wisconsin governor’s race, retaining the seat for Democrats.
With 99% of the polling locations reporting, Crowley had 54.08% of the vote while Tiffany had 45.92%.
Crowley, elected to a four-year term, will have a Democratic majority to work with as the party regained control of both houses of the Legislature after 16 years of Republican rule.
Sarah Godlewski, the sitting secretary of state, was elected lieutenant governor.
In the attorney general race, incumbent Democrat Josh Kaul defeated Republican challenger Eric Toney to win another four-year term.
In congressional races, Democrats won a majority in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives.
Democratic wins in Texas by James Talarico, South Carolina by Annie Andrews, North Carolina by Roy Cooper and Troy Jackson in Maine helped flip control of the U.S. Senate.
In the House, where Republicans held a narrow majority, Democrats won enough seats to regain the majority.
Among the incumbent Republicans to lose were Wisconsin’s Bryan Steil, who lost to Democrat Mitchell Berman in the 1st
Congressional District, and Derrick Van Orden, who lost to Democrat Rebecca Cooke in the 3rd Congressional District.
Meanwhile, two of the three constitutional amendments on the ballot passed.
Voters approved a constitutional amendment that will limit the governor’s partial veto authority, preventing its use to introduce new taxes or fees.
They also approved the so-called “anti-DEI” amendment that will prohibit state and local governments from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any groups based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, public education, public contracting, or public administration.
Voters rejected a proposed amendment that would have prohibited the government from shutting down places of worship during a state of emergency.
