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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg/50px-Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg/75px-Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg/100px-Flag_of_Wisconsin.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2010_Wisconsin_Senate_election" title="2010 Wisconsin Senate election">2010</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>July 19, 2011<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2011-07-19</span>)</span> – August 16, 2011<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2011-08-16</span>)</span></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections" title="2012 Wisconsin Senate recall elections">2012 (recall)</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><hr />9 of the 33 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin State Senate">Wisconsin State Senate</a><br />17 seats needed for a majority</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Majority party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Minority party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" 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Miller">Mark Miller</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Wisconsin" title="Republican Party of Wisconsin">Republican</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Wisconsin" title="Democratic Party of Wisconsin">Democratic</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_13th_State_Senate_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin's 13th State Senate district">District 13</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_16th_State_Senate_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin's 16th State Senate district">District 16</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>19</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">14 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>17</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">16 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">239,351 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>245,962</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">49.3% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>50.7%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats up </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">6 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Races won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>4</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>5</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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color:#0671B0;">    </span> Democratic gain</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#92C5DE; color:#92C5DE;">    </span> Democratic hold</span><br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#CCCCCC; color:#CCCCCC;">    </span> No election</span><br /><b>Vote Share:</b><br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#e27f7f; color:#e27f7f;">    </span> 50–60%</span><br /><span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#7996e2; color:#7996e2;">    </span> 50–60%</span> <span style="margin:0px; font-size:90%;"><span style="border:none; background-color:#6674de; color:#6674de;">    </span> 60–70%</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; 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href="/wiki/1872_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1872 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1876 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1880 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1884 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1888 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1892 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1896 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1900 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1904 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1908 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1912 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1916 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1920 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1924 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1928 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1932 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1936 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1940 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1944 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1948 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1952 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1956 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1960 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1964 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1968 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1972 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1976 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1980 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1984 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1988 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1992 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1996 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2000 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2004 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2008 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2012 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2016 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2020 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2024 United States presidential election in Wisconsin">2024</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_primary" title="United States presidential primary">Presidential primaries</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party presidential primaries">Democratic</a></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/2000_Wisconsin_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2000 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary">2000</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Wisconsin_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2004 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary">2004</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Wisconsin_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2008 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary">2008</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2016_Wisconsin_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary">2016</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2020_Wisconsin_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2020 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary">2020</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2024_Wisconsin_Democratic_presidential_primary" title="2024 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary">2024</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party presidential primaries">Republican</a></span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Wisconsin_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2004 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary">2004</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Wisconsin_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2008 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary">2008</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Republican_primary,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin Republican primary, 2012">2012</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2016_Wisconsin_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2016 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary">2016</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2020_Wisconsin_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2020 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary">2020</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2024_Wisconsin_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2024 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary">2024</a></dd></dl></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <dl><dt><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">Class 1</a></span></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1848_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1848 United States Senate elections in Wisconsin">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1851_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1851 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1857_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1857 