31st Senate District

District

Candidates

Candidates Registered for WI Senate District 31
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
Republican
Jesse Lee James (I)	2018-04-16	$35,213 in 138 contributions from 132 unique donors. Median: $100	$26,591.60 in 19 transactions
Democratic
Jeffrey E Smith (I)2	2004-03-25	$111,499 in 354 contributions from 279 unique donors. Median: $100	$16,673.87 in 70 transactions
1 The date this candidate's committee first registered (for any office). Click the link for details.
2 2026 reelection plans not known (this could be out-of-date)
Data last updated on 2026-02-05

Past election results

Election Results in Wisconsin State Senate District 31
	votes			Dem. %1	margin (Dem. - Rep.)
	total	Dem.	Rep.		votes	points2
2016 President	89,567	42,334	40,507	51.1%	+1,827	+2.2
2016 Senator	88,336	43,150	41,771	50.8%	+1,379	+1.6
2018 Governor	78,561	41,149	35,415	53.7%	+5,734	+7.5
2018 Senator	78,219	46,013	32,130	58.9%	+13,883	+17.8
2020 President	95,978	48,552	45,341	51.7%	+3,211	+3.4
2022 Governor	78,458	42,366	35,144	54.7%	+7,222	+9.3
2022 Senator	77,622	39,992	37,481	51.6%	+2,511	+3.2
2024 President	104,240	52,455	50,186	51.1%	+2,269	+2.2
2024 Senator	103,012	52,710	47,891	52.4%	+4,819	+4.8
2024 NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
2025 WI Sup. Ct.3	71,257	42,031	29,181	59.0%	+12,850	+18.0
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