Did more Democrats run for Wisconsin governor in 2018 than in 2026? 11%
By Hope Karnopp6% Milwaukee Journal Sentinel9%
7/16/2026, 10:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 16 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Negativity Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 19.8% saturation with 51 hits. Analysis detected 390 faulty-reasoning hits from 258 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 28% and a BS Rank of 11% (19,500 of 21,886 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 89.10% of the article peer group.
If the 2026 Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor seems large, 2018 certainly had it beat.
That year, 10 names were on the Democratic primary ballot, plus an 11th write-in candidate, according to results of the 2018 partisan primary kept by the Wisconsin Elections Commission.
Two Republican candidates and two additional write-ins appeared on the 2018 GOP primary ballot.
The Aug. 11, 2026, primary ballot includes seven Democrats and two Republicans.
In both years, a few candidates dropped out of the race, but their names remained on the ballot due to approval deadlines .
As of July 14, that includes Democrats Missy Highes and David Crowley .
So, only five of the Democrats on the Aug. 11 ballot are still campaigning.
In 2018, two higher-profile candidates had also dropped out by late June: Andy Gronik and Dana Wachs, though both appeared on the ballot.
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Did more Democrats run for Wisconsin governor in 2018 than in 2026?
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