2010 Wisconsin Senate election

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2010 Wisconsin State Senate election
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  2008 November 2, 2010 2012  

17 of 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Sen. Fitzgerald (3523124714) (cropped).jpg Russ Decker 2008 CROPPED.jpg
Leader Scott L. Fitzgerald Russ Decker
(defeated)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 13th Juneau 29th Weston
Last election8 seats, 45.53%8 seats, 54.09%
Seats before1518
Seats won106
Seats after1914
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 4
Popular vote627,160430,068
Percentage59.1%40.53%
SwingIncrease2.svg13.6 ppDecrease2.svg13.5 pp

Wisconsin State Senate 2010.svg
Results of the elections:
     Republican hold     Republican gain
     Democratic hold
     No election

President before election

Fred Risser
Democratic

Elected President

Michael Ellis
Republican

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 electionthe 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.

Contents

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]

Summary

SeatsParty
(majority caucus shading)
Total
Democratic Republican
Last election (2008)8816
Total after last election (2008)181533
Total before this election181533
Up for election10717
of which:Incumbent retiring224
Vacated
Unopposed22
This election61117
Change from last election
Total after this election141933
Change in totalDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 4

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. State Senate district 31, 0.66%
  2. State Senate district 25, 2.58%
  3. State Senate district 5, 4.46%(gain)
  4. State Senate district 29, 4.64%(gain)
  5. State Senate district 21, 5.09%(gain)
  6. State Senate district 23, 8.47%(gain)

Outgoing incumbents

Retired

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [6] | style="color:black;background:#fcc" data-sort-value=1.9|Lean R (flip)November 1, 2010

Candidates and results

Dist.IncumbentThis race [1]
MemberPartyFirst electedStatusPrimaryGeneralResult
01 Alan Lasee Republican1977
(special)
Not running
New member elected.
Republican hold.
03 Tim Carpenter Democratic2002Running
  • Green check.svgY Tim Carpenter (Dem.) 61.09%
  • Annette Miller Krznarich (Rep.) 38.63%
Incumbent re-elected
05 Jim Sullivan Democratic2006Running
New member elected.
Republican gain.
07 Jeffrey Plale Democratic2003
(special)
Running
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
09 Joe Leibham Republican2002Running
  • Green check.svgY Joe Leibham (Rep.) 73.11%
  • Jason B. Borden (Dem.) 26.86%
Incumbent re-elected
11 Neal Kedzie Republican2002Running
Incumbent re-elected
13 Scott L. Fitzgerald Republican1994Running
Incumbent re-elected
15 Judy Robson Democratic1998Not running
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
17 Dale Schultz Republican1990Running
Incumbent re-elected
19 Michael Ellis Republican1982Running
Incumbent re-elected
21 John Lehman Democratic2006Running
New member elected.
Republican gain.
23 Pat Kreitlow Democratic2006Running
New member elected.
Republican gain.
25 Bob Jauch Democratic1986Running
Incumbent re-elected
27 Jon Erpenbach Democratic1998Running
Incumbent re-elected
29 Russ Decker Democratic1990Running
New member elected.
Republican gain.
31 Kathleen Vinehout Democratic2006Running
Incumbent re-elected
33 Theodore Kanavas Republican2001
(special)
Not running
New member elected.
Republican hold.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "2010 Fall General Election" (PDF). State of Wisconsin. December 1, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  2. Stein, Jason; Johnson, Annysa (November 3, 2010). "Republicans Take Over State Senate, Assembly". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  3. Foley, Ryan J. (January 12, 2010). "'Citizen Senator' to retire". Wisconsin State Journal . p. 5. Retrieved December 31, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Sen. Robson: Grateful to have served". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
  5. State Sen. Kanavas will not seek re-election
  6. Jacobson, Louis (November 1, 2010). "Update: 2010 State Legislatures: A Challenging Environment for Democrats". Governing. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2024.