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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.

This page includes the following resources:

* The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in Wisconsin
* A list and map of counties in Wisconsin
* An overview of local elections in Wisconsin
* An overview of the initiative process in Wisconsin

## Contents

* 1 Counties
* 1.1 County government
* 1.2 Full list of counties
* 1.3 Map of counties
* 2 Elections
* 2.1 2025
* 2.2 2024
* 2.3 2023
* 2.4 2022
* 2.5 2021
* 2.6 2020
* 2.7 2019
* 2.8 2018
* 2.9 2017
* 2.10 2016
* 2.11 2015
* 3 Initiative process availability
* 4 See also
* 5 External links
* 6 Footnotes

## Counties[edit]

### County government[edit]

Click the links below for information about the county governments in Ballotpedia's coverage scope:

* Government of Dane County
* Government of Milwaukee County

### Full list of counties[edit]

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 72 counties, 1,850 cities, towns, and villages, and 703 special districts.[1]

The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.

County

Sauk
Pierce
La Crosse
Dunn
Jackson
Green Lake
Walworth
Vernon
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Ashland
Oneida
Waushara
Washburn
Lafayette
Waupaca
Vilas
Ozaukee
Sheboygan
Washington
Bayfield
Portage
Fond du Lac
Kewaunee
Langlade
Rock
Crawford
Eau Claire
Oconto
Forest
Sawyer
Trempealeau
Polk
Green
Outagamie
Adams
Taylor
Marathon
Florence
Barron
Iron
Monroe
Racine
Shawano
Dodge
Dane
Calumet
Jefferson
Burnett
Chippewa
Douglas
Marquette
Brown
Richland
Wood
Winnebago
Lincoln
Pepin
Iowa
Marinette
Price
Grant
Clark
St. Croix
Juneau
Rusk
Waukesha
Buffalo
Menominee
Manitowoc
Door
Columbia

### Map of counties[edit]

Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:

## Elections[edit]

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

### 2025[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

* Madison, Wisconsin
* Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* Dane County, Wisconsin
* Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
* Wisconsin school board elections

### 2024[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

* Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* Dane County, Wisconsin
* Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
* Wisconsin school board elections

### 2023[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

* Wisconsin school board elections

### 2022[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022

* Dane County, Wisconsin
* Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
* Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* Wisconsin school board elections

### 2021[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

* Dane County, Wisconsin
* Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
* Madison, Wisconsin
* Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* Wisconsin school board elections

### 2020[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020

* Dane County, Wisconsin
* Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
* Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* Madison, Wisconsin
* Wisconsin school board elections

Past elections

* Click here for past election information

### 2019[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019
* Dane County, Wisconsin
* Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
* Madison, Wisconsin
* Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* Wisconsin school board elections

### 2018[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018
* Dane County, Wisconsin
* Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
* Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* Wisconsin school board elections

### 2017[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017
* Dane County, Wisconsin
* Madison, Wisconsin
* Wisconsin school board elections

### 2016[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016
* Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* Wisconsin school board elections

### 2015[edit]

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015
* Madison, Wisconsin
* Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* Wisconsin school board elections

## Initiative process availability[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in Wisconsin

Cities and villages have a state set initiative process in Wis. Stat. § 9.20 that may be used to propose and vote on regular ordinances or charter ordinances.

However, court decisions have limited the subject matter available for initiative. An ordinance initiated under Wis. Stat. § 9.20: 1) must be legislative as opposed to administrative or executive in nature; 2) cannot repeal (or conflict with) an existing ordinance; 3) may not exceed the legislative powers conferred upon the governing municipal body; and 4) may not modify statutorily prescribed procedures or standards (which includes zoning). The restriction on conflicting with existing ordinances limits the initiative power compared with other states.[2][3]

## See also[edit]

Wisconsin | Municipal government | Other local coverage

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## External links[edit]

* Search Google News for this topic
* Wisconsin municipal code library
* Wisconsin state government website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
2. ↑ Leagle, "Mount Horeb Community Alert v. Village Board of Mt. Horeb, 263 Wis. 2d 544, 665 N.W.2d 229 (2003)," accessed August 23, 2013
3. ↑ Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012

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