2018 Wisconsin precinct and election shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 12/03/2024 ## Sources Election results from the Wisconsin Elections Commission (https://elections.wi.gov/elections/election-results). Precinct shapefile from the Wisconsin Legislative Technology Services Bureau (https://gis-ltsb.hub.arcgis.com/). ## Fields metadata Vote Column Label Format ------------------------ Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is: G16PREDCli The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, S for a special, and R for a runoff. Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election. Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below). Character 7 represents the party of the candidate. Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name. Office Codes A## - Ballot amendment, where ## is an identifier AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor CFO - Chief Financial Officer CHA - Council Chairman COC - Corporation Commissioner COM - Comptroller CON - State Controller COU - City Council Member CSC - Clerk of the Supreme Court DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House GOV - Governor H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large. HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number INS - Insurance Commissioner LAB - Labor Commissioner LAN - Commissioner of General Land Office LND - Commissioner of Public/State Lands LTG - Lieutenant Governor MAY - Mayor MNI - State Mine Inspector PSC - Public Service Commissioner PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner RGT - State University Regent RRC - Railroad Commissioner SAC - State Appeals Court (in AL: Civil Appeals) SBE - State Board of Education SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals SOC - Secretary of Commonwealth SOS - Secretary of State SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction SPL - Commissioner of School and Public Lands SSC - State Supreme Court TAX - Tax Commissioner TRE - Treasurer UBR - University Board of Regents/Trustees/Governors USS - U.S. Senate Party Codes D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively. See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states. ## Fields G18USSRVUK - Leah Vukmir (Republican Party) G18USSDBAL - Tammy Baldwin (Democratic Party) G18USSOWAL - Mary Jo Walters (Write-In Candidate) G18USSOSCH - John Schiess (Write-In Candidate) G18USSOWRI - Other Write-In Votes G18GOVRWAL - Scott Walker (Republican Party) G18GOVDEVE - Tony Evers (Democratic Party) G18GOVLAND - Phillip Anderson (Libertarian Party) G18GOVGWHI - Michael White (Green Party) G18GOVITUR - Maggie Turnbull (Independent) G18GOVIENZ - Arnie Enz (Independent) G18GOVOCAS - Ryan Cason (Write-In Candidate) G18GOVOBOU - Paul Boucher (Write-In Candidate) G18GOVOGRI - Mark Grimek (Write-In Candidate) G18GOVOLAN - Jared Landry (Write-In Candidate) G18GOVOHOF - Robbie Hoffman (Write-In Candidate) G18GOVOTUR - Richard Turtenwald (Write-In Candidate) G18GOVONO1 - No Candidate/Corban Gehler (Write-In for LTG) G18GOVONO2 - No Candidate/William Davis (Write-In for LTG) G18GOVOWRI - Other Write-In Votes G18ATGRSCH - Brad Schimel (Republican Party) G18ATGDKAU - Josh Kaul (Democratic Party) G18ATGCLAR - Terry Larson (Constitution Party) G18ATGOWRI - Write-In Votes G18SOSRSCH - Jay Schroeder (Republican Party) G18SOSDLAF - Doug La Follette (Democratic Party) G18SOSOKAR - Brad Karas (Write-In Candidate) G18SOSOWRI - Other Write-In Votes G18TRERHAR - Travis Hartwig (Republican Party) G18TREDGOD - Sarah Godlewski (Democratic Party) G18TRECZUE - Andrew Zuelke (Constitution Party) G18TREOWRI - Write-In Votes ## Processing Steps Wisconsin election results frequently combine multiple wards within a given reporting unit. Election results were disaggregated from reporting units to individual wards proportional to the total number of registered voters within the constituent wards in the subsequent ward-level registration report. LTSB collects ward boundaries in January and July of each year. However, voting ward boundaries continue to change until a few weeks before the general election due to annexations, incorporations, and other boundary agreements. Ward boundaries were therefore edited wherever necessary to coincide with the 2018 general election based on a comprehensive review of relevant ordinances in the Wisconsin Department of Administration Municipal Data System. A scattering of ward numbers across the state were also edited to match the 2018 voter registration file. The baseline shapefile for Iron County is from the 2023 LTSB municipal wards shapefile. The baseline shapefiles for the following counties are from the 2020 LTSB municipal wards shapefile: Ashland, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Green, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Milwaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Racine, Richland, Sawyer, Vernon, Walworth.