2010 Wisconsin Senate election

2010 Wisconsin State Senate election
2011 (Recall) →
17 of 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate; 17 seats needed for a majority
	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

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

Retiring

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]

Candidates and results

Dist.	Incumbent				This race^[1]
Dist.	Member	Party	First elected	Status	Primary	General	Result
01	Alan Lasee	Republican	1977 (special)	Not running		Y Frank Lasee (Rep.) 60.04% Monk Elmer (Dem.) 39.83%	New member elected. Republican hold.
03	Tim Carpenter	Democratic	2002	Running		Y Tim Carpenter (Dem.) 61.09% Annette Miller Krznarich (Rep.) 38.63%	Incumbent re-elected
05	Jim Sullivan	Democratic	2006	Running		Y Leah Vukmir (Rep.) 52.15% Jim Sullivan (Dem.) 47.69%	New member elected. Republican gain.
07	Jeffrey Plale	Democratic	2003 (special)	Running	Chris Larson (Dem.) 60.7% Jeffrey Plale (Dem.) 39.3%	Y Chris Larson (Dem.) 67.25% Peter Gilbert (Rep.) 32.64%	New member elected. Democratic hold.
09	Joe Leibham	Republican	2002	Running		Y Joe Leibham (Rep.) 73.11% Jason B. Borden (Dem.) 26.86%	Incumbent re-elected
11	Neal Kedzie	Republican	2002	Running		Y Neal Kedzie (Rep.) 75.37% L.D. Rockwell (Dem.) 24.55%	Incumbent re-elected
13	Scott L. Fitzgerald	Republican	1994	Running		Y Scott L. Fitzgerald (Rep.) 67.61% Dwayne Block (Dem.) 29.20% Vittorio Spadaro (Ind.) 3.14%	Incumbent re-elected
15	Judy Robson	Democratic	1998	Not running		Y Timothy Cullen (Dem.) 58.98% Rick Richard (Rep.) 40.99%	New member elected. Democratic hold.
17	Dale Schultz	Republican	1990	Running		Y Dale Schultz (Rep.) 62.56% Carol Beals (Dem.) 37.38%	Incumbent re-elected
19	Michael Ellis	Republican	1982	Running		Y Michael Ellis (Rep.) 99.04%	Incumbent re-elected
21	John Lehman	Democratic	2006	Running		Y Van H. Wanggaard (Rep.) 52.52% John Lehman (Dem.) 47.43%	New member elected. Republican gain.
23	Pat Kreitlow	Democratic	2006	Running		Y Terry Moulton (Rep.) 54.20% Pat Kreitlow (Dem.) 45.73%	New member elected. Republican gain.
25	Bob Jauch	Democratic	1986	Running		Y Robert Jauch (Dem.) 51.27% Dane Deutsch (Rep.) 48.69%	Incumbent re-elected
27	Jon Erpenbach	Democratic	1998	Running		Y Jon Erpenbach (Dem.) 61.84% Kurt Schlicht (Rep.) 38.13%	Incumbent re-elected
29	Russ Decker	Democratic	1990	Running		Y Pam Galloway (Rep.) 52.26% Russ Decker (Dem.) 47.62%	New member elected. Republican gain.
31	Kathleen Vinehout	Democratic	2006	Running		Y Kathleen Vinehout (Dem.) 50.27% Ed Thompson (Rep.) 49.61%	Incumbent re-elected
33	Theodore Kanavas	Republican	2001 (special)	Not running		Y Rich Zipperer (Rep.) 99.50%	New member elected. Republican hold.

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

[Generalelection-1] "2010 Fall General Election" (PDF). State of Wisconsin. December 1, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2015.

[TakeOver-2] Stein, Jason; Johnson, Annysa (November 3, 2010). "Republicans Take Over State Senate, Assembly". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved November 24, 2016.

[retire-wsj-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

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