2016 Wisconsin State Assembly election

An election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect all 99 members to Wisconsin's State Assembly. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and State Senate. The primary election was held on August 9, 2016.

2016 Wisconsin State Assembly election

November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)

All 99 seats of the Wisconsin State Assembly
50 seats are needed for a majority
Turnout67.34%[1]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Robin Vos Peter W. Barca
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat District 63 District 64
Last election 63 36
Seats before 63 36
Seats won 64 35
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 1,337,291 1,175,779
Percentage 51.7% 45.5%

Speaker before election

Robin Vos
Republican

Elected Speaker

Robin Vos
Republican

Republicans consolidated their control of the Assembly by gaining one seat, winning 64 seats compared to 36 seats for the Democrats.[2]

Results

Statewide

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

PartyCandi-
dates
VotesSeats
No.%No.+/–%
Republican Party711,337,29151.69%64164.65%
Democratic Party791,175,77945.45%35135.35%
Independent843,0041.66%00.00%
Libertarian Party312,0920.47%00.00%
Veterans Party11,5800.06%00.00%
Scattering17,4250.67%00.00%
Total1622,587,171100.00%99100.00%

District

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

District Democratic Republican Others Total Result
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 113,28939.85%20,04460.11%140.04%33,347100.00%Republican Hold
District 2--20,03969.29%8,88130.71%28,920100.00%Republican Hold
District 311,96939.46%18,36160.54%--30,330100.00%Republican Hold
District 412,01640.23%17,81759.65%340.11%29,867100.00%Republican Hold
District 510,93335.40%19,94164.58%60.02%30,880100.00%Republican Hold
District 67,94429.82%18,69070.15%80.03%26,642100.00%Republican Hold
District 713,51456.14%9,21238.27%1,3475.60%24,073100.00%Democratic Hold
District 88,52898.45%--1341.55%8,662100.00%Democratic Hold
District 912,14297.97%--2512.03%12,393100.00%Democratic Hold
District 1021,22899.11%--1900.89%21,418100.00%Democratic Hold
District 1118,41898.76%--2321.24%18,650100.00%Democratic Hold
District 1218,64298.42%--2991.58%18,941100.00%Democratic Hold
District 13--23,90496.99%7413.01%24,645100.00%Republican Hold
District 1414,93442.70%20,00157.19%400.11%34,975100.00%Republican Hold
District 15--21,52597.54%5422.46%22,067100.00%Republican Hold
District 1618,01998.43%--2871.57%18,306100.00%Democratic Hold
District 1721,71599.07%--2040.93%21,919100.00%Democratic Hold
District 1818,00698.87%--2061.13%18,212100.00%Democratic Hold
District 1926,73297.54%--6742.46%27,406100.00%Democratic Hold
District 2021,22297.02%--6512.98%21,873100.00%Democratic Hold
District 2111,33840.53%16,58959.30%480.17%27,975100.00%Republican Hold
District 22--26,13197.82%5822.18%26,713100.00%Republican Hold
District 23--25,67095.57%1,1904.43%26,860100.00%Republican Hold
District 24--24,04796.48%8783.52%24,925100.00%Republican Hold
District 259,30534.89%17,32564.97%370.14%26,667100.00%Republican Hold
District 2611,28340.39%16,58359.36%720.26%27,938100.00%Republican Hold
District 2711,50138.04%18,64461.66%920.30%30,237100.00%Republican Hold
District 289,83733.88%17,61260.66%1,5835.45%29,032100.00%Republican Hold
District 2910,66138.83%16,77461.10%190.07%27,454100.00%Republican Hold
District 3012,35838.94%17,79056.05%1,5915.01%31,739100.00%Republican Hold
District 3110,34835.88%18,46564.02%300.10%28,843100.00%Republican Hold
District 3210,09037.38%16,86262.47%420.16%26,994100.00%Republican Hold
District 3311,24637.34%18,85162.59%230.08%30,120100.00%Republican Hold
District 3412,71536.93%21,68662.99%280.08%34,429100.00%Republican Hold
District 359,56433.91%18,62266.02%220.08%28,208100.00%Republican Hold
District 36--22,89999.92%180.08%22,917100.00%Republican Hold
District 3710,99038.10%17,82161.78%370.13%28,848100.00%Republican Hold
District 3812,28837.20%20,70862.70%330.10%33,029100.00%Republican Hold
District 399,19232.57%19,02867.42%20.01%28,222100.00%Republican Hold
