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2012 Wisconsin State Assembly election

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2012 Wisconsin State Assembly election

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All 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly
50 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jeff Fitzgerald
(retired)
Peter Barca
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 39thHoricon 64thKenosha
Last election 60 seats, 55.01% 38 seats, 41.87%
Seats before 59 39
Seats won 60 39
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 1,249,559 1,419,858
Percentage 46.15% 52.44%

  Third party
 
Party Independent
Last election 1
Seats before 1
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1
Popular vote 28,119
Percentage 1.41%
Swing Decrease 0.28%

Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Vote Share:
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%
     40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Speaker before election

Jeff Fitzgerald
Republican

Elected Speaker

Robin Vos
Republican

The 2012 Wisconsin State Assembly elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. All 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly were up for election. Before the election, 58 Assembly seats were held by Republicans, 38 seats were held by Democrats, 1 was held by an independent, and 2 were vacant. The primary election was held on August 14, 2012.

This was the first Assembly election after the legislative redistricting following the 2010 United States census. The maps passed into law ware widely considered one of the most severe Republican gerrymanders in U.S. history.

Republicans flipped the independent-held seat and reclaimed two vacant seats, to enter the 101st Wisconsin Legislature with 60 of 99 State Assembly seats.

Elected members took office on January 7, 2013.

Background

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Republicans won control of the Assembly, alongside the governorship and the State Senate, in the 2010 elections. Using their newly-gained governmental trifecta, Republicans began enacting a number of high-profile, highly controversial bills. Chief among them was Wisconsin Act 10, also known as the "Budget Repair Bill," which sought to eliminate public-sector unions and reduce the pay of public employees in a purported attempt to balance the state's budget.[1] This sparked a heavy backlash from public employees, especially teachers, and students, who staged protests of the legislation across the state.[2][3][4][5] In addition, 14 Democratic members of the Wisconsin Senate staged a walkout to Illinois to deprive the chamber of a quorum to prevent the passage of the bill.[6] Republicans managed to pass the bill anyway the next month,[7] but the fallout from the bill's passage led to the attempted recall of governor Scott Walker and the successful recall of multiple members of the Senate in 2011 and 2012.[8][9]

In May 2011, Democrat Steve Doyle flipped an Assembly seat by winning a special election in the 94th district.[10]

Redistricting

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In the 2010 elections, Republicans won significant majorities in both houses of the Legislature and the governorship. Republicans used their majorities to pass a radical redistricting plan after the 2010 census which substantially shifted the partisan bias of the state legislative maps. It was the product of a Republican project known as REDMAP, which used new statistical and mapping software to craft the maps.[11] The maps themselves were crafted and agreed upon in highly secretive meetings among Republican legislators, the details of which were only made public during court hearings regarding the constitutionality of the maps in 2015.[12]

Several lawsuits were brought against the 2011 redistricting plan. A set of early challenges against the plan led to only minor alterations to two districts in the Milwaukee area, which the court ruled violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by improperly diluting the population of Latinos across two districts.[13] Later suits against the map would eventually become the Supreme Court case Whitford v. Gill.

Results

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Republicans maintained their large majority in the Assembly, winning 60 seats to the Democrats' 39. Republicans were aided in part by highly favorable redistricting, winning 74% of contested seats while only winning 52% of the vote in those races. Factoring in uncontested races, Republicans won 60% of seats in the Assembly despite losing the statewide popular vote by almost 175,000 votes.[14]

Results summary

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Seats Party
(majority caucus shading)
Total
Democratic Ind. Republican
Last election (2010) 38 1 60 99
Total before this election 38 1 58 97
Up for election 39 1 59 99
of which: Incumbent retiring 8 1 6 15
Vacated 1 0 1 2
Unopposed 16 0 4 20
This election 39 0 60 99
Change from last election Increase 1 Decrease 1 Steady
Total after this election 39 0 60 99
Change in total Increase 1 Decrease 1 Increase 2
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % +/− No. +/−
Republican Party 77 1,249,559 46.15% Decrease 8.86% 60 Increase 1
Democratic Party 95 1,419,858 52.44% Increase 10.57% 39 Steady
Independent 14 28,119 1.41% Decrease 0.28% 0 Decrease 1
Write-in N/A 9,935 0.37% 0 0
Total 2,707,471 100.00% 99
Source: Wisconsin Government Accountability Board[15]
Popular vote
Democratic
52.44%
Republican
46.15%
Independent
1.41%
Assembly seats
Republican
60.61%
Democratic
39.39%

