2010_Wisconsin_State_Assembly_election

2010 Wisconsin State Assembly election
All 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly; 50 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic gain Republican gain; Democratic hold Republican hold; Independent hold
Speaker before election; Michael J. Sheridan; Democratic	Elected Speaker ; Jeff Fitzgerald; Republican

2010 Wisconsin State Assembly election

American state legislative election

The 2010 Wisconsin State Assembly elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. All 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly were up for election. Before the election, 49 Assembly seats were held by Democrats, 45 seats were held by Republicans, 2 were held by independents, and 3 seats were vacant. The primary election was held on September 14, 2010.

Quick Facts All 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly 50 seats needed for a majority, Majority party ...

Republicans flipped 15 seats for a net gain of 14 seats, reclaiming the Assembly majority. They were set to enter the 100th Wisconsin Legislature with 60 of 99 State Assembly seats, but three members resigned before the start of the term.

Elected members took office on January 3, 2011.

Outgoing incumbents

Race summary

More information District, Incumbent ...

District	Incumbent				This race^{[lower-alpha 1]}^[1]
District	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates	Results
01	Garey Bies	Republican	2000	Ran	▌YGarey Bies (Rep.) 58.29% ▌Richard A. Skare (Dem.) 41.65%	Incumbent re-elected
02	Ted Zigmunt	Democratic	2008	Ran	▌YAndré Jacque (Rep.) 62.23% ▌Ted Zigmunt (Dem.) 47.82%	Incumbent defeated. New member elected. Republican gain.
03	Al Ott	Republican	1986	Ran	▌YAl Ott (Rep.) 96.86% ▌Joseph W. Mueller (Ind. write-in) 2.34%	Incumbent re-elected
04	Phil Montgomery	Republican	1998	Did not run	▌YChad Weininger (Rep.) 57.54% ▌Sam Dunlop (Dem.) 38.56% ▌Brad Sauer (Ind.) 3.86%	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
05	Tom Nelson	Democratic	2004	Ran for lieutenant governor	▌YJim Steineke (Rep.) 57.84% ▌Mert Summers (Dem.) 42.03%	Incumbent ran for lieutenant governor. New member elected. Republican gain.
06	Gary Tauchen	Republican	2006	Ran	▌YGary Tauchen (Rep.) 99.45%	Incumbent re-elected
07	Peggy Krusick	Democratic	1983^{[lower-alpha 2]} (special)	Ran	▌YPeggy Krusick (Dem.) 57.53% ▌Brad Sponholz (Rep.) 42.27%	Incumbent re-elected
08	--Vacant--				▌YJoCasta Zamarripa (Dem.) 83.85% ▌Ramona Rivas (Ind.) 13.26% ▌Laura Manriquez (Dem. write-in) 1.76%	Incumbent resigned. New member elected. Democratic hold.
09	Josh Zepnick	Democratic	2002	Running	▌YJosh Zepnick (Dem.) 98.03%	Incumbent re-elected
10	Annette Polly Williams	Democratic	1980^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Did not run	▌YElizabeth M. Coggs (Dem.) 92.55% ▌Ieshuh Griffin (Ind.) 7.13% ▌Sherman L. Hill (Dem. write-in) 0.03%	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
11	Jason Fields	Democratic	2004	Ran	▌YJason Fields (Dem.) 99.10%	Incumbent re-elected
12	Fred Kessler	Democratic	1960^{[lower-alpha 4]} (2004)	Ran	▌YFred Kessler (Dem.) 73.73% ▌Sam Hagedorn (Rep.) 26.09%	Incumbent re-elected
13	David Cullen	Democratic	1990^{[lower-alpha 5]} (special)	Ran	▌YDavid Cullen (Dem.) 76.25% ▌Lisa R. Becker (Con.) 23.41%	Incumbent re-elected
14	Leah Vukmir	Republican	2002 (special)	Ran for state Senate	▌YDale Kooyenga (Rep.) 98.92%	Incumbent ran for Wisconsin Senate. New member elected. Republican hold.
15	Tony Staskunas	Democratic	1996	Ran	▌YTony Staskunas (Dem.) 50.93% ▌Ronald Rieboldt (Rep.) 48.89%	Incumbent re-elected
