2010 Wisconsin State Senate election
Results of the elections: Republican hold Republican gain Democratic hold No election
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
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
Y Tim Carpenter (Dem.) 61.09%
Annette Miller Krznarich (Rep.) 38.63%
Incumbent re-elected
05
Jim Sullivan
Democratic
2006
Running
New member elected.Republican gain.
07
Jeffrey Plale
Democratic
2003(special)
Running
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
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