Close races

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Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. State Assembly district 72, 0.39%
  2. State Assembly district 70, 0.53%
  3. State Assembly district 93, 1.62%
  4. State Assembly district 75, 2.17% (gain)
  5. State Assembly district 26, 2.60%
  6. State Assembly district 1, 2.62%
  7. State Assembly district 85, 3.23%
  8. State Assembly district 50, 3.51%
  9. State Assembly district 51, 3.78%
  10. State Assembly district 68, 4.86%
  11. State Assembly district 88, 4.93%
  12. State Assembly district 62, 6.20% (gain)
  13. State Assembly district 67, 6.55%
  14. State Assembly district 37, 8.60% (gain)
  15. State Assembly district 49, 8.54%

Outgoing incumbents

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Retiring

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Seeking other office

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Vacated

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Election results

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Dist. Incumbent This race[15]
Member Party First elect Status Candidates
01 Garey Bies Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Garey Bies (Rep.) 51.27%
  • Patrick Veeser (Dem.) 48.65%
02 André Jacque Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY André Jacque (Rep.) 58.62%
  • Larry Pruess (Dem.) 41.29%
03 Alvin Ott Republican 1986 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Alvin Ott (Rep.) 57.98%
  • Kole Oswald (Dem.) 38.01%
  • Josh Young (Ind.) 3.97%
04 Chad Weininger Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Chad Weininger (Rep.) 55.58%
  • Michael J. Macheski (Dem.) 44.28%
05 Jim Steineke Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Jim Steineke (Rep.) 55.86%
  • Jeff McCabe (Dem.) 44.05%
06 Gary Tauchen Republican 2006 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Gary Tauchen (Rep.) 59.41%
  • John Powers (Dem.) 40.48%
07 Peggy Krusick Democratic 1983 (special) Incumbent lost renomination
New member elected
Democratic hold
  • Green tickY Daniel Riemer (Dem.) 85.35%
  • Peggy Krusick (Dem. write-in) 12.8%
08 Jocasta Zamarripa Democratic 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Jocasta Zamarripa (Dem.) 98.26%
09 Josh Zepnick Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Josh Zepnick (Dem.) 98.6%
10 Elizabeth M. Coggs Democratic 2010 Incumbent retired to run for Wisconsin Senate
New member elected
Democratic hold
11 Jason Fields Democratic 2004 Incumbent lost renomination
New member elected
Democratic hold
12 Fred Kessler Democratic 1960
1962 (retired)
1964
1972 (retired)
2004
Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Fred Kessler (Dem.) 98.59%
13 David Cullen Democratic 1990 (special) Incumbent ran for Milwaukee county board.
New member elected
Republican gain
  • Green tickY Rob Hutton (Rep.) 60.49%
  • John Pokrandt (Dem.) 39.38%
14 Dale Kooyenga Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Dale Kooyenga (Rep.) 59.07%
  • Chris Rockwood (Dem.) 40.81%
15 Tony Staskunas Democratic 1996 Incumbent retired
New member elected
Republican gain
16 Leon Young Democratic 1992 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Leon Young (Dem.) 98.78%
17 --Vacant[a]-- Previous incumbent resigned Jul. 2, 2012.
New member elected
Democratic hold
18 Tamara Grigsby Democratic 2004 Incumbent retired
New member elected
Democratic hold
  • Green tickY Evan Goyke (Dem.) 87.93%
  • Melba Morris-Page (Ind.) 11.56%
19 Jon Richards Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Jon Richards (Dem.) 97.65%
20 Christine Sinicki Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Christine M. Sinicki (Dem.) 57.52%
  • Molly McGartland (Rep.) 42.31%
