# 2022 U.S. Senate election in Wisconsin — what pundits predicted

Senate · Election Day 2022-11-08 · certified.

## The ballot

- **Ron Johnson (Republican, incumbent) — won** · 50.4%
- Mandela Barnes (Democratic) · 49.4%

Result: Ron Johnson by 1.0 points (general); held by the Republican party going in. Source: fec-2022.

## What the field called

- Ron Johnson: 14 picks (won)

## Every claim about this race (14)

- **Jim Geraghty** — Ron Johnson wins WI Senate (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 9, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/dabb97cc-0add-4f98-8cc7-65db2bacb4e2)
- **Megyn Kelly** — Ron Johnson wins WI Senate (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 9, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/1ae01889-13b0-43e6-bcbd-c98a82a5aa04)
- **Glenn Beck** — Ron Johnson wins WI Senate (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 8, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/f9c85b52-0829-4303-9e70-7fd00e9a17fc)
- **Jim Geraghty** — Ron Johnson wins WI Senate (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 8, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/4bdd2c52-9d51-432d-8366-c693d886726e)
- **Jim Geraghty** — Ron Johnson wins WI Senate (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 8, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/e9684c02-ae93-4584-ad4d-356dcc03ec84)
- **Josh Holmes** — Ron Johnson wins WI Senate (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 8, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c85c6685-b060-4344-9707-2616d07845b1)
- **Lakshya Jain** — Ron Johnson wins WI Senate (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 7, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/f35c3695-b686-4a59-81d0-81552ac724c4)
- **Saagar Enjeti** — Ron Johnson wins WI Senate (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 7, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/a6d6bc54-b549-4286-bcfe-18e475864cfb)
- **Erick-Woods Erickson** — Ron Johnson wins WI Senate (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 7, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/4aa9495b-b70b-4426-a214-92293c26d66a)
- **Ben Shapiro** — Ron Johnson wins WI Senate (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 2, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/628068ab-10e6-481c-a6a8-5e218b12a50c)
- **Rich Baris** — Ron Johnson wins WI Senate (2022) (Race Winners, Nov 1, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/22060eb4-90ce-4455-aca9-4db6fde7387f)
- **Ben Shapiro** — Ron Johnson wins WI Senate (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 28, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/39290606-c767-4671-bb69-28e7f5cdc29e)
- **Ben Shapiro** — Ron Johnson wins WI Senate (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 27, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/36e33807-0391-406a-9b7e-ab4d8386b069)
- **John Ashbrook** — Ron Johnson wins WI Senate (2022) (Race Winners, Oct 26, 2022) — scored 100 · [the take](https://missedtakes.co/opinions/f08c9f27-5978-49bd-83d5-d571e71001cc)