2016 Wisconsin State Senate election
November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)
16 of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout67.34%[1]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mary Lazich Jennifer Shilling
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat District 28 District 32
Last election 19 14
Seats before 18 14
Seats won 20 13
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 618,589 639,545
Percentage 48.62% 50.26%
Seats up 8 8
Races won 9 7
Results of the elections:
     Republican gain      Democratic hold
     Republican hold      No election
President before election

Mary Lazich
Republican

 Elected President

Roger Roth
Republican

An election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect 16 of the 33 members of Wisconsin's State Senate. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and State Assembly. The primary election was held on August 9, 2016.

Republicans consolidated their control of the Senate by gaining one seat, winning 9 seats compared to 7 seats for the Democrats.[2]

Results

Statewide

Statewide results of the 2016 Wisconsin State Senate election:[3]

PartyCandi-
dates		VotesSeats
No. %No.+/– %
Republican Party11618,58948.62%9Increase156.25%
Democratic Party13639,54550.26%7Decrease143.75%
Integrity Party12,0930.16%0Steady0.00%
Scattering12,1260.95%0Steady0.00%
Total251,272,353100.00%16Steady100.00%
Popular vote
Democratic
 
 50.26%
Republican
 
 48.62%
Other
 
 1.11%
House seats
Republican
 
 56.25%
Democratic
 
 43.75%

District

Results of the 2016 Wisconsin State Senate election by district:[3]

District Democratic Republican Others Total Result
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes
District 230,79634.95%57,26965.00%440.05%88,109Republican Hold
District 462,09998.33%--1,0541.67%63,153Democratic Hold
District 660,12998.89%--6761.11%60,805Democratic Hold
District 8--77,33195.51%3,6354.49%80,966Republican Hold
District 1032,86336.76%56,49663.20%380.04%89,397Republican Hold
District 1233,71337.04%57,27362.92%420.05%91,028Republican Hold
District 1435,55542.89%47,29457.05%480.06%82,897Republican Hold
District 1677,04798.39%--1,2631.61%78,310Democratic Hold
District 1836,36644.06%46,07655.83%870.11%82,529Republican Hold
District 20--79,74398.21%1,4501.79%81,193Republican Hold
District 2250,84198.16%--9531.84%51,794Democratic Hold
District 2441,09147.63%45,13952.32%450.05%86,275Republican Gain
District 2695,24698.57%--1,3781.43%96,624Democratic Hold
District 28--70,26998.10%1,3621.90%71,631Republican Hold
District 3040,21451.27%38,17548.67%470.06%78,436Democratic Hold
District 3243,58548.86%43,52448.79%2,0972.35%89,206Democratic Hold
Total639,54550.26%618,58948.62%14,2191.12%1,272,353

References

  1. ↑ "Voter Turnout Partisan - Non-Partisan Through April 2018". Madison, U.S.A.: Wisconsin Elections Commission. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ Marley, Patrick; Stein, Jason (November 9, 2016). "GOP strengthens hold on Legislature". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Milwaukee, U.S.A. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Statewide Results All Offices (post-Presidential recount)" (PDF). Madison, U.S.A.: Wisconsin Elections Commission. pp. 5–9. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
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