21 Mark Honadel Republican 2003 (special) Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Mark Honadel (Rep.) 59.28%
  • William R. Kurtz (Dem.) 40.61%
22 Sandy Pasch Democratic 2008 Ran for the 10th district
New member elected
Republican gain
Don Pridemore[b] Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected
23 Jim Ott Republican 2006 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Jim Ott (Rep.) 62.20%
  • Cris Rogers (Dem.) 37.73%
24 Dan Knodl Republican 2008 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Dan Knodl (Rep.) 62.37%
  • Shan Haqqi (Dem.) 37.53%
25 Bob Ziegelbauer Independent 1992[c] Incumbent retired
New member elected
Republican gain
26 Mike Endsley Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Mike Endsley (Rep.) 51.27%
  • Mike Helmke (Dem.) 48.67%
27 Steve Kestell Republican 1998 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Steve Kestell (Rep.) 57.89%
  • Steven H. Bauer (Dem.) 42.05%
28 Erik Severson Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Erik Severson (Rep.) 56.18%
  • Adam T. Bever (Dem.) 43.72%
29 John Murtha Republican 2006 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY John Murtha (Rep.) 55.84%
  • Jim Swanson (Dem.) 43.99%
30 Dean Knudson Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Dean Knudson (Rep.) 55.79%
  • Diane Odeen (Dem.) 44.14%
31 Amy Loudenbeck[d] Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
32 Tyler August Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Tyler August (Rep.) 57.10%
  • Kim M. Peterson (Dem.) 39.67%
  • David Stolow (Ind.) 3.10%
33 Stephen Nass[e] Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Stephen Nass (Rep.) 62.79%
  • Scott Allan Woods (Dem.) 34.00%
  • Terry Virgil (Ind.) 3.14%
34 Dan Meyer Republican 2000 Incumbent retired
New member elected
Republican hold
  • Green tickY Rob Swearingen (Rep.) 57.16%
  • Merlin Van Buren (Dem.) 36.15%
  • Kevin M. Fitzpatrick (Ind.) 4.32%
  • Todd Albano (Ind.) 2.33%
35 Tom Tiffany Republican 2010 Incumbent retired to run for Wisconsin Senate
New member elected
Republican hold
  • Green tickY Mary Czaja (Rep.) 53.30%
  • Kevin Koth (Dem.) 41.83%
  • Patrick K. Tjugum (Ind.) 4.81%
36 Jeffrey Mursau Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Jeffrey Mursau (Rep.) 59.05%
  • Dorothy Kegley (Dem.) 40.88%
37 None (open seat) No incumbent.
New member elected
Republican gain
  • Green tickY John Jagler (Rep.) 54.16%
  • Mary I. Arnold (Dem.) 45.55%
38 Joel Kleefisch Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Joel Kleefisch (Rep.) 58.51%
  • Scott Michalak (Dem.) 39.03%
  • Leroy L. Watson (Ind.) 2.40%
39 Jeff Fitzgerald Republican 2000 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. Senate
New member elected
Republican hold
  • Green tickY Mark Born (Rep.) 60.36%
  • Jim Grigg (Dem.) 39.56%
40 Kevin David Petersen Republican 2006 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Kevin Petersen (Rep.) 98.71%
41 Joan Ballweg Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Joan Ballweg (Rep.) 57.92%
  • Melissa Sorenson (Dem.) 42.01%
42 Keith Ripp[f] Republican 2008 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Keith Ripp (Rep.) 56.58%
  • Paula Cooper (Dem.) 43.37%
43 Evan Wynn Republican 2010 Incumbent defeated
New member elected
Democratic gain
  • Green tickY Andy Jorgensen (Dem.) 57.58%
  • Evan Wynn (Rep.) 42.16%
Andy Jorgensen Democratic 2006 Incumbent re-elected
44 Joe Knilans Republican 2010 Incumbent defeated
New member elected
Democratic gain
45 Janis Ringhand[g] Democratic 2010 Incumbent re-elected
New member elected
Democratic gain
46 Gary Hebl Democratic 2004 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Gary Hebl (Dem.) 64.79%
  • Trish Schaefer (Rep.) 35.18%
47 None (open seat) No incumbent
New member elected
Democratic gain
  • Green tickY Robb Kahl (Dem.) 70.87%
