This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Wisconsin was June 1, 2026.
This year has the highest number of candidates since 2014. Thirty-one candidates — 19 Democrats and 12 Republicans — are running for Wisconsin’s eight congressional districts. That’s 3.9 candidates per district. There were 2.9 candidates per district in 2024, 2.8 in 2022, 2.9 in 2020, 3.1 in 2018, 2.9 in 2016, and 3.4 in 2014.