Eau Claire: who represents it, and who is running
U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Representative WI-3 (no U.S. Senate seat in Wisconsin in 2026); Governor/Lieutenant Governor (joint tickets, open seat), Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer; State Senate District 31 (odd-numbered, up in 2026); Assembly Districts 91 (city hall) and 93 (part of the city; Rep. Christian Phelps, D - Eau Claire) and possibly others in the Chippewa County wards; county offices; three statewide constitutional questions. No City of Eau Claire offices (the city elects in April)..
Holding office18
the sitting council
On the ballot8
1 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Eau Claire is like — the /local page
Congressional district (city hall): Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district (city hall; all geocoder samples in and around the city also WI-3) — Derrick Van Orden (Republican)
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City Council President
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Gragert Elected | City Council President | Independent | Council President | City of Eau Claire |
2
Council Member
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brewster Elected | Council Member | Independent | District 3 | City of Eau Claire |
| Andrew Werthmann Elected | Council Member | Independent | District 5 | City of Eau Claire |
| Clara Serrano Elected | Council Member | Independent | District 4 | City of Eau Claire |
| Jessica Schoen Elected | Council Member | Independent | District 1 | City of Eau Claire |
| Joyce Orth Elected | Council Member | Independent | District 2 | City of Eau Claire |
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Council Member At-Large
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Johnson Elected | Council Member At-Large | Independent | At-Large | City of Eau Claire |
| Ethan Reed Elected | Council Member At-Large | Independent | At-Large | City of Eau Claire |
| Joshua Miller Elected | Council Member At-Large | Independent | At-Large | City of Eau Claire |
| Larry Mboga Elected | Council Member At-Large | Independent | At-Large | City of Eau Claire |
| Nate Otto Elected | Council Member At-Large | Independent | At-Large | City of Eau Claire |
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Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Evers Elected | Governor | Democratic | Office of the Governor (evers.wi.gov) | |
| David Crowley | Governor Running | Democratic | Portage County Clerk | |
| Tom Tiffany | Governor Running | Republican | Portage County Clerk |
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Lieutenant Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sara Rodriguez Elected | Lieutenant Governor | Democratic | Office of the Lieutenant Governor (evers.wi.gov/ltgov) | |
| David Varnam | Lieutenant Governor Running | Republican | Portage County Clerk | |
| Sarah Godlewski | Lieutenant Governor Running | Democratic | Portage County Clerk |
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State Representative — AD-91
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jodi Emerson ✉️ Elected | State Representative | Democratic | Wisconsin State Legislature |
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State Senator — SD-31
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Smith ✉️ Elected | State Senator | Democratic | Wisconsin State Legislature |
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U.S. Senator
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Johnson Elected | U.S. Senator | Republican | @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json) | |
| Tammy Baldwin Elected | U.S. Senator | Democratic | @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json) |
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U.S. Representative — WI-3
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Van Orden Elected | U.S. Representative → Running | Republican | U.S. House of Representatives | |
| Alexander Valiensi Kent | U.S. Representative Running | Independent | Portage County Clerk | |
| Rebecca Cooke | U.S. Representative Running | Democratic | Portage County Clerk | |
| Rustin Provance | U.S. Representative Running | Independent | Portage County Clerk |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Municipal: eleven council members from the City Council page (eauclairewi.gov/310), retrieved 2026-11-01. The page: "There are eleven members on the Eau Claire City Council. Five of the members are elected from aldermanic districts. Five members and the Council President are elected at large. At-Large Alderpersons were elected to three-year terms in 2025. District Alderpersons were elected to three-year terms in 2024. The City Council President was elected to a three-year term in April 2023." Council-manager city: no mayor. Council members are reached by the City's contact form; no individual emails or phones copied; each member's directory page is linked as 'website'. Wisconsin municipal offices are non-partisan.
- Municipal election: the City Elections page lists 2026 dates Spring Election April 7, 2026 ("Complete"), Fall Partisan Primary August 11 ("Complete"), Fall General Election November 3 — no city offices in November. The Council President term that started April 2023 was due in April 2026; that result was not read. Next city election: April 6, 2027 (the five district seats, per the three-year cycle on the council page).
