2016 Wisconsin Senate election

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November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)

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16 of 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate
17 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Scott Fitzgerald	Jennifer Shilling
Party	Republican	Democratic
Leader's seat	13th–Juneau	32nd–La Crosse
Last election	19	14
Seats before	18	14
Seats won	20	13
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	618,589	639,545
Percentage	48.62%	50.26%
Seats up	8	8
Races won	9	7

Results of the elections:
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Democratic hold
     No election

President before election

Mary Lazich
Republican

Elected President

Roger Roth
Republican

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An election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect 16 of the 33 members of Wisconsin's State Senate. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and State Assembly. The primary election was held on August 9, 2016.

Republicans consolidated their control of the Senate by gaining one seat, winning 9 seats compared to 7 seats for the Democrats.^[1]

Summary

Statewide

Statewide results of the 2016 Wisconsin State Senate election:^[2]

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
Party		Candi- dates	No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican Party	11	618,589	48.62%	9	1	56.25%
	Democratic Party	13	639,545	50.26%	7	1	43.75%
	Integrity Party	1	2,093	0.16%	0		0.00%
	Scattering		12,126	0.95%	0		0.00%
Total		25	1,272,353	100.00%	16		100.00%

Popular vote

Democratic			50.26%
Republican			48.62%
Other			1.11%

Senate seats

Republican			56.25%
Democratic			43.75%

Results summary

Dist.	Incumbent				This race^[a]^[2]
Dist.	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates	Results
02	Robert Cowles	Rep.	1987 (special)	Incumbent Running	▌YRobert Cowles (Rep.) 65% ▌John Powers (Dem.) 34.95%	Incumbent re-elected
04	Lena Taylor	Dem.	2004	Incumbent Running	▌YLena Taylor (Dem.) 98.33%	Incumbent re-elected
06	Nikiya Harris Dodd	Dem.	2012	Incumbent Retiring	▌YLaTonya Johnson (Dem.) 98.89%	New member elected. Democratic hold
08	Alberta Darling	Rep.	1992	Incumbent Running	▌YAlberta Darling (Rep.) 95.51%	Incumbent re-elected
10	Sheila Harsdorf	Rep.	2000	Incumbent Running	▌YSheila Harsdorf (Rep.) 63.2% ▌Diane Odeen (Dem.) 36.76%	Incumbent re-elected
12	Tom Tiffany	Rep.	2012	Incumbent Running	▌YTom Tiffany (Rep.) 62.92% ▌Bryan Van Stippen (Dem.) 37.04%	Incumbent re-elected
14	Luther Olsen	Rep.	2004	Incumbent Running	▌YLuther Olsen (Rep.) 57.05% ▌Brian Smith (Dem.) 42.89%	Incumbent re-elected
16	Mark Miller	Dem.	2004	Incumbent Running	▌Mark Miller (Dem.) 98.39%	Incumbent re-elected
18	Vacant^[b]				▌YDan Feyen (Rep.) 55.83% ▌Mark Harris (Dem.) 44.06%	New member elected. Republican hold
20	Glenn Grothman	Rep.	2004	Incumbent Running	▌YGlenn Grothman (Rep.) 98.21%	Incumbent re-elected
22	Robert Wirch	Dem.	1996	Incumbent Running	▌YRobert Wirch (Dem.) 98.16%	Incumbent re-elected
24	Julie Lassa	Dem.	2003 (special)	Incumbent Running	▌YPatrick Testin (Rep.) 52.32% ▌Julie Lassa (Dem.) 47.63%	New member elected. Republican gain
26	Fred Risser	Dem.	1962 (special)	Incumbent Running	▌YFred Risser (Rep.) 98.57%	Incumbent re-elected
28	Mary Lazich	Rep.	1998 (special)	Incumbent Running	▌YMary Lazich (Rep.) 98.10%	Incumbent re-elected
30	Dave Hansen	Dem.	2000	Incumbent Running	▌YDave Hansen (Dem.) 51.27% ▌Eric Wimberger (Rep.) 48.67%	Incumbent re-elected
32	Jennifer Shilling	Dem.	2011 (recall)	Incumbent Running	▌YJennifer Shilling (Dem.) 48.86% ▌Dan Kapanke (Rep.) 48.79%	Incumbent re-elected

Notes

^ Not all totals add up to 100% due to scattering
^ Incumbent Rick Gudex (Rep.) died on October 12, 2016

References

^ Marley, Patrick; Stein, Jason (November 9, 2016). "GOP strengthens hold on Legislature". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Milwaukee, U.S.A. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Statewide Results All Offices (post-Presidential recount)" (PDF). Madison, U.S.A.: Wisconsin Elections Commission. pp. 5–9. Retrieved December 1, 2018.

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