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2010 Wisconsin Senate election

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2010 Wisconsin State Senate election

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17 of 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Scott L. Fitzgerald Russ Decker
(defeated)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 13thJuneau 29thWeston
Last election 8 seats, 45.53% 8 seats, 54.09%
Seats before 15 18
Seats won 10 6
Seats after 19 14
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 4
Popular vote 627,160 430,068
Percentage 59.1% 40.53%
Swing Increase13.6 pp Decrease13.5 pp

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 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]

Summary

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Seats Party
(majority caucus shading)
Total
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 Decrease 4 Increase 4

Close races

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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

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Retiring

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Candidates and results

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Dist. Incumbent This race[1]
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
  • Green tickY Tim Carpenter (Dem.) 61.09%
  • Annette Miller Krznarich (Rep.) 38.63%
Incumbent re-elected
05 Jim Sullivan Democratic 2006 Running
New member elected.
Republican gain.
07 Jeffrey Plale Democratic 2003
(special)
Running
New member elected.
Democratic hold.
09 Joe Leibham Republican 2002 Running
  • Green tickY Joe Leibham (Rep.) 73.11%
  • Jason B. Borden (Dem.) 26.86%
Incumbent re-elected
11 Neal Kedzie Republican 2002 Running
  • Green tickY Neal Kedzie (Rep.) 75.37%
  • L.D. Rockwell (Dem.) 24.55%
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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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