Wisconsin 2012 Election Results — MultiState Elections

Wisconsin held its general election on November 6, 2012, deciding 115 legislative seats. Control shifted: the Senate moved from a 17-16 Democratic majority to a 18-15 Republican majority.

Highlights

Republicans won back the Senate majority that Democrats had taken in the June recalls, restoring full Republican control of state government. They gained seats even though Democrats outpolled them in contested Senate races, a mismatch some observers credited to the new district maps.
Republicans flipped two Senate seats. Rick Gudex (R) unseated Sen. Jessica King (D) by about 600 votes in Senate District 18, and Tom Tiffany (R) won the open Senate District 12 by about 16 points over Susan Sommer (D).
Republicans kept their Assembly majority. The new maps also produced two contests between sitting members:
- Rep. Samantha Kerkman (R) beat Rep. John Steinbrink (D) by about 11 points in the new Assembly District 61, after Steinbrink's old district was redrawn as a Kenosha city seat.
- Rep. Andy Jorgensen (D), whom redistricting had drawn out of his seat, moved into Assembly District 43 and unseated Rep. Evan Wynn (R) by about 15 points.
Democrats also unseated two Republican Assembly members. Stephen Smith (D) beat Rep. Roger Rivard (R) by about 600 votes in Assembly District 75 after Rivard's remark that "some girls, they rape so easy", and Debra Kolste (D) beat Rep. Joe Knilans (R) by about 23 points in Assembly District 44. Two incumbents held on by fewer than 150 votes: Rep. Scott Krug (R) in Assembly District 72 and Rep. Amy Sue Vruwink (D) in Assembly District 70.

Legislature

Assembly (99 seats): 39 D, 59 R, 1 other or vacant before the election, 39 D, 60 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
Senate (33 seats): 17 D, 16 R before the election, 15 D, 18 R after; control moved from Democrats to Republicans.