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1863 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868%E2%80%9369_United_States_Senate_elections#Races_leading_to_the_41st_Congress" title="1868–69 United States Senate elections">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1875 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1881 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1887_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1887 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1887</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1893_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1893 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1893</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1899_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1899 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1905_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1905 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1911 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1916 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1922 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1925 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin">1925 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1928 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1934 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1940 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1946 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1952 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1957 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin">1957 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1958 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1964 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1970 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1976 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1982 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1988 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1994 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2000 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2006 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2012 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2018 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2024 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">2024</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators">Class 3</a></span></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1848_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1848 United States Senate elections in Wisconsin">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1849_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1849 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1849</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1854 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1861 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1866 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1872 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1879 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1881 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin">1881 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1885 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1890 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1891 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1897_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1897 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1903 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1907 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin">1907 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1909 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1914 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1918 United States Senate special election in Wisconsin">1918 sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1920 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1926 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1932 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1938 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1944 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1950 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1956 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1962 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1968 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1974 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1980 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1982 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1986 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1992 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="1998 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2004 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2010 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2016 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" title="2022 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2028_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="2028 United States Senate election in Wisconsin">2028</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1848_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" title="1848 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1850 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1852 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1852</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1854 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1856 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1858 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1860 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1862 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1862</a></li> <li>1863 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1863_Wisconsin%27s_2nd_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1863 Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district special election">2nd sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1864 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1866 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1868 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1870 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1870</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1870_Wisconsin%27s_2nd_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1870 Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district special election">2nd sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1872 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1874 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1876 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1878 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1880 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1882 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1884 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1886 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1886</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1886_Wisconsin%27s_5th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1886 Wisconsin's 5th congressional district special election">5th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li>1887 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1887_Wisconsin%27s_8th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1887 Wisconsin's 8th congressional district special election">8th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1888 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1890 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1892 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1892</a></li> <li>1893 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1893_Wisconsin%27s_4th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1893 Wisconsin's 4th congressional district special election">4th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1894 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1894</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1894_Wisconsin%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1894 Wisconsin's 7th congressional district special election">7th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1896 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1898 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1900 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1902 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1904 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1906 