2016 Wisconsin State Assembly election

2016 Wisconsin State Assembly election

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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 won 64 35
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 1,337,291 1,175,779
Percentage 51.7% 45.5%

Results:
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     Democratic hold
Vote Share:
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%
     50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Speaker before election

Robin Vos
Republican

Elected Speaker

Robin Vos
Republican

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.

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

  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.