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State Legislative · Primary August 11, 2026

Who is running for Wisconsin State Assembly — District 61 in 2026?

4 candidates are running. Incumbent: Bob Donovan.

What do the party and ideology labels mean?

On the ballot, partisan candidates run under a party — in Wisconsin almost always Democratic or Republican, with the occasional third-party or independent candidate. Words like progressive, conservative, libertarian, or democratic socialist are labels people use to describe themselves, not separate parties on the ballot. A label is a starting point; each candidate's sourced positions show where they actually stand.

How we do this →

Republican primary

Democratic primary

Ad money in this race

Who is paying to influence this race — supporting or attacking each candidate, and how much is a candidate's own committee vs. outside groups. Spend and reach are platform-disclosed ranges; figures are estimated midpoints. This shows pressure, not who wins.

Bob Donovan

$0

Supporting

$3k

Attacking

650k

Reach

$0 own committee · $3k outside (estimated)

Who's paying. $3k in tracked ads — an estimated 100% from outside groups. Bob Donovan is the most-attacked candidate here.

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