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1906</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1906_Wisconsin%27s_2nd_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1906 Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district special election">2nd sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1908 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1910 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1912 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1914 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1916 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1918</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1918_Wisconsin%27s_6th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 Wisconsin's 6th congressional district special election">6th sp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Wisconsin%27s_11th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 Wisconsin's 11th congressional district special election">11th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1920 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1922 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1924 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1926 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1928 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1930 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1930</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1930_Wisconsin%27s_6th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1930 Wisconsin's 6th congressional district special election">6th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li>1931 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1931_Wisconsin%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1931 Wisconsin's 1st congressional district special election">1st sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1932 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1934 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1936 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1938 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1940 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1940</a></li> <li>1941 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1941_Wisconsin%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1941 Wisconsin's 1st congressional district special election">1st sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1942 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1944 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1946 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1946</a></li> <li>1947 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1947_Wisconsin%27s_2nd_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1947 Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district special election">2nd sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1948 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1950 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1952 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1952</a></li> <li>1953 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1953_Wisconsin%27s_9th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1953 Wisconsin's 9th congressional district special election">9th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1954 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1956 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1958 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1960 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1962 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1964 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1968 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1968</a></li> <li>1969 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1969_Wisconsin%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1969 Wisconsin's 7th congressional district special election">7th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1970 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1974 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1976 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1978</a></li> <li>1979 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_Wisconsin%27s_6th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 Wisconsin's 6th congressional district special election">6th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1980 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1984</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1984_Wisconsin%27s_4th_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 Wisconsin's 4th congressional district special election">4th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1992</a></li> <li>1993 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1993_Wisconsin%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1993 Wisconsin's 1st congressional district special election">1st sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" title="2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" title="2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" title="2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" title="2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" title="2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" title="2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">2020</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Wisconsin%27s_7th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2020 Wisconsin's 7th congressional district special election">7th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin" title="2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin">2024</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Wisconsin%27s_8th_congressional_district_special_election" title="2024 Wisconsin's 8th congressional district special election">8th sp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Wisconsin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin (page does not exist)">2026</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border-top:#aaa 1px solid;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Wisconsin">State government</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> General elections</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1995_Wisconsin_elections" title="1995 Wisconsin elections">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Wisconsin_elections" title="2000 Wisconsin elections">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Wisconsin_elections" title="2008 Wisconsin elections">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Wisconsin_elections" title="2009 Wisconsin elections">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Wisconsin_elections" title="2010 Wisconsin elections">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_elections" title="2011 Wisconsin elections">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_elections" title="2012 Wisconsin elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Wisconsin_elections" title="2013 Wisconsin elections">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Wisconsin_elections" title="2014 Wisconsin elections">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Wisconsin_elections" title="2015 Wisconsin elections">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Wisconsin_elections" title="2016 Wisconsin elections">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Wisconsin_elections" title="2017 Wisconsin elections">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Wisconsin_elections" title="2018 Wisconsin elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Wisconsin_elections" title="2019 Wisconsin elections">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Wisconsin_elections" title="2020 Wisconsin elections">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Wisconsin_elections" title="2021 Wisconsin elections">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Wisconsin_elections" title="2022 Wisconsin elections">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Wisconsin_elections" title="2023 Wisconsin elections">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Wisconsin_elections" title="2024 Wisconsin elections">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Wisconsin_elections" title="2025 Wisconsin elections">2025</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2026_Wisconsin_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2026 Wisconsin elections (page does not exist)">2026</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Governor of Wisconsin">Gubernatorial elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1848_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1848 