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2 candidates are tracked for Wisconsin Senate District 1 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Mark Becker and Nic Cravillion. Candidate information follows official Manitowoc County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Mark Becker (Independent), Nic Cravillion (Republican) meet on the November 3 ballot. The seat is open: André Jacque filed a notification of noncandidacy, per the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Wisconsin has no runoffs; the August 11 partisan primary set each party's nominee, and unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Wisconsin Elections Commission's certified Candidates on Ballot list for the November 3, 2026 general election (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Independent
Mark Becker is a small-business owner who previously served as chairperson of the Republican Party of Brown County and as a Brown County supervisor, per Door County Daily News. He currently hosts a radio show in Green Bay and left the Republican Party after the 2016 presidential election, and is now running for the Senate seat as an independent. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 7, 2026.
Republican
Nic Cravillion served in the U.S. Army for more than 15 years, including a combat deployment to Afghanistan, and continues to serve as a drill sergeant in the Wisconsin Army National Guard, per his campaign website. He worked as district director for State Senator Andre Jacque for more than five years and was raised on his family's dairy farm in New Franken, a homestead his family has held since 1854.
Source: candidate campaign site.
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