District 409,80135.41%17,86664.55%110.04%27,678100.00%Republican Hold
District 41--17,71170.55%7,39429.45%25,105100.00%Republican Hold
District 4211,86741.31%16,84258.63%180.06%28,727100.00%Republican Hold
District 4316,17954.56%13,42745.28%450.15%29,651100.00%Democratic Hold
District 4419,94898.51%--3011.49%20,249100.00%Democratic Hold
District 4517,86798.00%--3642.00%18,231100.00%Democratic Hold
District 4624,67898.19%--4541.81%25,132100.00%Democratic Hold
District 4719,15468.47%--8,82231.53%27,976100.00%Democratic Hold
District 4826,53498.76%--3331.24%26,867100.00%Democratic Hold
District 4911,34442.94%15,05656.99%180.07%26,418100.00%Republican Hold
District 5010,76242.13%14,77457.83%110.04%25,547100.00%Republican Hold
District 5113,18948.62%13,91251.29%230.08%27,124100.00%Republican Hold
District 529,82936.24%17,29363.76%--27,122100.00%Republican Hold
District 53--21,64198.92%2361.08%21,877100.00%Republican Hold
District 5417,92369.46%--7,87930.54%25,802100.00%Democratic Hold
District 5511,52338.46%18,39361.40%420.14%29,958100.00%Republican Hold
District 5611,55135.45%21,02264.52%100.03%32,583100.00%Republican Hold
District 5719,04898.68%--2551.32%19,303100.00%Democratic Hold
District 58--25,45798.13%4841.87%25,941100.00%Republican Hold
District 59--25,84799.27%1890.73%26,036100.00%Republican Hold
District 60--23,80674.87%7,99225.13%31,798100.00%Republican Hold
District 619,79233.23%19,62266.59%520.18%29,466100.00%Republican Hold
District 62--22,523100.00%--22,523100.00%Republican Hold
District 6310,48735.84%18,77164.16%--29,258100.00%Republican Hold
District 6418,79997.67%--4492.33%19,248100.00%Democratic Hold
District 6516,11297.84%--3552.16%16,467100.00%Democratic Hold
District 6613,52681.32%--3,10718.68%16,633100.00%Democratic Hold
District 6710,30835.69%18,57464.31%--28,882100.00%Republican Hold
District 6811,26341.83%15,62858.05%320.12%26,923100.00%Republican Hold
District 69--21,44399.68%690.32%21,512100.00%Republican Hold
District 7010,26637.68%16,96362.26%180.07%27,247100.00%Republican Hold
District 7121,83498.90%--2421.10%22,076100.00%Democratic Hold
District 7212,27943.45%15,97256.52%60.02%28,257100.00%Republican Hold
District 7322,10798.17%--4111.83%22,518100.00%Democratic Hold
District 7422,62499.36%--1450.64%22,769100.00%Democratic Hold
District 7510,89437.97%17,78662.00%90.03%28,689100.00%Republican Hold
District 7633,62882.77%6,87716.93%1240.31%40,629100.00%Democratic Hold
District 7729,06998.90%--3231.10%29,392100.00%Democratic Hold
District 7825,36278.90%--6,78221.10%32,144100.00%Democratic Hold
District 7923,21163.84%13,10536.04%440.12%36,360100.00%Democratic Hold
District 8026,25098.19%--4851.81%26,735100.00%Democratic Hold
District 8117,27060.49%11,26539.46%140.05%28,549100.00%Democratic Hold
District 82--21,08097.83%4672.17%21,547100.00%Republican Hold
District 83--26,59698.79%3271.21%26,923100.00%Republican Hold
District 84--21,98797.91%4702.09%22,457100.00%Republican Hold
District 8512,83746.52%14,72253.35%350.13%27,594100.00%Republican Hold
District 8611,14235.43%18,24658.01%2,0636.56%31,451100.00%Republican Hold
District 878,55431.98%18,17967.97%120.04%26,745100.00%Republican Hold
District 8811,31238.88%17,74260.99%370.13%29,091100.00%Republican Hold
District 899,05531.78%19,42968.20%50.02%28,489100.00%Republican Hold
District 9014,38797.92%--3062.08%14,693100.00%Democratic Hold
District 9117,78060.87%11,34138.82%900.31%29,211100.00%Democratic Hold
District 9212,54047.92%13,60551.99%220.08%26,167100.00%Republican GAIN
District 93--24,29898.49%3721.51%24,670100.00%Republican Hold
District 9416,72152.63%15,04947.37%--31,770100.00%Democratic Hold
District 9523,020100.00%----23,020100.00%Democratic Hold
District 9610,18638.89%16,00061.09%50.02%26,191100.00%Republican Hold
District 97--21,61197.63%5242.37%22,135100.00%Republican Hold
District 98--25,59298.39%4191.61%26,011100.00%Republican Hold
District 99--28,59798.86%3311.14%28,928100.00%Republican Hold
Total1,175,77945.45%1,337,29151.69%74,1012.86%2,587,171100.00%

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. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
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