Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Ron Johnson

Official portrait of Ron Johnson
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. senator from Wisconsin (class 3)
Party
Republican
Born
1955
In Congress
Senate since 2011 · 15 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029
FEC filing name
JOHNSON, RON HAROLD MR.
Next election
Primary August 9, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Wisconsin with the whole state highlighted

Wisconsin

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. Senate · WisconsinIncumbentWon the general election (50.41%)

FEC candidate ID S0WI00197 · Principal campaign committee: RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE, INC.

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Wisconsin$1,227,611.02Not up for election in 2026; seat is next up in 2028
2021–2022U.S. Senate · Wisconsin$34,920,572.47Won the general election (50.41%)
Total raised$34,920,572.47
Total spent$34,717,800.96
Cash on hand$762,104.84
Debts owed by the campaign$10,754,003.83
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $28,413,967.17PACs and other committees: $1,212,329.49Party committees: $60,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $4,980,632.17Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $253,643.64
  • Individual contributions$28,413,967.1781%
  • PACs and other committees$1,212,329.493%
  • Party committees$60,000.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$4,980,632.1714%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$253,643.641%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

250 committees reported giving $1,299,922.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Ron Harold Johnson$23,998,767.36
  • Independent expenditures opposing Ron Harold Johnson$37,110,708.93
  • Electioneering communications naming Ron Harold Johnson$57,500.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Ron Harold Johnson$32,393.89

FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Wisconsin U.S. Senate, 2022 · 14 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Ron Harold Johnson (R)$34,920,572.47$762,104.842022-12-31
Mandela Barnes (D)$42,336,589.43$565,699.922022-12-31
Alex Lasry (D)$18,842,375.53$136,874.032022-12-31
Tom Nelson (D)$1,538,533.13−$909.472022-12-31
Gillian M.d. Battino (D)$401,266.47−$487.072022-05-12
Peter Peckarsky (D)$356,785.78$2,248.452022-12-31
Adam Christopher Murphy (D)$202,528.28$0.002022-06-30
Christopher Larson (D)$71,739.72$0.002021-12-31
Brad Beyer (R)$58,125.00$0.002022-08-20
Darrell L. Williams (D)$28,765.84−$4,099.422022-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Ron Johnson 50.3% · Mandela Barnes 46.7% (Johnson +3.6). Averages listed on Wikipedia from RealClearPolitics, FiveThirtyEight, 270toWin.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
CiviqsNovember 4–7, 2022739 (LV)± 3.7%Ron Johnson 50% · Mandela Barnes 49%
Research Co.November 4–6, 2022450 (LV)± 4.6%Ron Johnson 51% · Mandela Barnes 45%
Data for Progress (D)November 2–5, 20221,504 (LV)± 2.0%Ron Johnson 53% · Mandela Barnes 47%
The Trafalgar Group (R)November 2–4, 20221,095 (LV)± 2.9%Ron Johnson 50% · Mandela Barnes 47%
Marquette UniversityOctober 24 – November 1, 2022802 (RV)± 4.6%Ron Johnson 48% · Mandela Barnes 45%
679 (LV)± 4.8%50%48%Ron Johnson 1% · Mandela Barnes 1%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States Senate election in Wisconsin (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: RON JOHNSON FOR SENATE, INC..
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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