Ballot Measures, April 7, 2020
Wisconsin voters decided 1 statewide ballot measure on April 7, 2020.
Ballot measures
| Measure | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Marsy's Law Amendment | Adds Marsy's Law to Wisconsin Constitution | Passed (74.9% yes) |
General Election, November 3, 2020
Wisconsin held its general election on November 3, 2020, deciding 115 legislative seats. No chamber changed party control.
Highlights
- Republicans kept both chambers but failed to win the two-thirds supermajorities needed to override vetoes by Gov. Tony Evers (D), which left Evers able to block any maps the Legislature drew from the 2020 census.
- Republicans came one Senate seat short of a veto-proof majority. They flipped two Democratic seats: Rep. Rob Stafsholt (R) defeated Democratic incumbent Patty Schachtner (D) by about 20 points in western Wisconsin's Senate District 10, and Eric Wimberger (R) beat Jonathon Hansen (D) by about 9 points in Green Bay's Senate District 30, open after Democrat Dave Hansen gave up the seat to retire. The seat that stopped them was the open Senate District 32 in the La Crosse area, where Brad Pfaff (D) beat former Sen. Dan Kapanke (R) by fewer than 600 votes in the state's most expensive race. The Republican-led Senate had refused to confirm Pfaff as Evers' agriculture secretary in 2019.
- In the Assembly, Democrats picked up two Republican seats, both by unseating incumbents: Deb Andraca (D) beat Rep. Jim Ott (R) by about 1,300 votes in Assembly District 23, and Sara Rodriguez (D) beat Rep. Rob Hutton (R) by about 700 votes in Assembly District 13.
- Beyond the 4 flips above, which unseated 3 incumbents, 2 other legislative races finished inside two points: Pfaff's Senate District 32 win and, closest of all, Rep. Nick Milroy (D) holding off Keith Kern (R) by about 140 votes in Assembly District 73. Separately, in Senate District 28, Julian Bradley (R) became the first Black Republican elected to the state Senate. There were no statewide offices or ballot measures on the November ballot.
Legislature
- Assembly (99 seats): 36 D, 63 R before the election, 38 D, 61 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
- Senate (33 seats): 14 D, 19 R before the election, 12 D, 21 R after; control stayed with Republicans.