Are you interested in serving your community by running for office? If so, you can declare your candidacy and turn in nomination papers for the April 2026 election until 5 p.m. Jan. 6 at the municipality in which you wish to run.

Incumbents who are not seeking reelection must file non-candidacy papers by 5 p.m. Dec. 26.

Wisconsin has four regularly scheduled elections in 2026 — two in spring and two in fall.

Here are the dates to add to your calendar:

• Wisconsin spring primary: Feb. 17, 2026. This primary is held to narrow down candidates for local, nonpartisan offices such as county, village, city council and school board members.
• Candidates for local offices who move on from the Feb. 17 primary will appear on the April 7, 2026 ballot. This date is also when Wisconsinites will elect the next Supreme Court justice.
• Wisconsin’s partisan primary is set for Aug. 11, 2026. Voters will narrow down choices for partisan offices, such as governor, the state legislature or U.S. House of Representatives.
• The general election will take place Nov. 3, 2026, in which voters will make their final choices for partisan offices. That includes governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state Legislature and members of Congress. For Pierce County, the list includes sheriff and county court clerk.

All 17 Pierce County Board of Supervisors seats will be on the April 7 ballot, along with many city council, village board and school board seats. Here are the seats up for election, listed with those who currently hold those positions.

Pierce County Board

District 1 (City of Prescott Wards 3-6) – Kris Sampson

District 2 (Town of Clifton Wards 1-3, Town of River Falls Ward 5) – Jim Ashbach

District 3 (Town of River Falls Ward 4, City of River Falls Wards 15-17) – Jon Aubart

District 4 (City of River Falls Wards 6-7) – Joanne Johnson

District 5 (City of River Falls Wards 8, 9 and 18) – Claire McCarty 

District 6 (City of River Falls Wards 10-11) – Michael Kahlow

District 7 (City of River Falls Wards 12-14) – Scott Bjork

District 8 (Town of Martell Ward 2, Town of River Falls Wards 1-3) – Dean Bergseng

District 9 (Town of Gilman Ward 1, Town of Spring Lake Ward 2, Village of Spring Valley Wards 1-2) –Angela Mathison

District 10 (Town of El Paso Ward 1, Town of Rock Elm Ward 1, Town of Spring Lake Ward 1, Village of Elmwood Ward 1) – Anne Claflin

District 11 (Town of Ellsworth Ward 1, Village of Ellsworth Wards 2 & 4) – Neil Gulbranson

District 12 (Town of Ellsworth Ward 2, Town of Martell Ward 1, Village of Ellsworth Wards 1 & 3) – Dale Auckland

District 13 (Town of Oak Grove Ward 3, Town of Trimbelle Wards 1-2) – Daniel Puhrmann

District 14 (Town of Hartland Ward 1, Town of Isabelle Ward 1, Town of Trenton Ward 2, Village of Bay City Ward 1) – Nick Maxwell

District 15 (Town of Oak Grove Ward 1, City of Prescott Wards 1-2) – Jerry Kosin

District 16 (Town of Diamond Bluff, Town of Oak Grove Ward 2, Town of Trenton Ward 1) – Barry Barringer

District 17 (Town of Maiden Rock Ward 1, Town of Salem Ward 1, Town of Union Ward 1, Village of Maiden Rock Ward 1, Village of Plum City Ward 1) – Mel Pittman

For more information on running for county board, visit https://www.co.pierce.wi.us/departments/county_clerk/elections.php Information includes filing deadlines and number of signatures required to become eligible for your name to be placed on a ballot. Call the County Clerk directly at 715-273-6744 with questions.

Bay City Village Board (by caucus, not filing)

Norm Baker

Jerry McConnell

Ellsworth School Board

Jay Acker

Gary Kressin

Kurt Buckner

Ellsworth Village Board

Lance Austin

Tony Hines

Laurie Neeley (who had filed non-candidacy papers)

Elmwood School Board

Bernie Christman

Brooke Glaus

Elmwood Village Board

Dawn Toth

Pam Marson

Jason Severson

Maiden Rock Village Board (caucus, not filing)

Anthony Lins

Plum City School Board

Andrew Boster II

Lee Kopp

Plum City Village Board

Kent Gilles

Todd Glaus

Prescott City Council

Mayor Rob Daugherty

Ward 3 Alderperson Dar Hintz

Ward 4 Alderperson Lindsey Sorenson

Prescott School Board

Helen Stoeckel

River Falls City Council

Mayor Dan Toland

Alderperson at Large/Council President Scott Morrissette

Alderperson at Large Jeff Bjork

Alderperson District 4 Todd Bjerstedt

River Falls School Board

Stacy Johnson Myers

Alison Page

Spring Valley School Board

Joan Ford (previously held)

Jessica Fritz

Monica Vorlicek

Spring Valley Village Board

Matt Huepfel

Brad Jorgenson

Rich O’Connell

For more information, visit https://www.co.pierce.wi.us/departments/county_clerk/elections.php