Candidates & officials · Democrat · WisconsinChecked against Wisconsin’s own records, Oct. 20, 2026

Sarah Godlewski

Sarah Godlewski: Secretary of State of Wisconsin; candidate for lieutenant governor, 2026.

Offices held and sought

  • March 17, 2023–Jan. 4, 2027 Secretary of State of Wisconsin. Source
    Appointed by Gov. Tony Evers on March 17, 2023 to fill the vacancy left when Secretary of State Doug La Follette (elected Nov. 8, 2022, Democrat) retired effective that day (governor's release); she serves the rest of that term, which ends on the first Monday of January 2027. The office's page names her the 29th secretary of state. Her party is the label the 2018 canvass printed beside her when she was elected state treasurer; she has not been on a ballot for secretary of state.
  • Nov. 3, 2026 Candidate for lieutenant governor, 2026. Source
Wisconsin candidate ID
0105995

Sources: Office of the Secretary of State, Meet Sarah (raw/sos-about-2026-10-20.html); Wisconsin Elections Commission, County by County Report, 2018 General Election (governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer; report generated Feb. 22, 2019) (read online, not saved: the Commission's site refused automated downloads); Wisconsin Constitution, University of Wisconsin System copy updated through the April 2008 election: Art. V sec. 1 (governor holds office for 4 years; lieutenant governor elected at the same time for the same term), Art. VI sec. 1 (secretary of state, treasurer and attorney general elected in 1970 and every 4 years after, for 4 years), Art. X sec. 1 (state superintendent chosen like Supreme Court justices, for 4 years from the succeeding first Monday in July), Art. XIII sec. 1 (the political year begins on the first Monday of January) (raw/wi-constitution-uw-copy-2008-2026-10-20.pdf); Office of the Governor, press release, March 17, 2023: Gov. Evers Appoints Sarah Godlewski to Secretary of State (State of Wisconsin GovDelivery bulletin) (raw/gov-pr-godlewski-appointment-2026-10-20.html); Wisconsin Elections Commission, Canvass Results for 2026 Partisan Primary - 8/11/2026 (WEC Canvass Reporting System, report generated Aug. 27, 2026). State campaign accounts: Wisconsin campaign money. More about Wisconsin: Wisconsin.