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2010 Wisconsin Senate election

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{{distinguish|2010 United States Senate election in Wisconsin}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2010 Wisconsin State Senate election

| country = Wisconsin

| map_size = 250px

| type = legislative

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2008 Wisconsin Senate election

| previous_year = 2008

| next_election = 2012 Wisconsin Senate election

| next_year = 2012

| seats_for_election = 17 of 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate

| majority_seats = 17

| election_date = November 2, 2010

| image1 = Sen. Fitzgerald (3523124714) (cropped).jpg

| image1_size = x150px

| leader1 = Scott L. Fitzgerald

| party1 = Republican Party of Wisconsin

| leaders_seat1 = {{nowrap|13th–Juneau}}

| last_election1 = {{nowrap|8 seats, 45.53%}}

| seats_before1 = 15

| seats_needed1 = 2

| seats1 = 10

| seats_after1 = 19

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 4

| swing1 = {{increase}}13.6 {{abbr|pp|Percentage points}}

| popular_vote1 = 627,160

| percentage1 = 59.1%

| image2 = Russ Decker 2008 CROPPED.jpg

| image2_size = x150px

| leader2 = Russ Decker
(defeated)

| party2 = Democratic Party of Wisconsin

| leaders_seat2 = {{nowrap|29th–Weston}}

| last_election2 = {{nowrap|8 seats, 54.09%}}

| seats_before2 = 18

| seats_needed2 = 11

| seats2 = 6

| seats_after2 = 14

| seat_change2 = {{Decrease}} 4

| swing2 = {{decrease}}13.5 {{abbr|pp|Percentage points}}

| popular_vote2 = 430,068

| percentage2 = 40.53%

| map_caption = Results of the elections:
{{Legend0|#F48882|Republican hold}} {{Legend0|#CA0120|Republican gain}}
{{Legend0|#92C5DE|Democratic hold}}
{{legend0|#CCCCCC|No election}}

| map_image = Wisconsin State Senate 2010.svg

| elected_members = 2011 (Recall)

| title = President

| before_election = Fred Risser

| before_party = Democratic Party of Wisconsin

| after_election = Michael Ellis

| after_party = Republican Party of Wisconsin

}}

{{ElectionsWI}}

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.{{cite web |date=2010-12-01 |title=2010 Fall General Election |url=http://gab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/percent%20results%20post%20recount_120710.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521140507/http://gab.wi.gov/sites/default/files/percent%20results%20post%20recount_120710.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-21 |access-date=2015-03-30 |publisher=State of Wisconsin}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Stein |first1=Jason |last2=Johnson |first2=Annysa |date=November 3, 2010 |title=Republicans Take Over State Senate, Assembly |url=http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/106582898.html |access-date=November 24, 2016 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel}}

Summary

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan="2" rowspan="3" |Seats

! colspan="2" |Party

(majority caucus shading)

! rowspan="3" |Total

style="height:5px"

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

Democratic

!Republican

colspan="2" nowrap="" |Last election (2008)

| 8

| 8

|16

colspan="2" nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" |Total after last election (2008)

|18

|15

|33

colspan="5" |
colspan="2" nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" |Total before this election

|18

|15

|33

colspan="2" |Up for election

!10

!7

!17

rowspan="3" style="font-size:80%" |of which:

| nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" |Incumbent retiring

|2

|2

|4

nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" |Vacated

|

|

|

nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" |Unopposed

|

|2

|2

colspan="2" nowrap="" style="background:#ccc" |This election

!6

!11

!17

colspan="2" nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" |Change from last election

|

|

|

colspan="5" |
colspan="2" nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" |Total after this election

!14

!19

!33

colspan="2" nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" |Change in total

|{{Decrease}} 4

|{{Increase}} 4

|

= Close races =

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. {{font color|blue|State Senate district 31, 0.66%}}
  2. {{font color|blue|State Senate district 25, 2.58%}}
  3. {{font color|red|State Senate district 5, 4.46%}} (gain)
  4. {{font color|red|State Senate district 29, 4.64%}} (gain)
  5. {{font color|red|State Senate district 21, 5.09%}} (gain)
  6. {{font color|red|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.{{cite news |last=Foley |first=Ryan J. |date=January 12, 2010 |title='Citizen Senator' to retire |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91549670/alan-lasee-retirement/ |accessdate=December 31, 2021 |newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Judy Robson (D–Beloit), representing District 15 since 1998, announced she would not seek re-election.{{Cite web |title=Sen. Robson: Grateful to have served |url=http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=183436 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716135721/http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=183436 |archive-date=2011-07-16 |access-date=2010-01-28}}
  • Theodore Kanavas (R–Brookfield), representing District 33 since 2001, announced he would not seek re-election.[http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11876973 State Sen. Kanavas will not seek re-election]

Predictions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Source

!Ranking

!As of

align=left | Governing{{Cite web |last=Jacobson |first=Louis |date=November 1, 2010 |title=Update: 2010 State Legislatures: A Challenging Environment for Democrats |url=http://www.governing.com/blogs/politics/2010-state-legislatures.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205220201/http://www.governing.com/blogs/politics/2010-state-legislatures.html |archive-date=December 5, 2010 |access-date=July 14, 2024 |website=Governing}}| {{USRaceRating|Lean|R|flip}}

| November 1, 2010

Candidates and results

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Dist.