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1848</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1849_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1849 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1849</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1851_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1851 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1853_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1853 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1853</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1855_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1855 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1857_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1857 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1857</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1859 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1861 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1863 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1865 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1867 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1869 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1873 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1875 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1877 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1879 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1881 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1884 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1886</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1888_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1888 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1888</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1890_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1890 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1892_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1892 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1892</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1894_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1894 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1896_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1896 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1896</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1898_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1898 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1898</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1900 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1900</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1902_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1902 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1904_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1904 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1904</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1906 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1906</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1908 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1910 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1912 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1914 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1916 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1918 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1920 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1922 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1924 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1926 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1928 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1930 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1932 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1934 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1936 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1938 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1940 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1942 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1944 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1946 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1948 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1950 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1952 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1954 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1956 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1958 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1960 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1962 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1964 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1966 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1968 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1970 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1974 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1978 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1982 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1986 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1990 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1994 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="1998 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="2002 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_recall_election" title="2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election">2012 (recall)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="2014 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="2022 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election" title="2026 Wisconsin gubernatorial election">2026</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin">Lieutenant Gubernatorial elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1942_Wisconsin_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1942 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Wisconsin_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1968 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_lieutenant_gubernatorial_recall_election" title="2012 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial recall election">2012 (recall)</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Wisconsin" title="Secretary of State of Wisconsin">Secretary of State elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1978_Wisconsin_Secretary_of_State_election" title="1978 Wisconsin Secretary of State election">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Wisconsin_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2014 Wisconsin Secretary of State election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Wisconsin_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2018 Wisconsin Secretary of State election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Wisconsin_Secretary_of_State_election" title="2022 Wisconsin Secretary of State election">2022</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Wisconsin" title="Attorney General of Wisconsin">Attorney General elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Wisconsin_Attorney_General_election" title="2014 Wisconsin Attorney General election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Wisconsin_Attorney_General_election" title="2018 Wisconsin Attorney General election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Wisconsin_Attorney_General_election" title="2022 Wisconsin Attorney General election">2022</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/State_Treasurer_of_Wisconsin" title="State Treasurer of Wisconsin">Treasurer elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Wisconsin_State_Treasurer_election" title="2014 Wisconsin State Treasurer election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Wisconsin_State_Treasurer_election" title="2022 Wisconsin State Treasurer election">2022</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction_of_Wisconsin" title="Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin">Superintendent elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2013_Wisconsin_elections#Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction" title="2013 Wisconsin elections">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Wisconsin_elections#Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction" title="2017 Wisconsin elections">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Wisconsin_elections#Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction" title="2021 Wisconsin elections">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Wisconsin_elections#Superintendent_of_Public_Instruction" title="2025 