2012 Wisconsin Senate election

2012 Wisconsin Senate election

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16 of 33 seats in the Wisconsin Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Scott Fitzgerald Mark F. Miller
(retired as leader)
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 13thJuneau 16thMonona
Last election 11 seats, 59.11% 6 seats, 40.54%
Seats before 16 17
Seats won 8 8
Seats after 18 15
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 593,893 696,773
Percentage 45.28% 53.13%
Swing Decrease13.8 pp Increase12.6 pp

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

President before election

Fred Risser
Democratic

Elected President

Michael G. Ellis
Republican

The 2012 Wisconsin Senate elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Sixteen of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin Senate were up for election—the even-numbered districts. This was the first Senate general election to take place after redistricting following the 2010 United States census. Before the election, 17 Senate seats were held by Democrats and 16 seats were held by Republicans. 10 Democratic seats and 6 Republican seats were up in this election. The primary election took place on August 13, 2012.[1]

Republicans flipped two Democratic-held Senate seat and won the chamber majority, entering the 101st Wisconsin Legislature with 18 of 33 State Senate seats.

  1. ^ Canvass Results for 2012 Partisan Primary - 8/14/2012 (Report). Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. August 28, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2024 – via Wisconsin Historical Society.