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2026 candidates we're tracking in WI-6
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman is the sitting U.S. representative for this district and appears on the Republican primary ballot for WI-6 on August 11, 2026, per the Wisconsin Elections Commission's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Brad Smith
Top priorities
- Raise the minimum wage, expand apprenticeships, and reward companies that create jobs at home
- Lower healthcare costs and protect coverage for pre-existing conditions
- Restore prevailing wage and protect workers' right to organize
Per the campaign site.
About Brad Smith
Smith describes himself on the campaign site as a dad, veteran, and business builder running for Congress in Wisconsin, per the campaign site.
Matthew Arndt
Top priorities
- Break up corporate monopolies and end corporate welfare
- Support Medicare for All
- Oppose prolonged U.S. military engagements abroad
Per the campaign site.
About Matthew Arndt
Matthew Arndt is a certified public accountant who operates his own tax and investment advisory firm, per WUWM 89.7 FM. He is running as the Green Party candidate for Wisconsin's 6th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election.
Elizabeth Anne Fitzgibbon
Top priorities
- Affordability: pledges to fight wasteful spending and expose hidden costs to protect wages, savings, farms, and small businesses
- Accountability: wants stronger oversight, constitutional limits, and real consequences when government officials or agencies fail the people they serve
- Transparency: aims to shine a light on federal spending, agency decisions, conflicts of interest, surveillance, and data abuse
Per the campaign site.
About Elizabeth Anne Fitzgibbon
Fitzgibbon is a mother and advocate running as an independent for Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District, per her campaign site. She says a complex family law case she took pro se to the U.S. Supreme Court, which the court declined to hear, drove her to focus on government accountability. The Libertarian Party of Wisconsin has endorsed her candidacy, per WisPolitics.
Mike Thurow
Top priorities
- Economic affordability: wants to lower costs by tackling corporate greed, reducing utility costs, and breaking up monopolies in food supply chains and housing markets
- Protecting workers and jobs: supports labor law enforcement, opposing outsourcing trade deals, and bringing back American manufacturing
- Combating corruption: backs banning congressional stock trading, campaign finance reform to limit billionaire influence, term limits, and eliminating gerrymandering
Per the campaign site.
About Mike Thurow
Thurow is a Milwaukee Fire Department fire captain and director of the department's HAZMAT team, per his campaign site. Before becoming a professional firefighter in 2013, he spent nearly a decade working at Health Care for the Homeless. He is a lifelong Mequon resident and father of four running as an independent for Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District.
About this race
Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Wisconsin primary is Tuesday, August 11, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.