3rd Senate District

District

Candidates

Candidates Registered for WI Senate District 3
Data shows every Democratic or Republican candidate registered to run in 2026 plus the incumbent. See footnote for incumbent reelection status.
candidates	registration_date1	Since 1/1/2025 & reported by 2026-02-04
		contributions	disbursements
Democratic
Tim Carpenter (I)2	1978-01-01	$22,449.80 in 42 contributions from 34 unique donors. Median: $100	$2,397.74 in 15 transactions
1 The date this candidate's committee first registered (for any office). Click the link for details.
2 registered to run in 2026
Data last updated on 2026-02-05

Past election results

Election Results in Wisconsin State Senate District 3
	votes			Dem. %1	margin (Dem. - Rep.)
	total	Dem.	Rep.		votes	points2
2016 President	58,760	37,624	17,676	68.0%	+19,948	+36.1
2016 Senator	57,274	36,072	19,327	65.1%	+16,745	+30.2
2018 Governor	50,105	33,115	15,782	67.7%	+17,333	+35.4
2018 Senator	49,826	35,588	14,123	71.6%	+21,465	+43.2
2020 President	60,900	40,208	19,676	67.1%	+20,532	+34.3
2022 Governor	41,456	28,241	12,718	68.9%	+15,523	+37.9
2022 Senator	41,662	27,802	13,743	66.9%	+14,059	+33.8
2024 President	61,698	38,631	21,659	64.1%	+16,972	+28.2
2024 Senator	60,173	38,983	19,304	66.9%	+19,679	+33.8
2024 NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
2025 WI Sup. Ct.3	35,449	25,785	9,634	72.8%	+16,151	+45.6
1 Share of the two-party vote. For Rep. share, subtract from 100.
2 Dem % of the two-party vote minus Rep % of the two-party vote
3 Formally nonpartisan candidates assigned party labels based on state endorsements
Election results allocated into 2024 district boundaries based on population overlap. Calculations by John Johnson (johndjohnson.info).

District demographics