2022 Wisconsin Senate election

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2022 Wisconsin Senate election
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  2020 November 8, 2022 2024  

17 of 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Devin LeMahieu Janet Bewley
(retired)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 9th Oostburg 25th Mason
Last election10 seats, 53.8%6 seats, 45.3%
Seats before2112
Seats won125
Seats after2211
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote772,131475,900
Percentage61.1%37.68%
SwingIncrease2.svg7.3 ppDecrease2.svg7.6 pp

Wisconsin State Senate 2022.svg
Results of the elections:
     Republican hold     Republican gain
     Democratic hold
     No election

President before election

Chris Kapenga
Republican

Elected President

Chris Kapenga
Republican

The 2022 Wisconsin Senate elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. 17 of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate were up for electionthe odd-numbered districts. This was the first election to take place after redistricting following the 2020 United States census. This was the only election to take place under the redistricting plan set out in 2022. Before the election, 21 Senate seats were held by Republicans, and 12 seats were held by Democrats. 11 Republican seats and six Democratic seats were up in this election. The primary election took place on August 9, 2022. [1]

Contents

Republicans flipped one Democratic-held Senate seat and achieved a two-thirds supermajority, entering the 106th Wisconsin Legislature with 22 of 33 State Senate seats.

Results summary

SeatsParty
(majority caucus shading)
Total
Democratic Republican
Last election (2020)61016
Total after last election (2020)122133
Total before this election122133
Up for election61117
of which:Incumbent retiring347
Vacated
Unopposed123
This election51217
Change from last electionDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Total after this election112233
Change in totalDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1

Source: https://elections.wi.gov/elections/election-results#accordion-5601

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. State Senate district 31, 0.9%
  2. State Senate district 5, 6.52%
  3. State Senate district 19, 8.12%

Outgoing incumbents

Retiring

Seeking other office

Candidates and results

Dist.IncumbentThis race [3]
MemberPartyFirst electedStatusPrimaryGeneralResult
01 André Jacque Republican2018Running
Incumbent re-elected
03 Tim Carpenter Democratic2002Running
Incumbent re-elected
05 Dale Kooyenga Republican2018Not running [4]
  • Jessica Katzenmeyer (Dem.)
  • Tom Palzewicz (Dem.)
  • Rob Hutton (Rep.)
  • Green check.svgY Rob Hutton (Rep.) 53.24%
  • Jessica Katzenmeyer (Dem.) 46.66%
New member elected.
Republican hold.
07 Chris Larson Democratic2010Running
Incumbent re-elected
09 Devin LeMahieu Republican2014Running
Incumbent re-elected
11 Stephen Nass Republican2014Running
Incumbent re-elected
13 John Jagler Republican2021 (special)Running
Incumbent re-elected
15 Janis Ringhand Democratic2014Not running [5]
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
17 Howard Marklein Republican2014Running
Incumbent re-elected
19 Roger Roth Republican2014Running for
lieutenant
governor
[7]
New member elected.
Republican hold.
21 Van H. Wanggaard Republican2014Running
Incumbent re-elected
23 Kathy Bernier Republican2018Not running [8]
New member elected.
Republican hold.
25 Janet Bewley Democratic2014Not running [11]
New member elected.
Republican gain.
27 Jon Erpenbach Democratic1998Not running [13]
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
29 Jerry Petrowski Republican2021 (recall)Not running [15]
New member elected.
Republican hold.
31 Jeff Smith Democratic2018Running
  • Green check.svgY Jeff Smith (Dem.) 50.42%
  • David Estenson (Rep.) 49.52%
Incumbent re-elected
33 Chris Kapenga Republican2015Running
Incumbent re-elected

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [16] Safe RMay 19, 2022

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