! colspan="4" |Incumbent

! colspan="3" |This race

valign="bottom"

!Member

!Party

!First elected

!Status

!Primary

!General

!Result

01

|{{sortname|Alan|Lasee}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

| align="center" |1977
{{Small|(special)}}

| {{party shading/Hold}} |Not running

| nowrap="" |

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{Aye}} Frank Lasee (Rep.) 60.04%

  • Monk Elmer (Dem.) 39.83%}}

| {{party shading/Republican/Hold}} |New member elected.
Republican hold.

03

|{{sortname|Tim|Carpenter}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

| align="center" |2002

|Running

| nowrap="" |

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{Aye}} Tim Carpenter (Dem.) 61.09%

  • Annette Miller Krznarich (Rep.) 38.63%}}

|Incumbent re-elected

05

|{{sortname|Jim|Sullivan|link=Jim Sullivan (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

| align="center" |2006

|Running

| nowrap="" |

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{Aye}} Leah Vukmir (Rep.) 52.15%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |New member elected.
Republican gain.

07

|{{sortname|Jeffrey|Plale}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

| align="center" |2003
{{Small|(special)}}

|Running

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* Chris Larson (Dem.) 60.7%

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{Aye}} Chris Larson (Dem.) 67.25%

  • Peter Gilbert (Rep.) 32.64%}}

| {{party shading/Democratic/Hold}} |New member elected.
Democratic hold.

09

|{{sortname|Joe|Leibham}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

| align="center" |2002

|Running

| nowrap="" |

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{Aye}} Joe Leibham (Rep.) 73.11%

  • Jason B. Borden (Dem.) 26.86%}}

|Incumbent re-elected

11

|{{sortname|Neal|Kedzie}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

| align="center" |2002

|Running

| nowrap="" |

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{aye}} Neal Kedzie (Rep.) 75.37%

  • L.D. Rockwell (Dem.) 24.55%}}

|Incumbent re-elected

13

|{{sortname|Scott L.|Fitzgerald|link=Scott Fitzgerald (politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

| align="center" |1994

|Running

| nowrap="" |

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{Aye}} Scott L. Fitzgerald (Rep.) 67.61%

  • Dwayne Block (Dem.) 29.20%
  • Vittorio Spadaro (Ind.) 3.14%}}

|Incumbent re-elected

15

|{{sortname|Judy|Robson}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

| align="center" |1998

| {{party shading/Hold}} |Not running

| nowrap="" |

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{Aye}} Timothy Cullen (Dem.) 58.98%

  • Rick Richard (Rep.) 40.99%}}

| {{party shading/Democratic/Hold}} |New member elected.
Democratic hold.

17

|{{sortname|Dale|Schultz}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

| align="center" |1990

|Running

| nowrap="" |

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{Aye}} Dale Schultz (Rep.) 62.56%

  • Carol Beals (Dem.) 37.38%}}

|Incumbent re-elected

19

|{{sortname|Michael|Ellis|link=Michael Ellis (American politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

| align="center" |1982

|Running

| nowrap="" |

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{Aye}} Michael Ellis (Rep.) 99.04%}}

|Incumbent re-elected

21

|{{sortname|John|Lehman|link=John Lehman (Wisconsin politician)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

| align="center" |2006

|Running

| nowrap="" |

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{Aye}} Van H. Wanggaard (Rep.) 52.52%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |New member elected.
Republican gain.

23

|{{sortname|Pat|Kreitlow}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

| align="center" |2006

|Running

| nowrap="" |

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{Aye}} Terry Moulton (Rep.) 54.20%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |New member elected.
Republican gain.

25

|{{sortname|Bob|Jauch}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

| align="center" |1986

|Running

| nowrap="" |

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{Aye}} Robert Jauch (Dem.) 51.27%

  • Dane Deutsch (Rep.) 48.69%}}

|Incumbent re-elected

27

|{{sortname|Jon|Erpenbach}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

| align="center" |1998

|Running

| nowrap="" |

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{Aye}} Jon Erpenbach (Dem.) 61.84%

  • Kurt Schlicht (Rep.) 38.13%}}

|Incumbent re-elected

29

|{{sortname|Russ|Decker}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

| align="center" |1990

|Running

| nowrap="" |

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{Aye}} Pam Galloway (Rep.) 52.26%

| {{party shading/Republican}} |New member elected.
Republican gain.

31

|{{sortname|Kathleen|Vinehout}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

| align="center" |2006

|Running

| nowrap="" |

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{Aye}} Kathleen Vinehout (Dem.) 50.27%

|Incumbent re-elected

33

|{{sortname|Theodore|Kanavas}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

| align="center" |2001
{{Small|(special)}}

| {{party shading/Hold}} |Not running

| nowrap="" |

| nowrap="" |{{Plainlist|* {{Aye}} Rich Zipperer (Rep.) 99.50%}}

| {{party shading/Republican/Hold}} |New member elected.
Republican hold.

See also

References

Category:Wisconsin Senate elections

Category:2010 Wisconsin elections

Category:2010 state legislature elections in the United States