Wisconsin Code § 8.25

Election of state and federal officers
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(1) PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. By general ballot at the general election for
choosing the president and vice president of the United States
there shall be elected as many electors of president and vice president as this state is entitled to elect senators and representatives
in congress. A vote for the president and vice president nominations of any party is a vote for the electors of the nominees.
(2) UNITED S TATES SENATOR. One senator to serve in the
United States congress shall be chosen at the general election in
1962 and every 6 years thereafter and another in 1964 and every
6 years thereafter.
(3) REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS. One representative to
serve in the United States congress shall be chosen from each
congressional district at the general election held in each evennumbered year.
(4) CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS; TERMS. (a) A governor,
lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer and an attorney
general shall be elected at the general election in 1970 and quadrennially thereafter. A state superintendent shall be elected on
the first Tuesday in April 1917 and quadrennially thereafter.
(b) 1. The regular full term of office of the state superintendent commences on the first Monday of July, next succeeding the
superintendent’s election.
2. The regular full term of each other officer enumerated in
par. (a) commences on the first Monday of January, next succeeding the officer’s election.
(5) DISTRICT ATTORNEY; TERM. A district attorney shall be
elected for each prosecutorial unit specified in s. 978.01 at the
general election in 2008 and quadrennially thereafter. The regular term of the office of district attorney commences on the first
Monday in January next succeeding the officer’s election.

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