16	Leon Young	Democratic	1992	Ran	▌YLeon Young (Dem.) 98.24%	Incumbent re-elected
17	Barbara Toles	Democratic	2004 (special)	Ran	▌YBarbara Toles (Dem.) 99.00%	Incumbent re-elected
18	Tamara Grigsby	Democratic	2004	Ran	▌YTamara Grigsby (Dem.) 98.26%	Incumbent re-elected
19	Jon Richards	Democratic	1998	Ran	▌YJon Richards (Dem.) 68.54% ▌Krista Burns (Rep.) 31.24%	Incumbent re-elected
20	Christine Sinicki	Democratic	1998	Ran	▌YChristine Sinicki (Dem.) 53.18% ▌Molly M. McGartland (Rep.) 46.60%	Incumbent re-elected
21	Mark Honadel	Republican	2003 (special)	Ran	▌YMark Honadel (Rep.) 62.60% ▌Tom Michalski (Dem.) 37.28%	Incumbent re-elected
22	Sandy Pasch	Democratic	2008	Ran	▌YSandy Pasch (Dem.) 62.31% ▌Paul Pedersen (Rep.) 37.48%	Incumbent re-elected
23	Jim Ott	Republican	2006	Ran	▌YJim Ott (Rep.) 98.24%	Incumbent re-elected
24	Dan Knodl	Republican	2008	Ran	▌YDan Knodl (Rep.) 74.74% ▌Dustin James Klein (Dem.) 25.21%	Incumbent re-elected
25	Bob Ziegelbauer	Independent	1992^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Ran	▌YBob Ziegelbauer (Ind.) 49.77% ▌Kerry A. Trask (Dem.) 33.13% ▌Andrew Wisniewski (Rep.) 17.06%	Incumbent re-elected
26	Terry Van Akkeren	Democratic	2002	Ran	▌YMike Endsley (Rep.) 48.89% ▌Terry Van Akkeren (Dem.) 48.05% ▌Job E. Hou-Seye (Ind.) 3.01%	Incumbent defeated. New member elected. Republican gain.
27	Steve Kestell	Republican	1998	Ran	▌YSteve Kestell (Rep.) 75.34% ▌Jack Lechler (Ind.) 24.56%	Incumbent re-elected
28	Ann Hraychuck	Democratic	2006	Ran	▌YErik Severson (Rep.) 57.65% ▌Ann Hraychuck (Dem.) 42.29%	Incumbent defeated. New member elected. Republican gain.
29	John Murtha	Republican	2006	Ran	▌YJohn Murtha (Rep.) 62.35% ▌Liz Jones (Dem.) 37.55%	Incumbent re-elected
30	Kitty Rhoades	Republican	1998	Did not run	▌YDean Knudson (Rep.) 62.00% ▌Matt Borup (Dem.) 37.88%	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
31	Stephen Nass	Republican	1990^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Ran	▌YStephen Nass (Rep.) 89.29% ▌Leryo L. Watson (Lib.) 10.52%	Incumbent re-elected
32	Thomas Lothian	Republican	2002	Did not run	▌YTyler August (Rep.) 58.09% ▌Doug A. Harrod (Dem.) 27.56% ▌Daniel G. Kilkenny (Ind.) 10.60% ▌Rick Pappas (Ind.) 3.46%	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
33	Scott Newcomer	Republican	2005 (special)	Did not run	▌Chris Kapenga (Rep.) 99.50%	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
34	Dan Meyer	Republican	1998	Ran	▌YDan Meyer (Rep.) 59.78% ▌Merlin Van Buren (Dem.) 30.16% ▌Wil Losch (Lib.) 10.00%	Incumbent re-elected
35	Donald Friske	Republican	2000	Did not run	▌YTom Tiffany (Rep.) 58.09% ▌Jay Schmelling (Dem.) 41.81%	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
36	Jeffrey Mursau	Republican	2004	Ran	▌YJeffrey Mursau (Rep.) 59.07% ▌Anne Woznicki (Dem.) 40.90%	Incumbent re-elected
37	Andy Jorgensen	Democratic	2006	Ran	▌YAndy Jorgensen (Dem.) 52.18% ▌Vicki L. Milbrath (Rep.) 47.74%	Incumbent re-elected
38	Joel Kleefisch	Republican	2004	Ran	▌YJoel Kleefisch (Rep.) 72.41% ▌Dick Pas (Dem.) 27.50%	Incumbent re-elected
39	Jeff Fitzgerald	Republican	2000	Ran	▌YJeff Fitzgerald (Rep.) 98.87%	Incumbent re-elected
40	Kevin David Petersen	Republican	2006	Ran	▌YKevin David Petersen (Rep.) 69.13% ▌Jon Baltmanis (Dem.) 30.81%	Incumbent re-elected
41	Joan Ballweg	Republican	2004	Ran	▌YJoan Ballweg (Rep.) 65.34% ▌Scott Milheiser (Dem.) 25.73% ▌Jay Selthofner (Ind.) 8.87%	Incumbent re-elected
42	Fred Clark	Democratic	2008	Ran	▌YFred Clark (Dem.) 50.69% ▌Jack Cummings (Rep.) 49.27%	Incumbent re-elected
43	Kim Hixson	Democratic	2006	Ran	▌YEvan Wynn (Rep.) 52.49% ▌Kim Hixson (Dem.) 47.47%	Incumbent defeated. New member elected. Republican gain.
