Democratic Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has not indicated whether he intends to run for a third term in 2026, but a potential reelection campaign would be a gift to the GOP.

The election will be an uphill battle for already-struggling Republicans in the dairy state, as the governor’s mansion tends to go to the party opposite the White House. The only exception to this rule in the past three decades was when Evers won reelection during the Biden presidency. Wisconsin had the narrowest margin of victory for Trump in 2024, while Senate candidate Eric Hovde narrowly lost his race on the ...