Doug La Follette Democratic Doug La Follette Democratic The 2022 Wisconsin Secretary of State election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of Wisconsin.
Incumbent Democrat Doug La Follette won re-election to an unprecedented 12th term in the office, narrowly defeating Republican state legislator Amy Loudenbeck.
With a margin of 0.29%, this was the closest secretary of state race of the 2022 election cycle.
Once one of the most powerful offices in the state, its role has slowly been diminished as duties were reassigned or eliminated over time.
In 1974 election oversight was stripped from the duties of the office and in 2013 the office lost the ability to delay the publicization of laws passed by the legislature, a move which helped unions prepare for Act 10's implementation.