Photos: Wisconsin goes to the polls
From the Complete coverage of Tuesday's election in Wisconsin series
See some of the scenes from around the Madison area on Election Day.
Claire Cole registers her votes in the 2024 fall election as her 5-month-old son, Asher, watches during their visit to the polling place at Trinity United Methodist Church in Madison Tuesday.
Signs on the campus of UW-Madison encourage students to vote Tuesday.
Voters make their choices Tuesday in a polling station inside a maintenance garage in the town of Dunn. In addition to president, voters were electing a U.S. senator, U.S. House members and members of the state Assembly and Senate.
A student at UW-Madison retrieves a voting sticker after voting Tuesday.
Voters at UW-Madison mark their ballots Tuesday inside the high-and-dry Memorial Union.
Hanna Bettner and her dog, Snoopy Lion, arrive Tuesday at West High School.
First-time voter Audrey Selden receives her ballot Tuesday from a Madison Central Library poll worker.
Ted Alsop, aka “DJ Zip Disk,” of Madison, steadies his tent against the wind and rain while providing music to voters outside West High School. Â
Election workers at the Madison Central Library assist voters.
The polls were full early Tuesday at Alicia Ashman Library as voters cast their ballots for federal, state and local candidates and issues.
Voters, right, cast their ballots Tuesday as others enter the community room at Alicia Ashman Library. Polls close at 8 p.m.
A light rain fell as voters waited for the polls to open Tuesday at Alicia Ashman Library on Madison's Far West Side.
Voters lined up in the rain Tuesday outside Alicia Ashman Library on Madison's Far West Side just before the polls opened. About 75 people were in line before the doors opened.
Voters were offered Oreos and coffee after voting at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Middleton.
Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski poses for a photo with her son after voting on the Near East Side.
A voter walks into the town of Sumpter Community Center on Tuesday. The Sauk County building was constructed in 1849 and used as a one-room schoolhouse until 1962.
The rain is coming down hard in Prairie du Sac mid-afternoon, but it’s not deterring this voter who donned a poncho and walked to the village hall to cast her ballot.
Voters in Honey Creek receive the privacy of some old, patriotic curtains.
At the Sauk Prairie Optimist Club’s annual drive-thru spaghetti dinner in Sauk City, the pool table became an impromptu salad bar.
Dawn Shaw ladles sauce and Roxi Maier serves up buns during the Sauk Prairie Optimist Club’s annual drive-thru spaghetti dinner in Sauk City.
Cynthia Odden serves up fresh spaghetti and Dawn Shaw ladles sauce for the Sauk Prairie Optimist Club’s annual drive-thru spaghetti dinner in Sauk City.
People vote at Lowell Center on the U-W Madison campus on Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
People stand in line to vote on Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 at Gates of Heaven in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
A rainbow appears in the sky as the sun sets on Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
An LED screen truck with voting information parked outside Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin campus on Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024 in Madison, Wis. OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin takes pictures with supporters at Library Mall on the U-W Madison campus on Election Day.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin speaks with young voters on Election Day in Madison.
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers meets young voters on Election Day in Madison. Former President Donald Trump gained in student-heavy precincts Tuesday, while Vice President Kamala Harris underperformed in those areas compared to President Joe Biden in 2020.
College Democrats of UW-Madison stand on the Library Mall on Election Day in Madison.
People walk by a large inflatable IUD on the Library Mall of the UW-Madison campus on Tuesday in Madison.
People take pins of Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Tuesday in Madison.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin meets young voters on Election Day on Tuesday in Madison.
A sign reading “Keep Ballots Dry” hangs over voting booths on Election Day on Tuesday in Madison.
Voters in Roxbury in northwestern Dane County
Voters line up to vote in the town of Roxbury in northwestern Dane County
Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde, right, greets supporters, including long-time friend, Steve Barlow, during an election night watch party at The Edgewater Hotel in Madison.
An election night watch party for Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde at The Edgewater Hotel.
A crowd looks on as Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde speaks during an election night watch party.
Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde speaks to a crowd, with his wife, Sharon, at right, during an election night watch party at The Edgewater Hotel in Madison.
In this Series
Complete coverage of Tuesday's election in Wisconsin
Complete, up-to-the-minute results for every contested race in the Nov. 5, 2024, general election.
Results and the latest developments from the election.
The Associated Press called Wisconsin’s presidential race at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, with unofficial results showing Trump defeating Harris 49.9% to 48.6%, or roughly 41,000 votes.
Most Wisconsinites went to sleep Tuesday night without knowing which candidate won the battleground state.
Most Wisconsinites went to bed Tuesday not knowing who won most of the high-profile races in the state, but several local races were decided, …