Wisconsin elections">2025</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin State Senate">State Senate elections</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1934_Wisconsin_Senate_election" title="1934 Wisconsin Senate election">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Wisconsin_Senate_election" title="1996 Wisconsin Senate election">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Wisconsin_Senate_election" title="2008 Wisconsin Senate election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Wisconsin_Senate_election" title="2010 Wisconsin Senate election">2010</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2011 (recall)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections" title="2012 Wisconsin Senate recall elections">2012 (recall)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Wisconsin_Senate_election" title="2012 Wisconsin Senate election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Wisconsin_Senate_election" title="2014 Wisconsin Senate election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Wisconsin_Senate_election" title="2016 Wisconsin Senate election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Wisconsin_Senate_election" title="2018 Wisconsin Senate election">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Wisconsin_Senate_election" 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held during the summer of 2011; one was held on July 19, and six on August 9, with two more held on August 16. Voters attempted to put 16 state senators up for recall, eight <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrats</a> and eight <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republicans</a>, because of the <a href="/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_Act_10" title="2011 Wisconsin Act 10">budget bill</a> proposed by Governor <a href="/wiki/Scott_Walker_(politician)" title="Scott Walker (politician)">Scott Walker</a> and circumstances surrounding it.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Republicans targeted Democrats for leaving the state for three weeks to prevent the bill from receiving a vote, while Democrats targeted Republicans for voting to significantly limit public employee <a href="/wiki/Collective_bargaining" title="Collective bargaining">collective bargaining</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scholars could cite only three times in American history when more than one state legislator has been recalled at roughly the same time over the same issue.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Government_Accountability_Board" title="Wisconsin Government Accountability Board">Wisconsin Government Accountability Board</a> (GAB) certified six recall petitions filed against Republican senators<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and three recall petitions filed against Democratic senators. Democrats needed a net gain of three seats to take control of the Senate. Republicans needed a net gain of one seat to gain a <a href="/wiki/Quorum" title="Quorum">quorum</a>-proof <a href="/wiki/Supermajority" title="Supermajority">supermajority</a> on fiscal spending.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the nine recall elections, Democrats retained all three of their challenged seats; Republicans saw two of their six challenged seats recalled thus they retained their majority in and control of the State Senate, albeit by a slightly narrower margin.<sup id="cite_ref-4_of_6_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4_of_6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More than $35 million was spent on the recall races. The spending on the nine races compares to $19.3 million spent in 2010's 115 legislative races, and approached the $37.4 million spent in the race for governor.<sup id="cite_ref-4_of_6_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4_of_6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Successful_petitions">Successful petitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Successful petitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Dist. </th> <th colspan="3">Incumbent </th> <th colspan="3">Recall petition </th></tr> <tr> <th>Member </th> <th>Party </th> <th>First elected </th> <th>Signatures required </th> <th>Signatures approved (%) </th> <th>Status </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_2nd_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 2nd Senate district">02</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Cowles, Robert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Cowles" title="Robert Cowles">Robert Cowles</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Rep. </td> <td align="center">1987<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span> </td> <td>15,960 </td> <td>23,959 (150%) </td> <td>Recall held on August 9. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_8th_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 8th Senate district">08</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Darling, Alberta"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alberta_Darling" title="Alberta Darling">Alberta Darling</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Rep. </td> <td align="center">1990 </td> <td>20,343 </td> <td>22,243 (109%) </td> <td>Recall held on August 9. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_10th_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 10th Senate district">10</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Harsdorf, Sheila"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Harsdorf" title="Sheila Harsdorf">Sheila Harsdorf</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Rep. </td> <td align="center">2000 </td> <td>15,744 </td> <td>23,685 (150%) </td> <td>Recall held on August 9. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_12th_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 12th Senate district">12</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Holperin, Jim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Holperin" title="Jim Holperin">Jim Holperin</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Dem. </td> <td align="center">2008 </td> <td>15,960 </td> <td>19,255 (121%) </td> <td>Recall held on August 16. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_14th_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 14th Senate district">14</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Olsen, Luther"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Luther_Olsen" title="Luther Olsen">Luther Olsen</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Rep. </td> <td align="center">2004 </td> <td>14,733 </td> <td>22,207 (150%) </td> <td>Recall held on August 9. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_18th_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 18th Senate district">18</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Hopper, Randy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Randy_Hopper" title="Randy Hopper">Randy Hopper</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Rep. </td> <td align="center">2008 </td> <td>15,269 </td> <td>22,953 (150%) </td> <td>Recall held on August 9. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_22nd_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 22nd Senate district">22</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Wirch, Robert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wirch" title="Robert Wirch">Robert Wirch</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Dem. </td> <td align="center">1996 </td> <td>13,537 </td> <td>17,138 (127%) </td> <td>Recall held on August 16. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_30th_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 30th Senate district">30</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Hansen, Dave"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Hansen_(politician)" title="Dave Hansen (politician)">Dave Hansen</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Dem. </td> <td align="center">2000 </td> <td>13,852 </td> <td>15,540 (112%) </td> <td>Recall held on July 19. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_32nd_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 32nd Senate district">32</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Kapanke, Dan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kapanke" title="Dan Kapanke">Dan Kapanke</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Rep. </td> <td align="center">2004 </td> <td>15,588 </td> <td>21,776 (140%) </td> <td>Recall held on August 9. