2024 Wisconsin State Legislature Voter Guide: Senate District 4

Democrat Dora Drake is running uncontested in the race for Senate District 4 in the 2024 election.

This is part of The Recombobulation Area and Civic Media’s 2024 Wisconsin State Legislature Voter Guide. Read the first part of the series, “New Board, New Game,” here. See the full district-by-district breakdown of the Wisconsin State Senate here. See the comprehensive Voter Guide here.

D: Dora Drake*

R: NO CANDIDATE

This race was settled once and then settled again this summer, with a special election to finish the term of former state senator Lena Taylor (who vacated the seat after being appointed to a seat on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court) which was then followed quickly by the primary for the next four-year term. In both races, no Republican ran, the Democratic primary was between Assembly representatives Dora Drake and LaKeshia Myers, and Drake won handily with more than 60% of the vote. 

This is one of several districts in and around the city of Milwaukee where Republicans did not field a candidate. None of the three Assembly districts included in this Senate district will have a Republican candidate, either. The GOP isn’t even competing in communities like Shorewood, Glendale, and north and northwest Milwaukee. 

CNalysis: Uncontested D

Modeled 2022 outcome: D+69.2