2016 Wisconsin State Senate election

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16 of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate
17 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 67.34%[1]
|  | Majority party  | Minority party

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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

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Results of the elections:
Republican gain Democratic hold
Republican hold No election

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| President before election

Mary Lazich
Republican

| Elected President

Roger Roth
Republican

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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.

Republicans consolidated their control of the Senate by gaining one seat, winning 9 seats compared to 7 seats for the Democrats.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Results
* 1.1 Statewide
* 1.2 District
* 2 References

## Results[edit]

### Statewide[edit]

Statewide results of the 2016 Wisconsin State Senate election:[3]

Party | Candi-
dates | Votes | Seats

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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

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Democratic |

| 50.26%
Republican |

| 48.62%
Other |

| 1.11%

| House seats

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Republican |

| 56.25%
Democratic |

| 43.75%

### District[edit]

Results of the 2016 Wisconsin State Senate election by district:[3]

District  | Democratic | Republican | Others  | Total  | Result

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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[edit]

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. ^ a b "Statewide Results All Offices (post-Presidential recount)" (PDF). Madison, U.S.A.: Wisconsin Elections Commission. pp. 5–9. Retrieved December 1, 2018.

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