44	Michael J. Sheridan	Democratic	2004	Ran	▌Joe Knilans (Rep.) 51.50% ▌Michael J. Sheridan (Dem.) 48.45%	Incumbent defeated. New member elected. Republican gain.
45	Chuck Benedict	Democratic	2004	Did not run	▌YAmy Loudenbeck (Rep.) 54.36% ▌Roger Anclam (Dem.) 45.61%	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.
46	Gary Hebl	Democratic	2004	Ran	▌YGary Hebl (Dem.) 59.38% ▌Kathy Maves (Rep.) 40.56%	Incumbent re-elected
47	Keith Ripp	Republican	2008	Ran	▌YKeith Ripp (Rep.) 57.23% ▌Trish O'Neil (Dem.) 42.74%	Incumbent re-elected
48	Joe Parisi	Democratic	2004	Ran	▌Joe Parisi (Dem.) 72.49% ▌Spencer Zimmerman (Rep.) 24.33% ▌Grant J. Gilbertson (Ind.) 3.13%	Incumbent re-elected
49	Phil Garthwaite	Democratic	2006	Ran	▌YTravis Tranel (Rep.) 56.92% ▌Phil Garthwaite (Dem.) 42.99%	Incumbent defeated. New member elected. Republican gain.
50	Ed Brooks	Republlican	2008	Ran	▌YEd Brooks (Rep.) 60.24% ▌Sarah Ann Shanahan (Dem.) 37.44% ▌Ben Olson III (Ind.) 37.44%	Incumbent re-elected
51	Steve Hilgenberg	Democratic	2006	Did not run	▌YHoward Marklein (Rep.) 52.13% ▌John Simonson (Dem.) 47.84%	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.
52	John Townsend	Republican	1998	Did not run	▌YJeremy Thiesfeldt (Rep.) 62.90% ▌Paul G. Czisny (Dem.) 36.98%	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold.
53	Richard Spanbauer	Republican	2008	Ran	▌YRichard Spanbauer (Rep.) 99.45%	Incumbent re-elected
54	Gordon Hintz	Democratic	2006	Ran	▌YGordon Hintz (Dem.) 57.16% ▌Jonathan Krause (Rep.) 42.75%	Incumbent re-elected
55	Dean Kaufert	Republican	1991	Ran	▌YDean Kaufert (Rep.) 98.79%	Incumbent re-elected
56	Roger Roth	Republican	2006	Ran for U.S. House	▌YMichelle Litjens (Rep.) 99.52%	Incumbent ran for U.S. House. New member elected. Republican hold.
57	Penny Bernard Schaber	Democratic	2008	Ran	▌YPenny Bernard Schaber (Dem.) 52.44% ▌Chris Hanson (Rep.) 47.38%	Incumbent re-elected
58	Patricia Strachota	Republican	2004	Ran	▌YPatricia Strachota (Rep.) 99.37%	Incumbent re-elected
59	Daniel LeMahieu	Republican	2002	Ran	▌YDaniel LeMahieu (Rep.) 99.36%	Incumbent re-elected
60	Mark Gottlieb	Republican	2002	Ran	▌YMark Gottlieb (Rep.) 99.23%	Incumbent re-elected
61	Robert L. Turner	Democratic	1990	Ran	▌YRobert L. Turner (Dem.) 81.96% ▌George Meyers (Lib.) 17.71%	Incumbent re-elected
62	Cory Mason	Democratic	2006	Ran	▌YCory Mason (Dem.) 53.78% ▌Chris Wright (Rep.) 44.10% ▌Tony Decubellis (Lib.) 2.07%	Incumbent re-elected
63	Robin Vos	Republican	2004	Ran	▌YRobin Vos (Rep.) 99.35%	Incumbent re-elected
64	Peter Barca	Democratic	1984 (2008)	Ran	▌YPeter Barca (Dem.) 84.17% ▌ Daane Hoffman (Lib.) 15.45%	Incumbent re-elected
65	John Steinbrink	Democratic	1996	Ran	▌YJohn Steinbrink (Dem.) 96.63%	Incumbent re-elected
66	Samantha Kerkman	Republican	2000	Ran	▌YSamantha Kerkman (Rep.) 69.73% ▌Steven M. Brown (Dem.) 30.22%	Incumbent re-elected
67	Jeffrey Wood	Independent	2002^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Did not run	▌YTom Larson (Rep.) 62.58% ▌C. W. King (Dem.) 32.51% ▌Thomas Lange (Ind.) 4.83%	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.
68	Kristen Dexter	Democratic	2008	Ran	▌YKathy Bernier (Rep.) 50.15% ▌Kristen Dexter (Dem.) 49.73%	Incumbent defeated. New member elected. Republican gain.
69	Scott Suder	Republican	1998	Ran	▌YScott Suder (Rep.) 99.14%	Incumbent re-elected
70	Amy Sue Vruwink	Democratic	2002	Ran	▌YAmy Sue Vruwink (Dem.) 53.75% ▌John Spiros (Rep.) 46.17%	Incumbent re-elected
71	Louis Molepske	Democratic	2003 (special)	Ran	▌YLouis Molepske (Dem.) 56.93% ▌Bob Scovill (Rep.) 42.92%	Incumbent re-elected