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Unsuccessful_petitions">Unsuccessful petitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Unsuccessful petitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Dist. </th> <th colspan="3">Incumbent </th> <th colspan="3">Recall petition </th></tr> <tr> <th>Member </th> <th>Party </th> <th>First elected </th> <th>Signatures required </th> <th>Signatures approved (%) </th> <th>Status </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_20th_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 20th Senate district">20</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Grothman, Glenn"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Grothman" title="Glenn Grothman">Glenn Grothman</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Rep. </td> <td align="center">2004 </td> <td>20,061 </td> <td>15,000 (75%) </td> <td>Petition failed, Recall not held </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_28th_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 28th Senate district">28</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Lazich, Mary"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Lazich" title="Mary Lazich">Mary Lazich</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Rep. </td> <td align="center">1998<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span> </td> <td>20,973 </td> <td>18,000 (85%) </td> <td>Petition failed, Recall not held </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">Primary</a> recall elections took place in July. The first <a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">general</a> recall election also took place in that month, with Democratic Senator <a href="/wiki/Dave_Hansen_(politician)" title="Dave Hansen (politician)">Dave Hansen</a> retaining his seat. Six general elections took place on August 9 resulting in four Republican senators retaining their seats and two being defeated with Republicans keeping a majority in the Wisconsin Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two Democratic incumbents (Wirch, Holperin) prevailed in their own recall races on August 16, which left Republicans with a net one-vote majority in the Wisconsin Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_elections">General elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: General elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="1" rowspan="2">Dist. </th> <th colspan="3">Incumbent </th> <th colspan="3">This race </th></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <th>Member </th> <th>Party </th> <th>First elected </th> <th>Primary<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>General </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_2nd_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 2nd Senate district">02</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Cowles, Robert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Cowles" title="Robert Cowles">Robert Cowles</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td align="center">1987 <span style="font-size:85%;">(special)</span> </td> <td nowrap=""><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>Nancy J. Nusbaum</b> (Dem.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_Junkermann" title="Otto Junkermann">Otto Junkermann</a> (Dem.)</li></ul> </div> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Cowles" title="Robert Cowles">Robert Cowles</a></b> (Rep.) 57%</li> <li>Nancy J. Nusbaum (Dem.) 43%</li></ul> </div> </td> <td>Incumbent retained </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_8th_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 8th Senate district">08</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Darling, Alberta"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alberta_Darling" title="Alberta Darling">Alberta Darling</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td align="center">1990 </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Pasch" title="Sandy Pasch">Sandy Pasch</a></b> (Dem.)</li> <li>Gladys Huber (Dem.)</li></ul> </div> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Alberta_Darling" title="Alberta Darling">Alberta Darling</a></b> (Rep.) 54%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Pasch" title="Sandy Pasch">Sandy Pasch</a> (Dem.) 46%</li></ul> </div> </td> <td>Incumbent retained </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_10th_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 10th Senate district">10</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Harsdorf, Sheila"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Harsdorf" title="Sheila Harsdorf">Sheila Harsdorf</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td align="center">2000 </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>Shelly Moore</b> (Dem.)</li> <li>Isaac Weix (Dem.)</li></ul> </div> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Harsdorf" title="Sheila Harsdorf">Sheila Harsdorf</a></b> (Rep.) 58%</li> <li>Shelly Moore (Dem.) 42%</li></ul> </div> </td> <td>Incumbent retained </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_12th_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 12th Senate district">12</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Holperin, Jim"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Holperin" title="Jim Holperin">Jim Holperin</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td align="center">2008 </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>Kim Simac</b> (Rep.)</li> <li>Robert Lussow (Rep.)</li></ul> </div> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Jim_Holperin" title="Jim Holperin">Jim Holperin</a></b> (Dem.) 55%</li> <li>Kim Simac (Rep.) 45%</li></ul> </div> </td> <td>Incumbent retained </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_14th_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 14th Senate district">14</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Olsen, Luther"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Luther_Olsen" title="Luther Olsen">Luther Olsen</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td align="center">2004 </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Fred_Clark_(politician)" title="Fred Clark (politician)">Fred Clark</a></b> (Dem.)</li> <li>Rol Church (Dem.)</li></ul> </div> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Luther_Olsen" title="Luther Olsen">Luther Olsen</a></b> (Rep.) 52%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Clark_(politician)" title="Fred Clark (politician)">Fred Clark</a> (Dem.) 48%</li></ul> </div> </td> <td>Incumbent retained </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_18th_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 18th Senate district">18</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Hopper, Randy"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Randy_Hopper" title="Randy Hopper">Randy Hopper</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td align="center">2008 </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Jessica_King" title="Jessica King">Jessica King</a></b> (Dem.)</li> <li>John D. Buckstaff (Dem.)</li></ul> </div> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Jessica_King" title="Jessica King">Jessica King</a></b> (Dem.) 51%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Hopper" title="Randy Hopper">Randy Hopper</a> (Rep.) 49%</li></ul> </div> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent recalled.<br /><b>Democratic gain</b>. </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_22nd_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 22nd Senate district">22</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Wirch, Robert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wirch" title="Robert Wirch">Robert Wirch</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td align="center">1996 </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b>Jonathan Steitz</b> (Rep.)</li> <li>Fred R. Ekornaas (Rep.)</li></ul> </div> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wirch" title="Robert Wirch">Robert Wirch</a></b> (Dem.) 57%</li> <li>Jonathan Steitz (Rep.) 43%</li></ul> </div> </td> <td>Incumbent retained </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_30th_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 30th Senate district">30</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Hansen, Dave"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Hansen_(politician)" title="Dave Hansen (politician)">Dave Hansen</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic </td> <td align="center">2000 </td> <td nowrap="">N/A </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Dave_Hansen_(politician)" title="Dave Hansen (politician)">Dave Hansen</a></b> (Dem.) 67%</li> <li>David VanderLeest (Rep.) 33%</li></ul> </div> </td> <td>Incumbent retained </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%27s_32nd_Senate_district" title="Wisconsin's 32nd Senate district">32</a> </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Kapanke, Dan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kapanke" title="Dan Kapanke">Dan Kapanke</a></span></span></span> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Republican </td> <td align="center">2004 </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Shilling" title="Jennifer Shilling">Jennifer Shilling</a></b> (Dem.)