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
Assembly 1	Garey Bies (R) 51.31%	Patrick Veeser (D) 48.69%
Assembly 2	André Jacque (R) 58.67%	Larry Pruess (D) 41.33%
Assembly 3	Al Ott (R)	Kole Oswald (D), Josh Young (I)
Assembly 4	Chad Weininger (R) 55.66%	Michael J. Malcheski (D) 44.34%
Assembly 5	Jim Steineke (R) 55.91%	Jeff Mccabe (D) 44.09%
Assembly 6	Gary Tauchen (R)	John N. Powers (D), Jon Kupsky (I)
Assembly 7	Daniel Riemer (D) 86.95%	Peggy Krusick (D) 13.04%, Tiffany Lee Koehler (I) 0.01%	Incumbent defeated
Assembly 8	JoCasta Zamarripa (D) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 9	Josh Zepnick (D) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 10	Sandy Pasch (D) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 11	Mandela Barnes (D) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 12	Frederick P. Kessler (D) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 13	Rob Hutton (R) 60.57%	John Pokrandt (D) 39.43%
Assembly 14	Dale Kooyenga (R) 59.14%	Chris Rockwood (D) 40.86%
Assembly 15	Joe Sanfelippo (R) 58.35%	Cindy Moore (D) 41.65%
Assembly 16	Leon D. Young (D) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 17	LaTonya Johnson (D) 85%	Anthony R. Edwards (I) 14.97%, Virginia Faye Pratt (R) 0.03%
Assembly 18	Evan Goyke (D) 88.38%	Melba Morris-Page (I) 11.62%
Assembly 19	Jon Richards (D) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 20	Christine Sinicki (D) 57.62%	Molly M. Mcgartland (R) 42.38%
Assembly 21	Mark Honadel (R) 59.35%	William R. Kurtz (D) 40.65%
Assembly 22	Don Pridemore (R) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 23	Jim Ott (R) 62.25%	Cris Rogers (D) 37.75%
Assembly 24	Dan Knodl (R) 62.44%	Shan Haqqi (D) 37.56%
Assembly 25	Paul Tittl (R) 57.69%	Jim Brey (D) 42.31%
Assembly 26	Mike Endsley (R)	Mike Helmke (D)
Assembly 27	Steve Kestell (R)	Steven H. Bauer (D)
Assembly 28	Erik Severson (R)	Adam T. Bever (D)
Assembly 29	John Murtha (R)	Jim Swanson (D)
Assembly 30	Dean Knudson (R)	Diane Odeen (D)
Assembly 31	Amy Loudenbeck (R)	Ryan J. Schroeder (D)
Assembly 32	Tyler August (R) 57.17%	Kim M. Peterson (D) 92.75%, David Stolow (I) 7.25%
Assembly 33	Steve Nass (R) 62.83%	Scott Allan Woods (D) 34.02%, Terry Virgil (I) 3.14%
Assembly 34	Rob Swearingen (R) 57.18%	Merlin Van Buren (D) 36.17%, Kevin M. Fitzpatrick (I) 4.32%
Assembly 35	Mary Czaja (R) 53.33%	Kevin Koth (D) 41.85%, Patrick K. Tjugum (I) 4.81%
Assembly 36	Jeff Mursau (R) 59.09%	Dorothy Kegley (D) 40.91%
Assembly 37	John Jagler (R) 54.31%	Mary I. Arnold (D) 45.69%
Assembly 38	Joel Kleefisch (R) 58.54%	Scott Michalak (D) 39.05%, Leroy L. Watson (I) 2.41%
Assembly 39	Mark Born (R) 60.41%	Jim Grigg (D) 39.59%
Assembly 40	Kevin Petersen (R) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 41	Joan Ballweg (R) 57.96%	Melissa Sorenson (D) 42.04%
Assembly 42	Keith Ripp (R) 56.61%	Paula Cooper (D) 43.39%
Assembly 43	Andy Jorgensen (D) 57.73%	Evan Wynn (R) 42.27%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Assembly 44	Debra Kolste (D) 61.64%	Joe Knilans (R) 38.36%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Assembly 45	Janis Ringhand (D) 63.88%	Beth Schmidt (R) 36.12%
Assembly 46	Gary Hebl (D) 64.81%	Trish Schaefer (R) 35.19%
Assembly 47	Robb Kahl (D) 70.95%	Sandy Bakk (R) 29.05%
Assembly 48	Melissa Agard Sargent (D) 83.37%	Terry R. Gray (I) 16.59%, Jonathon William Rygiewicz (R) 0.04%
Assembly 49	Travis Tranel (R) 54.28%	Carol Beals (D) 45.72%
Assembly 50	Ed Brooks (R) 50.32%	Sarah Ann Shanahan (D) 46.8%, Ben Olson III (I) 2.84%
Assembly 51	Howard Marklein (R) 51.89%	Maureen May-Grimm (D) 48.11%
Assembly 52	Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R) 60.67%	Paul G. Czisny (D) 39.33%
Assembly 53	Michael Schraa (R) 60.35%	Ryan Flejter (D) 39.65%