72	Marlin Schneider	Democratic	1970^{[lower-alpha 9]}	Ran	▌YScott Krug (Rep.) 46.56% ▌Marlin Schneider (Dem.) 41.32% ▌Thad Kubisiak (Ind.) 12.08%	Incumbent defeated. New member elected. Republican gain.
73	Nick Milroy	Democratic	2008	Ran	▌YNick Milroy (Dem.) 56.18% ▌Bonnie Baker (Rep.) 43.77%	Incumbent re-elected
74	--Vacant--				▌YJanet Bewley (Dem.) 52.99% ▌Shirl LaBarre (Rep.) 46.95%	Incumbent resigned. New member elected. Democratic hold.
75	Mary Hubler	Democratic	1984	Did not run	▌YRoger Rivard (Rep.) 50.98% ▌Steve Perala (Dem.) 48.85% ▌John Schiess (Ind. write-in) 0.04%	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain.
76	Terese Berceau	Democratic	1998	Ran	▌YTerese Berceau (Dem.) 81.64% ▌Torrey Jaeckle (Ind.) 18.15%	Incumbent re-elected
77	Spencer Black	Democratic	1984	Did not run	▌YBrett Hulsey (Dem.) 48.62% ▌Ben Manski (Grn.) 31.08% ▌David Redick (Rep.) 18.70% ▌David K. Olson (Con.) 1.49%	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold.
78	Mark Pocan	Democratic	1998	Ran	▌YMark Pocan (Dem.) 98.94%	Incumbent re-elected
79	Sondy Pope	Democratic	2002	Ran	▌YSondy Pope (Dem.) 58.98% ▌Tom Clauder (Rep.) 40.95%	Incumbent re-elected
80	Brett Davis	Republican	2004	Ran for lieutenant governor	▌YJanis Ringhand (Dem.) 52.77% ▌Don Henke (Rep.) 47.09%	Incumbent ran for lieutenant governor. New member elected. Democratic gain.
81	Kelda Roys	Democratic	2008	Ran	▌YKelda Roys (Dem.) 98.90%	Incumbent re-elected
82	Jeff Stone	Republican	1998 (special)	Ran	▌YJeff Stone (Rep.) 98.87%	Incumbent re-elected
83	Scott Gunderson	Republican	1994	Ran	▌YScott Gunderson (Rep.) 78.69% ▌Aaron Robertson (Dem.) 21.28%	Incumbent re-elected
84	--Vacant--				▌YMike Kuglitsch (Rep.) 73.72% ▌Don Vanpool (Dem.) 26.22%	Incumbent resigned. New member elected. Republican hold.
85	Donna Seidel	Democratic	2004	Ran	▌YDonna Seidel (Dem.) 52.53% ▌Charles R. Eno (Rep.) 43.15% ▌Jim Maas (Lib.) 4.23%	Incumbent re-elected
86	Jerry Petrowski	Republican	1998	Ran	▌YJerry Petrowski (Rep.) 66.82% ▌Todd Punke (Dem.) 28.96% ▌Frederick Melms (Ind.) 4.18%	Incumbent re-elected
87	Mary Williams	Republican	2002	Ran	▌YMary Williams (Rep.) 56.80% ▌Dana Schultz (Dem.) 40.02% ▌Frank Rutherford (Ind.) 3.15%	Incumbent re-elected
88	James Soletski	Democratic	2006	Ran	▌YJohn Klenke (Rep.) 50.74% ▌James Soletski (Dem.) 49.09%	Incumbent defeated. New member elected. Republican gain.
89	John Nygren	Republican	2006	Ran	▌YJohn Nygren (Rep.) 67.68% ▌Bob Orwig (Dem.) 32.24%	Incumbent re-elected
90	Karl Van Roy	Republican	2002	Ran	▌YKarl Van Roy (Rep.) 58.42% ▌Lou Ann Weix (Dem.) 41.51%	Incumbent re-elected
91	Chris Danou	Democratic	2008	Ran	▌YChris Danou (Dem.) 58.70% ▌Bill Ingram (Rep.) 41.28%	Incumbent re-elected
92	Mark A. Radcliffe	Democratic	2008	Ran	▌YMark A. Radcliffe (Dem.) 50.80% ▌Dennis Clinard (Rep.) 49.08%	Incumbent re-elected
93	Jeff Smith	Democratic	2006	Ran	▌YWarren Petryk (Rep.) 50.12% ▌Jeff Smith (Dem.) 49.79%	Incumbent defeated. New member elected. Republican gain.
94	Michael Huebsch	Republican	1994	Ran	▌YMichael Huebsch (Rep.) 58.85% ▌Cheryl Hancock (Dem.) 41.12%	Incumbent re-elected
95	Jennifer Shilling	Democratic	2000	Ran	▌Jennifer Shilling (Dem.) 63.53% ▌Nick Charles (Rep.) 36.27%	Incumbent re-elected
96	Lee Nerison	Republican	2004	Ran	▌YLee Nerison (Rep.) 61.13% ▌Brian K. Murphy (Dem.) 38.85%	Incumbent re-elected
97	Bill Kramer	Republican	2006	Ran	▌YBill Kramer (Rep.) 67.46% ▌Dawn M. Caruss (Dem.) 32.48%	Incumbent re-elected
98	Rich Zipperer	Republican	2006	Ran for state Senate	▌YPaul Farrow (Rep.) 76.57% ▌Victor Weers (Dem.) 23.37%	Incumbent ran for Wisconsin Senate. New member elected. Republican hold.
99	Don Pridemore	Republican	2004	Ran	▌Don Pridemore (Rep.) 77.33% ▌Tom Hibbard (Dem.) 22.55%	Incumbent re-elected

