2021 Wisconsin elections

Incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction Carolyn Stanford Taylor is not seeking election to a full term. She was appointed to the seat by Governor Tony Evers, the previous Superintendent of Public Instruction, to fill the remainder of his term after he was elected Governor of Wisconsin in 2018.

Eight candidates filed petitions by the state deadline to run for election to this seat, of which, seven were approved.[2] The office is nonpartisan, thus all accepted candidates will appear on the primary ballot on February 16, 2021.[3]

• Sheila Briggs, assistant state superintendent at the state Department of Public Instruction.
• Joe Fenrick, Fond du Lac high school science teacher.
• Troy Gunderson, Viterbo University professor and former superintendent of the School District of West Salem.
• Shandowlyon (Shawn) Hendricks-Williams, former director of Evers' Milwaukee office and DPI Education Administrative Director of Teacher Education, Professional Development and Licensing.
• Deborah Kerr, former superintendent of Brown Deer School District.
• Steve Krull, principal of Milwaukee's Garland Elementary School and former Air Force instructor.
• Jill Underly, superintendent of Pecatonica School District.

A special election will be held concurrent with the spring primary and spring general to fill the 13th State Senate seat vacated by the resignation of Scott L. Fitzgerald.

Seven candidates filed petitions by the state deadline to run for election to this seat, of which six were approved, including three Republicans, one Democrat, and two independents.[2]

A special election will be held concurrent with the spring primary and spring general to fill the 89th State Assembly seat vacated by the resignation of John Nygren.

Five candidates filed petitions by the state deadline to run for election to this seat, all were approved, including four Republicans and one Democrat.[2]

Three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals are up for election in 2021, two of which are being contested.[2]

• Judge Maxine Aldridge White will run for reelection without opposition in District I.
• In District II, Judge Jeffrey O. Davis will face municipal judge Shelley Grogan of Muskego.
• In District III, Judge Mark Seidl will not be a candidate for reelection. Wisconsin circuit court judge Gregory B. Gill, Jr., of Outagamie County, will face Attorney Rick Cveykus of Wausau.

Sixty three of the state's 253 circuit court seats are up for election in 2021. Eleven of those seats are contested.[2] Four of the seats, in Calumet, Dunn, Jackson, and Marathon counties, were newly created from a 2020 act of the Wisconsin Legislature.[4]

• In Bayfield County, incumbent Judge John P. Anderson is facing attorney Vincent Scott Kurta.
• In Brown County, incumbent Judge Kendall M. Kelley is facing attorney Rachel Maes.
• In Calumet County, attorney Carey John Reed faces Calumet County corporation counsel Kimberly A. Tenerelli for a newly created judicial seat.[5][6]
• In Dunn County, attorney Christina Mayer faces attorney Nicholas P. Lange for the judicial seat being vacated by Judge Rod W. Smeltzer.[7]
• In Fond du Lac County, former Fond du Lac city councilmember Catherine A. Block, former Green Lake County district attorney Andrew J. Christenson, and attorneys Dawn M. Sabel and Laura Lavey, will run to replace outgoing judge Richard J. Nuss.[8][9]
• In Green County, attorneys Peter B. Kelly, Faun Marie Phillipson, Jane Bucher, and Daniel R. Bartholf will run to replace outgoing judge Jim Beer.[10]
• In Jackson County, attorneys Daniel Diehn and Robyn R. Matousek will compete for a newly created judicial seat.
• In Kenosha County Branch 1, incumbent Judge Larisa Benitez-Morgan faces former Racine County prosecutor Gerad Dougvillo.[11]
• In Kenosha County Branch 6, deputy district attorney Angelina Gabriele and attorneys Angela Cunningham and Elizabeth Pfeuffer will compete to replace outgoing judge Mary K. Wagner.[12]
• In Marathon County, Marathon County corporation counsel Scott M. Corbett faces attorney Daniel T. Cveykus for a newly created judicial seat.
• In Milwaukee County, assistant public defender Katie Kegel will face attorney Susan Roth to replace outgoing judge Clare Fiorenza.[13]

• Incumbent Joe Parisi will run for another term as County Executive, he will be opposed by Mary Ann Nicholson.[14]