Assembly 54	Gordon Hintz (D) 60.01%	Paul J. Esslinger (R) 39.99%
Assembly 55	Dean Kaufert (R)	Jim Crail (D), Rich Martin (I)
Assembly 56	Dave Murphy (R)	Richard B. Schoenbohm (D)
Assembly 57	Penny Bernard Schaber (D)	Brian Garrow (R)
Assembly 58	Pat Strachota (R)	Unopposed
Assembly 59	Daniel Lemahieu (R)	Unopposed
Assembly 60	Duey Stroebel (R)	Perry Duman (D)
Assembly 61	Samantha Kerkman (R)	John P. Steinbrink (D)	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
Assembly 62	Thomas Weatherston (R) 53.1%	Melissa Lemke (D) 46.9%
Assembly 63	Robin Vos (R) 58.35%	Kelley Albrecht (D) 41.65%
Assembly 64	Peter W. Barca (D) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 65	Tod Ohnstad (D) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 66	Cory Mason (D) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 67	Tom Larson (R) 53.27%	Deb Bieging (D) 46.72%, Jayme Ryan Schulner (R) 0%
Assembly 68	Kathy Bernier (R) 52.43%	Judy Smriga (D) 47.57%
Assembly 69	Scott Suder (R) 61.22%	Paul Knoff (D) 38.78%
Assembly 70	Amy Sue Vruwink (D) 50.27%	Nancy VanderMeer (R) 49.73%
Assembly 71	Katrina Shankland (D) 60.97%	Patrick Testin (R) 39.03%
Assembly 72	Scott Krug (R) 50.19%	Justin D. Pluess (D) 49.81%
Assembly 73	Nick Milroy (D) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 74	Janet Bewley (D) 59%	John Sendra (R) 41%
Assembly 75	Stephen Smith (D) 51.09%	Roger Rivard (R) 48.91%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Assembly 76	Chris Taylor (D) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 77	Terese Berceau (D) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 78	Brett Hulsey (D) 75.73%	Jonathan Dedering (I) 24.27%
Assembly 79	Dianne Hesselbein (D) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 80	Sondy Pope-Roberts (D) 63.93%	Tom Lamberson (R) 36.07%
Assembly 81	Fred Clark (D) 61.85%	Scott Frostman (R) 38.15%
Assembly 82	Jeff Stone (R) 60.25%	Kathleen Wied-Vincent (D) 39.75%
Assembly 83	Dave Craig (R) 69.8%	Jim Brownlow (D) 30.2%
Assembly 84	Mike Kuglitsch (R) 62.81%	Jesse J. Roelke (D) 37.19%
Assembly 85	Mandy Wright (D) 49.75%	Pat Snyder (R) 46.51%, Jim Maas (I) 3.74%
Assembly 86	John Spiros (R) 55.73%	Dennis Halkoski (D) 44.27%
Assembly 87	Mary Williams (R) 58.55%	Elizabeth Riley (D) 41.45%
Assembly 88	John Klenke (R) 52.47%	Ward Bacon (D) 47.53%
Assembly 89	John Nygren (R) 59.1%	Joe Reinhard (D) 40.9%
Assembly 90	Eric Genrich (D) 60.44%	David Vanderleest (R) 39.56%
Assembly 91	Dana Wachs (D) 100%	Unopposed
Assembly 92	Chris Danou (D) 99.75%	Stephen J. Doerr (R) 0.25%
Assembly 93	Warren Petryk (R) 50.81%	Jeff Smith (D) 49.19%
Assembly 94	Steve Doyle (D) 60.61%	Bruce Evers (R) 39.39%
Assembly 95	Jill Billings (D)	Unopposed
Assembly 96	Lee A. Nerison (R)	Tom J. Johnson (D)
Assembly 97	Bill Kramer (R)	Marga Krumins (D)
Assembly 98	Paul Farrow (R)	Eric Prudent (D)
Assembly 99	Chris Kapenga (R)	Tom Hibbard (D)
Senate 2	Robert Cowles (R)	Unopposed
Senate 4	Lena Taylor (D) 86.85%	David D. King (I) 13.15%
Senate 6	Nikiya Harris (D) 100%	Unopposed
Senate 8	Alberta Darling (R) 99.41%	Beth L. Lueck (D) 0.59%
Senate 10	Sheila Harsdorf (R)	Daniel C. Olson (D)
Senate 12	Tom Tiffany (R)	Susan Sommer (D), Paul O. Ehlers (I)	Flipped D to R
Senate 14	Luther Olsen (R)	Margarete Worthington (D)
Senate 16	Mark Miller (D)	Unopposed
Senate 18	Rick Gudex (R)	Jessica King (D)	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
Senate 20	Glenn Grothman (R)	Tanya Lohr (D)
Senate 22	Bob Wirch (D)	Pam Stevens (R)
Senate 24	Julie Lassa (D)	Scott Kenneth Noble (R)
Senate 26	Fred Risser (D)	Unopposed
Senate 28	Mary Lazich (R)	Jim Ward (D)
Senate 30	Dave Hansen (D)	John Macco (R)
Senate 32	Jennifer Shilling (D) 58.33%	Bill Feehan (R) 41.67%

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