Riding profile

WI-5

US House district — WI · Mixed · us wi

The question

WI-5: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
18.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 59.1%

    Scott Fitzgerald incumbent

  • Democrat 40.9%

    Andrew Beck

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat
HereWI-5 59.1%40.9%
National averageUnited States 44.9% +14.2 54.3% −13.4

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

WI-5, a mixed riding in WI, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 29-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 59% vote share, against 41% for the Democrats, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

FITZGERALD, SCOTT

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

Held Aug 11, 2026 · Certified official result

Democratic primary

Winner

Andrew Beck 100.0%

64,504 votes

Republican primary

Winner

Scott Fitzgerald 100.0%

76,702 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Fitzgerald, Scott

  • Democrat Challenger

    Beck, Andrew

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
28.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-10.7 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026