  • Sandy Bakk (Rep.) 29.02%
48 None (open seat) No incumbent
New member elected
Democratic hold
49 Travis Tranel Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Travis Tranel (Rep.) 54.19%
  • Carol Beals (Dem.) 45.65%
50 Edward Brooks Republican 2008 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Edward Brooks (Rep.) 50.30%
  • Sarah Ann Shanahan (Dem.) 46.78%
  • Ben Olson III (Ind.) 2.84%
51 Howard Marklein Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Howard Marklein (Rep.) 51.85%
  • Maureen May-Grimm (Dem.) 48.07%
52 Jeremy Thiesfeldt Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Jeremy Thiesfeldt (Rep.) 60.65%
  • Paul G. Czisny (Dem.) 39.31%
53 Richard Spanbauer Republican 2008 Incumbent retired
New member elected
Republican hold
54 Gordon Hintz Democratic 2006 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Gordon Hintz (Dem.) 59.88%
  • Paul J. Esslinger (Rep.) 39.90%
55 Dean Kaufert Republican 1990 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Dean Kaufert (Rep.) 62.95%
  • Jim Crail (Dem.) 33.55%
  • Rich Martin (Ind.) 3.34%
56 Michelle Litjens Republican 2010 Incumbent retired
New member elected
Republican hold
  • Green tickY Dave Murphy (Rep.) 58.29%
  • Richard B. Schoenbohm (Dem.) 41.62%
57 Penny Bernard Schaber Democratic 2008 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Penny Bernard Schaber (Dem.) 94.03%
  • Brian Garrow (Rep. write-in) 3.16%
58 Patricia Strachota Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Patricia Strachota (Rep.) 98.89%
59 Daniel LeMahieu Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Daniel LeMahieu (Rep.) 99.22%
60 Duey Stroebel Republican 2011 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Duey Stroebel (Rep.) 71.08%
  • Perry Duman (Dem.) 28.79%
61 Samantha Kerkman[h] Republican 2000 Incumbent re-elected
John Steinbrink[i] Democratic 1996 Incumbent defeated
New member elected
Republican gain
62 Cory Mason Democratic 2006 Ran for the 66th district
New member elected
Republican gain
63 Robin Vos Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Robin Vos (Rep.) 58.31%
  • Kelley Albrecht (Dem.) 41.62%
64 Peter Barca Democratic 1984
1993 (retired)
2008
Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Peter Barca (Dem.) 96.84%
65 None (open seat) No incumbent
New member elected
Democratic hold
66 Robert L. Turner Democratic 1990 Incumbent retired
New member elected
Democratic gain
67 Tom Larson Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Tom Larson (Rep.) 53.24%
  • Deb Bieging (Dem.) 46.69%
68 Kathy Bernier Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Kathy Bernier (Rep.) 52.39%
  • Judy Smriga (Dem.) 47.53%
69 Scott Suder Republican 1998 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Scott Suder (Rep.) 61.17%
  • Paul Knoff (Dem.) 38.74%
70 Amy Sue Vruwink Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected
71 Louis Molepske Democratic 2003 (special) Incumbent retired to run for district attorney
New member elected
Democratic hold
72 Scott Krug Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Scott Krug (Rep.) 50.16%
  • Justin D. Pluess (Dem.) 49.77%
73 Nick Milroy Democratic 2008 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Nick Milroy (Dem.) 98.84%
74 Janet Bewley Democratic 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Janet Bewley (Dem.) 58.97%
  • John Sendra (Rep.) 40.98%
75 Roger Rivard Republican 2010 Incumbent defeated
New member elected
Democratic gain
76 Chris Taylor[j] Democratic 2011 (special) Incumbent re-elected
77 Terese Berceau[k] Democratic 1998 Incumbent re-elected
78 Mark Pocan Democratic 1998 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. House
  • Green tickY Brett Hulsey (Dem.) 75.44%
  • Jonathan Dedering (Ind.) 24.17%