- Districts: City Hall (203 S Farwell St; 44.8121,-91.4989) geocodes to CD-3, Senate District 31, Assembly District 91 (Census geocoder, 2026 layers). The 2025 Assembly list shows two members from Eau Claire: Jodi Emerson (AD-91) and Christian Phelps (AD-93); a sample point at -91.55,44.80 is in AD-93. Part of the city lies in Chippewa County (City Elections page: Wards 16 and 41). Only city hall's members are recorded.
- Federal: Derrick Van Orden from house.gov/representatives (read 2026-11-01). Senators and Governor/Lt Governor rows carried over from the us-green-bay record. State legislators from the docs.legis.wisconsin.gov 2025 member lists; official @legis.wisconsin.gov emails only; Capitol phones not copied.
- Candidates: WI-3 Derrick Van Orden (Republican), Rebecca Cooke (Democratic), Alexander Valiensi Kent (Independent), Rustin Provance (Independent), and Governor/Lt Governor tickets Tiffany/Varnam (Republican) and Crowley/Godlewski (Democratic), all from the Portage County Clerk's official November 3, 2026 ballot (Portage County is in WI-3). Write-ins skipped. NOT captured: SD-31 and AD-91 contests — the Eau Claire County Clerk (eauclairecounty.gov) posts no Type B notice or sample ballot, WEC's elections.wi.gov answered a Cloudflare challenge, and myvote.wi.gov's ballot lookup is an address form (not used). Search results (WisPolitics, a chamber page) name possible SD-31 candidates, but they conflict and are not official, so none is recorded.
- Robots/terms: www.eauclairewi.gov (CivicPlus robots; ClaudeBot named in an AI-crawler group with path rules only; '*' Crawl-delay 10 kept); www.eauclairecounty.gov (robots redirects to a Revize 404 — no rules); www.co.portage.wi.gov (CivicPlus; 10 s kept); docs.legis.wisconsin.gov, www.house.gov (paths allowed). No photos linked; standsFor null for everyone.
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Sources
Prepared 2026-11-01. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.
- Portage County Clerk — Official Ballot, Partisan Office and Referendum, November 3, 2026 (Portage County lies in WI-3; the statewide contests are identical on City of Eau Claire ballots) 4
- Portage County Clerk — Official Ballot, Partisan Office and Referendum, November 3, 2026 (Portage County lies in WI-3; the WI-3 and statewide contests are identical on City of Eau Claire ballots) 3
- City of Eau Claire — City Council, Council Members ("Aaron Brewster City Council - District 3") 1
- City of Eau Claire — City Council, Council Members ("Andrew Werthmann City Council - District 5") 1
- City of Eau Claire — City Council, Council Members ("Charlie Johnson City Council - At Large") 1
- City of Eau Claire — City Council, Council Members ("Clara Serrano City Council - District 4") 1
- City of Eau Claire — City Council, Council Members ("Ethan Reed City Council - At Large") 1
- Wisconsin State Legislature — 2025 Senate members ("Smith, Jeff (D - Brunswick) Assistant Minority Leader District 31") 1
- City of Eau Claire — City Council, Council Members ("Jeremy Gragert City Council President") 1
- City of Eau Claire — City Council, Council Members ("Jessica Schoen City Council - District 1") 1
- Wisconsin State Legislature — 2025 Assembly members ("Emerson, Jodi (D - Eau Claire) Minority Caucus Sergeant At Arms District 91") 1
- City of Eau Claire — City Council, Council Members ("Joshua Miller City Council - At Large") 1
- City of Eau Claire — City Council, Council Members ("Joyce Orth City Council - District 2") 1
- City of Eau Claire — City Council, Council Members ("Larry Mboga City Council - At Large") 1
- City of Eau Claire — City Council, Council Members ("Nate Otto City Council - At Large") 1
- @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json) — carried over from the us-madison record (via us-green-bay) 1
- Office of the Lieutenant Governor (evers.wi.gov/ltgov) — carried over from the us-madison record (via us-green-bay) 1
- @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json) — carried over from the us-madison record (senate.gov returned HTTP 403 to the Milwaukee run) (via us-green-bay) 1
- Office of the Governor (evers.wi.gov) — carried over from the us-madison record (via us-green-bay) 1
- U.S. House of Representatives — Directory of Representatives (Wisconsin 3rd) 1