2010 Wisconsin Senate election
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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
| 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 |  4 |  4 | ||
Close races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- State Senate district 31, 0.66%
- State Senate district 25, 2.58%
- State Senate district 5, 4.46% (gain)
- State Senate district 29, 4.64% (gain)
- State Senate district 21, 5.09% (gain)
- State Senate district 23, 8.47% (gain)
Outgoing incumbents
Retired
- Alan Lasee, (R–De Pere), representing District 1 since 1977, announced he would not seek re-election.[3]
- Judy Robson (D–Beloit), representing District 15 since 1998, announced she would not seek re-election.[4]
- Theodore Kanavas (R–Brookfield), representing District 33 since 2001, announced he would not seek re-election.[5]
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Governing[6]| style="color:black;background:#fcc" data-sort-value=1.9|Lean R (flip) | November 1, 2010 |
Candidates and results
| 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 |
| Incumbent re-elected | |
| 05 | Jim Sullivan | Democratic | 2006 | Running |
| New member elected. Republican gain. | |
| 07 | Jeffrey Plale | Democratic | 2003 (special) | Running |
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| New member elected. Democratic hold. |
| 09 | Joe Leibham | Republican | 2002 | Running |
| Incumbent re-elected | |
| 11 | Neal Kedzie | Republican | 2002 | Running |
| 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
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Stein, Jason; Johnson, Annysa (November 3, 2010). "Republicans Take Over State Senate, Assembly". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
- ^ Foley, Ryan J. (January 12, 2010). "'Citizen Senator' to retire". Wisconsin State Journal. p. 5. Retrieved December 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sen. Robson: Grateful to have served". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
- ^ State Sen. Kanavas will not seek re-election
- ^ 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.