2016 Wisconsin State Senate election

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.

2016 Wisconsin State Senate election

November 8, 2016
16 of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate 17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	67.34%[1]
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 1 1 Popular vote 618,589 639,545 Percentage 48.62% 50.26% Seats up 8 8 Races won 9 7
President before election Mary Lazich Republican Elected President Roger Roth Republican

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]

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican Party	11	618,589	48.62%	9	1	56.25%
	Democratic Party	13	639,545	50.26%	7	1	43.75%
	Integrity Party	1	2,093	0.16%	0		0.00%
	Scattering		12,126	0.95%	0		0.00%
Total		25	1,272,353	100.00%	16		100.00%

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 2	30,796	34.95%	57,269	65.00%	44	0.05%	88,109	Republican Hold
District 4	62,099	98.33%	-	-	1,054	1.67%	63,153	Democratic Hold
District 6	60,129	98.89%	-	-	676	1.11%	60,805	Democratic Hold
District 8	-	-	77,331	95.51%	3,635	4.49%	80,966	Republican Hold
District 10	32,863	36.76%	56,496	63.20%	38	0.04%	89,397	Republican Hold
District 12	33,713	37.04%	57,273	62.92%	42	0.05%	91,028	Republican Hold
District 14	35,555	42.89%	47,294	57.05%	48	0.06%	82,897	Republican Hold
District 16	77,047	98.39%	-	-	1,263	1.61%	78,310	Democratic Hold
District 18	36,366	44.06%	46,076	55.83%	87	0.11%	82,529	Republican Hold
District 20	-	-	79,743	98.21%	1,450	1.79%	81,193	Republican Hold
District 22	50,841	98.16%	-	-	953	1.84%	51,794	Democratic Hold
District 24	41,091	47.63%	45,139	52.32%	45	0.05%	86,275	Republican Gain
District 26	95,246	98.57%	-	-	1,378	1.43%	96,624	Democratic Hold
District 28	-	-	70,269	98.10%	1,362	1.90%	71,631	Republican Hold
District 30	40,214	51.27%	38,175	48.67%	47	0.06%	78,436	Democratic Hold
District 32	43,585	48.86%	43,524	48.79%	2,097	2.35%	89,206	Democratic Hold
Total	639,545	50.26%	618,589	48.62%	14,219	1.12%	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. "Statewide Results All Offices (post-Presidential recount)" (PDF). Madison, U.S.A.: Wisconsin Elections Commission. pp. 5–9. Retrieved December 1, 2018.