Wausau elections · State
Attorney General
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Who is running
2 candidates on the ballot, from Wisconsin Elections Commission, Candidates on Ballot by Election — November 3, 2026 General Election. Photos come from each candidate's own campaign site.

Photo: Eric Toney campaign Eric Toney
Republican
Eric Toney is the Republican candidate for attorney general and has served as Fond du Lac County district attorney since 2012. He previously served as president of the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association.
Source: Ballotpedia
3 sourced statements · Campaign site

Photo: Josh Kaul campaign Josh Kaul
Democratic · Incumbent
Josh Kaul is the Democratic incumbent candidate for attorney general. He was first elected in 2018 and previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney in Maryland and as a voting-rights attorney.
Source: Ballotpedia
3 sourced statements · Campaign site
Where the candidates stand
Every candidate for Attorney General on each issue any of them has spoken on, in their own words or a close paraphrase, with the source linked. Checked . We do not score, rank or recommend anyone.
Where do the Attorney General candidates in Wausau stand on public safety?
He says his first priority would be public safety, including fixing crime-lab operations, filling vacant positions, and ending policies he believes limit evidence testing. (Ballotpedia Candidate Connection response (quoted by Ballotpedia))
He says he would confront drug crimes, especially fentanyl and methamphetamine, and restore drug investigations in northern Wisconsin. (Ballotpedia Candidate Connection response (quoted by Ballotpedia))
He says DOJ resources should prioritize public safety rather than multistate lawsuits against the federal government. (Ballotpedia Candidate Connection response (quoted by Ballotpedia))
Josh Kaul (Democratic, incumbent)
He cites DOJ investigations and prosecutions of serious crimes, including homicides, sexual assaults, and drug trafficking, as work of his administration. (Ballotpedia Candidate Connection response (quoted by Ballotpedia))
Where do the Attorney General candidates in Wausau stand on the environment?
No public statement found in our sources.
Josh Kaul (Democratic, incumbent)
He says his administration joined multistate cases challenging federal actions involving funding, birthright citizenship, childhood immunization policy, and environmental protections. (Ballotpedia Candidate Connection response (quoted by Ballotpedia))
Where do the Attorney General candidates in Wausau stand on elections and how government runs?
No public statement found in our sources.
Josh Kaul (Democratic, incumbent)
He says his administration has pursued accountability related to the opioid epidemic and helped secure hundreds of millions of dollars in recovery. (Ballotpedia Candidate Connection response (quoted by Ballotpedia))
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More on the Wausau ballot
- GovernorTom Tiffany / David Varnam, David Crowley / Sarah Godlewski
Secretary of StateJay Schroeder, JoCasta Zamarripa, Pete Karas- State TreasurerJohn S. Leiber, Yee Leng Xiong
State Senate, District 29Cory Tomczyk, Gillian Battino
State Assembly, District 85Patrick Snyder, John Kroll- State Assembly, District 86John Spiros, Andy Wuethrich
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