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[1] Not all totals add up to 100% due to scattering

[3] Elected to the 17th district in 1983, the 24th in 1984, the 97th in 1992, and the 7th in 2002.

[4] Elected to the 17th district in 1980 and 1984, the 11th in 1982, and the 10th in 1992

[5] Elected to the old Milwaukee County 10th Assembly district in 1960 and 1964–1970, elected to the 12th Assembly district since 2004

[6] Elected to the 14th district in 1990 and the 13th in 1992

[7] First elected as a Democrat

[8] Elected to the 38th district in 1990 and the 31st in 1992

[9] First elected as a Republican

[10] Elected to Wood County's 2nd district in 1970, the 59th district in 1972, the 59th district in 1982, and the 72nd in 1984

[2] [1]
Canvass Results for 2010 Fall General Election - 11/2/2010 (Report). Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. December 8, 2010. Retrieved April 19, 2024 – via Wisconsin Historical Society.

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2010 Wisconsin State Assembly election

Results summary

Close races

Outgoing incumbents

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Race summary

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Seats		Party (majority caucus shading)			Total

		Democratic	Ind.	Republican
Last election (2008)		52	1	46	99
Total after last election (2008)		52	1	46	99

Total before this election		49	2	45	96
Up for election		51	2	46	99
of which:	Incumbent retiring	7	1	9	17
	Vacated	2	0	1	3
	Unopposed	8	0	14	22
This election		38	1	60	99
Change from last election		14		14

Total after this election		38	1	60	99
Change in total		11	1	15