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Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and voting is underway in Wisconsin. This is the whole race — the records, the claims, and what the sources actually show. Read the research, and decide which flaw you can live with.
The setup Cook lists this northeastern Wisconsin district's PVI at R+8 and rates it Solid R; Rep. Tony Wied (R) won with 57.3% in the 2024 general (compilation — Wikipedia national summary table and state page, which agree). Only two candidates are on the ballot. The district “has not elected a Democrat in two decades” (Green Bay Press-Gazette). Wied raised $831,540 through March 31, 2026 (FEC, via Wikipedia).
Tony Wied (Republican) The record: First elected in a 2024 special election and re-elected in the 2024 general with 57.3%; Trump-endorsed; endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Sept. 3, 2026; won the 2026 Republican primary with 99.78%; raised $831,540 through March 31, 2026. Pros: A proven incumbent — twice elected in 2024 alone — with the president's and the Chamber's endorsements. Cons: His 57.3% is the softest margin among the Republican incumbents in this group, and his service is the briefest — two years. Brief service is priced as unproven-in-part under our rules, never as a demerit, and nothing in this file shows a flaw in the service he has given. The flaw, plainly: No disqualifying flaw was located; his flaw, plainly, is a short record in a district that gives incumbents time — a watch item, not a failure.
Rick Crosson (Democratic) The record: Retired Army lieutenant colonel and master Army aviator (20 years of service; flew surveillance missions along the Iron Curtain and served as U.S. military liaison in Mexico), age 68; former Green Bay School Board member (2024–2025), who entered the race in Aug. 2025 after losing a school-board re-election bid (Green Bay Press-Gazette); won a three-way Democratic primary with 35.24% over financial advisor Mark Scheffler (33.01%) and musician Katrina DeVille (31.62%). Pros: Twenty years of military service and a local school-board term — a serious biography. Cons: He lost his school-board re-election, won his primary with a 35.24% plurality, and has no in-service break with his party toward our values in this file — school-board service cannot carry a Manchin exception for Congress on this record. The flaw, plainly: His flaw is a Democratic caucus vote with no exception file, behind a plurality nomination.
OUR CALL LiberalMind endorses Tony Wied.
Wied is proven in the office, twice elected in 2024, with no heavy flaw in the research — his short tenure is a watch item, not a demerit, and we printed it as one. Crosson is a veteran with an honorable record and no exception case for Congress. Endorse Wied.
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--- Sources - Wikipedia — “2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin” and national summary table (roster, PVI R+8, primary and 2024 results, FEC fundraising, Chamber endorsement) - Green Bay Press-Gazette — Crosson's background and school-board history; the district's two decades without electing a Democrat - Cook Political Report — Solid R
Winner: Tony Wied (Republican) — called by the Associated Press. This result was appended on November 4, 2026 (results wave 1); the original article above is unchanged, exactly as published before Election Day.
AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.