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Portage County, Wisconsin

2026 election results. David Crowley (D) got 56% of the vote for governor in Portage County. The margin is 11.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Portage County

Governor

David Crowley
56.1%19,295
Tom Tiffany
43.9%15,099
100% counted

Statewide: David Crowley wins. Called.

U.S. House: Wisconsin 3rd District

Rebecca Cooke
56.7%19,520
Derrick Van Orden
41.8%14,365
Alexander Kent
1.0%353
Rustin Provance
0.5%166
100% counted

Whole district: Rebecca Cooke wins. Called.

The leader in Portage County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 3, 11:02 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
WI GovernorD +12.2D +1.2D +11.0
WI-03D +15.2D +1.2D +14.0

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Portage County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris49.7%Donald Trump48.5%D +1.243,258
2020Joe Biden50.3%Donald Trump47.5%D +2.840,600
2016Hillary Clinton48.1%Donald Trump45.0%D +3.238,496
2012Barack Obama56.1%Mitt Romney42.2%D +13.939,337
2008Barack Obama63.0%John McCain35.0%D +27.939,422
2004John Kerry56.1%George W. Bush42.5%D +13.638,961
2000Al Gore53.1%George W. Bush39.1%D +14.033,760

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +12.8.

Other counties in Wisconsin

Wisconsin results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Wisconsin certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Wisconsin's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.