Brett Hulsey[l] Democratic 2010 Incumbent re-elected
79 None (open seat) No incumbent
New member elected
Democratic hold
  • Green tickY Dianne Hesselbein (Dem.) 98.75%
80 Sondy Pope[m] Democratic 2002 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Sondy Pope (Dem.) 63.85%
  • Tom Lamberson (Rep.) 36.02%
81 Kelda Roys Democratic 2008 Incumbent retired to run for U.S. House
  • Green tickY Fred Clark (Dem.) 61.83%
  • Scott Frostman (Rep.) 38.13%
Fred Clark[n] Democratic 2008 Incumbent re-elected
82 Jeff Stone Republican 1998 (special) Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Jeff Stone (Rep.) 60.16%
  • Kathleen Wied-Vincent (Dem.) 39.69%
83 Dave Craig Republican 2011 (special) Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Dave Craig (Rep.) 69.75%
  • Jim Brownlow (Dem.) 30.18%
84 Mike Kuglitsch Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Mike Kuglitsch (Rep.) 62.67%
  • Jesse J. Roelke (Dem.) 37.11%
85 Donna J. Seidel Democratic 2004 Incumbent retired
New member elected
Democratic hold
86 --Vacant[o]-- Previous incumbent resigned Jul. 17, 2012
New member elected
Republican hold
  • Green tickY John Spiros (Rep.) 55.64%
  • Dennis Halkoski (Dem.) 44.20%
87 Mary Williams Republican 2002 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Mary Williams (Rep.) 58.52%
  • Elizabeth Riley (Dem.) 41.43%
88 John Klenke Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY John Klenke (Rep.) 52.40%
  • Ward Bacon (Dem.) 47.47%
89 John Nygren Republican 2006 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY John Nygren (Rep.) 59.05%
  • Joe Reinhard (Dem.) 40.87%
90 Karl Van Roy Republican 2002 Incumbent retired
New member elected
Democratic gain
  • Green tickY Eric Genrich (Dem.) 60.21%
  • David VanderLeest (Rep.) 39.41%
91 None (open seat) No incumbent
New member elected
Democratic hold
  • Green tickY Dana Wachs (Dem.) 97.28%
92 Mark Radcliffe Democratic 2008 Incumbent retired
  • Green tickY Chris Danou (Dem.) 98.76%
  • Stephen J. Doerr (Rep.) 0.24%
Chris Danou Democratic 2008 Incumbent re-elected
93 Warren Petryk Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Warren Petryk (Rep.) 50.78%
  • Jeff Smith (Dem.) 49.16%
94 Steve Doyle Democratic 2011 (special) Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Steve Doyle (Dem.) 60.59%
  • Bruce Evers (Rep.) 39.38%
95 Jill Billings Democratic 2011 (special) Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Jill Billings (Dem.) 98.89%
96 Lee Nerison Republican 2004 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Lee Nerison (Rep.) 59.52%
  • Tom J. Johnson (Dem.) 40.44%
97 Bill Kramer Republican 2006 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Bill Kramer (Rep.) 64.60%
  • Marga Krumins (Dem.) 35.29%
98 Paul Farrow Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green tickY Paul Farrow (Rep.) 70.42%
  • Eric Prudent (Dem.) 29.52%
99 Chris Kapenga[p] Republican 2010 Incumbent re-elected

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Incumbent Barbara Toles (D) vacated her office on July 2, 2012
  2. ^ Redistricted from the 99th district.
  3. ^ First elected as a Democrat
  4. ^ Redistricted from the 45th district.
  5. ^ Redistricted from the 31st district.
  6. ^ Redistricted from the 47th district.
  7. ^ Redistricted from the 80th district.
  8. ^ Redistricted from the 66th district.
  9. ^ Redistricted from the 65th district.
  10. ^ Redistricted from the 48th district
  11. ^ Redistricted from the 76th district
  12. ^ Redistricted from the 77th district.
  13. ^ Redistricted from the 79th district
  14. ^ Redistricted from the 42nd district
  15. ^ Incumbent Jerry Petrowski (R) vacated his office on July 17, 2012
  16. ^ Redistricted from the 33rd district.

References

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