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17 of 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate 17 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Wisconsin |
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The 2010 Wisconsin Senate elections were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Seventeen of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate were up for election—the odd-numbered districts. [1] Before the election, 18 Senate seats were held by Democrats and 15 seats were held by Republicans. 10 Democratic seats and 7 Republican seats were up in this election. The primary election took place on September 14, 2010.
Republicans flipped four Democratic-held Senate seats and achieved a majority for the first time since 2004, entering the 100th Wisconsin Legislature with 19 of 33 State Senate seats. [2]
Seats | Party (majority caucus shading) | Total | ||
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Democratic | Republican | |||
Last election (2008) | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
Total after last election (2008) | 18 | 15 | 33 | |
Total before this election | 18 | 15 | 33 | |
Up for election | 10 | 7 | 17 | |
of which: | Incumbent retiring | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Vacated | ||||
Unopposed | 2 | 2 | ||
This election | 6 | 11 | 17 | |
Change from last election | ||||
Total after this election | 14 | 19 | 33 | |
Change in total | ![]() | ![]() |
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Governing [6] | style="color:black;background:#fcc" data-sort-value=1.9|Lean R (flip) | November 1, 2010 |
Dist. | Incumbent | This race [1] | |||||
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Member | Party | First elected | Status | Primary | General | Result | |
01 | Alan Lasee | Republican | 1977 (special) | Not running |
| New member elected. Republican hold. | |
03 | Tim Carpenter | Democratic | 2002 | Running |
| Incumbent re-elected | |
05 | Jim Sullivan | Democratic | 2006 | Running |
| New member elected. Republican gain. | |
07 | Jeffrey Plale | Democratic | 2003 (special) | Running |
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| New member elected. Democratic hold. |
09 | Joe Leibham | Republican | 2002 | Running |
| Incumbent re-elected | |
11 | Neal Kedzie | Republican | 2002 | Running |
| Incumbent re-elected | |
13 | Scott L. Fitzgerald | Republican | 1994 | Running |
| Incumbent re-elected | |
15 | Judy Robson | Democratic | 1998 | Not running |
| New member elected. Democratic hold. | |
17 | Dale Schultz | Republican | 1990 | Running |
| Incumbent re-elected | |
19 | Michael Ellis | Republican | 1982 | Running |
| Incumbent re-elected | |
21 | John Lehman | Democratic | 2006 | Running |
| New member elected. Republican gain. | |
23 | Pat Kreitlow | Democratic | 2006 | Running |
| New member elected. Republican gain. | |
25 | Bob Jauch | Democratic | 1986 | Running |
| Incumbent re-elected | |
27 | Jon Erpenbach | Democratic | 1998 | Running |
| Incumbent re-elected | |
29 | Russ Decker | Democratic | 1990 | Running |
| New member elected. Republican gain. | |
31 | Kathleen Vinehout | Democratic | 2006 | Running |
| Incumbent re-elected | |
33 | Theodore Kanavas | Republican | 2001 (special) | Not running |
| New member elected. Republican hold. |