Two Republicans are running in the Republican primary to take the governorship. A lifelong Wisconsin resident, he previously served in the Wisconsin Assembly and Wisconsin Senate, was a Town of Little Rice supervisor and spent nearly three decades as a dam tender on the Willow Flowage. Big picture view:On the Democratic primary ballot, there are seven names – but only four candidates whose campaigns are still active. The Milwaukee native was then elected Milwaukee County Executive in 2020, the youngest and first Black person in the role, and is now in his second term. She was elected to one term in the Wisconsin Assembly in 2008 and was first elected to the Wisconsin Senate in 2020.