</li> <li>James D. Smith (Dem.)</li></ul> </div> </td> <td nowrap=""><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> <b><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Shilling" title="Jennifer Shilling">Jennifer Shilling</a></b> (Dem.) 55%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Kapanke" title="Dan Kapanke">Dan Kapanke</a> (Rep.) 45%</li></ul> </div> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Incumbent recalled.<br /><b>Democratic gain</b>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="County_Results">County Results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: County Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width:25%; text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"> <td>County </td> <td>won<br /> by </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Cowles<br /> % </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Cowles<br /> votes </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Nusbaum<br /> % </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Nusbaum<br /> votes </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Wisconsin" title="Brown County, Wisconsin">Brown</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>R</b> </td> <td>56% </td> <td>12,828 </td> <td>44% </td> <td>9,889 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Oconto_County,_Wisconsin" title="Oconto County, Wisconsin">Oconto</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>R</b> </td> <td>60% </td> <td>2,334 </td> <td>40% </td> <td>1,543 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Outagamie_County,_Wisconsin" title="Outagamie County, Wisconsin">Outagamie</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>R</b> </td> <td>56% </td> <td>6,744 </td> <td>44% </td> <td>5,218 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Shawano_County,_Wisconsin" title="Shawano County, Wisconsin">Shawano</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>R</b> </td> <td>60% </td> <td>4,893 </td> <td>40% </td> <td>3,230 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Waupaca_County,_Wisconsin" title="Waupaca County, Wisconsin">Waupaca</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6" align="center"><b>R</b> </td> <td>72% </td> <td>238 </td> <td>28% </td> <td>94 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width:25%; text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"> <td>County </td> <td>won<br /> by </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Darling<br /> % </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Darling<br /> votes </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Pasch<br /> % </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Pasch<br /> votes </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_County,_Wisconsin" title="Milwaukee County, Wisconsin">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>D</b> </td> <td>38% </td> <td>13,606 </td> <td>62% </td> <td>22,266 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Ozaukee_County,_Wisconsin" title="Ozaukee County, Wisconsin">Ozaukee</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>R</b> </td> <td>67% </td> <td>8,461 </td> <td>33% </td> <td>4,176 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Wisconsin" title="Washington County, Wisconsin">Washington</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>R</b> </td> <td>73% </td> <td>7,955 </td> <td>27% </td> <td>2,887 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Waukesha_County,_Wisconsin" title="Waukesha County, Wisconsin">Waukesha</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>R</b> </td> <td>66% </td> <td>9,449 </td> <td>34% </td> <td>4,767 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width:25%; text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"> <td>County </td> <td>won<br /> by </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Harsdorf<br /> votes </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Harsdorf<br /> % </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Moore<br /> votes </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Moore<br /> % </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Burnett_County,_Wisconsin" title="Burnett County, Wisconsin">Burnett</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>R</b> </td> <td>2,268 </td> <td>62% </td> <td>1,419 </td> <td>38% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Dunn_County,_Wisconsin" title="Dunn County, Wisconsin">Dunn</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>D</b> </td> <td>2,377 </td> <td>44% </td> <td>3,011 </td> <td>56% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Pierce_County,_Wisconsin" title="Pierce County, Wisconsin">Pierce</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>R</b> </td> <td>6,014 </td> <td>54% </td> <td>5,207 </td> <td>46% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Wisconsin" title="Polk County, Wisconsin">Polk</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>R</b> </td> <td>8,376 </td> <td>59% </td> <td>5,833 </td> <td>41% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/St._Croix_County,_Wisconsin" title="St. Croix County, Wisconsin">St. Croix</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>R</b> </td> <td>18,064 </td> <td>61% </td> <td>11,780 </td> <td>39% </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width:25%; text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"> <td>County </td> <td>won<br /> by </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Olsen<br /> votes </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Olsen<br /> % </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Clark<br /> votes </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Clark<br /> % </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Wisconsin" title="Adams County, Wisconsin">Adams</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>D</b> </td> <td>288 </td> <td>42% </td> <td>395 </td> <td>58% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Columbia_County,_Wisconsin" title="Columbia County, Wisconsin">Columbia</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>D</b> </td> <td>2,804 </td> <td>40% </td> <td>4,229 </td> <td>60% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Fond_du_Lac_County,_Wisconsin" title="Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin">Fond du Lac</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>R</b> </td> <td>2,394 </td> <td>60% </td> <td>1,574 </td> <td>40% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Green_Lake_County,_Wisconsin" title="Green Lake County, Wisconsin">Green Lake</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>R</b> </td> <td>4,162 </td> <td>64% </td> <td>2,302 </td> <td>36% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Marquette_County,_Wisconsin" title="Marquette County, Wisconsin">Marquette</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>R</b> </td> <td>2,304 </td> <td>51% </td> <td>2,204 </td> <td>49% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Outagamie_County,_Wisconsin" title="Outagamie County, Wisconsin">Outagamie</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>R</b> </td> <td>748 </td> <td>57% </td> <td>567 </td> <td>43% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Sauk_County,_Wisconsin" title="Sauk County, Wisconsin">Sauk</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>D</b> </td> <td>2,833 </td> <td>40% </td> <td>4,210 </td> <td>60% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Shawano_County,_Wisconsin" title="Shawano County, Wisconsin">Shawano</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>D</b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>40% </td> <td>3 </td> <td>60% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Waupaca_County,_Wisconsin" title="Waupaca County, Wisconsin">Waupaca</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>R</b> </td> <td>7,495 </td> <td>55% </td> <td>6,111 </td> <td>45% </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Waushara_County,_Wisconsin" title="Waushara County, Wisconsin">Waushara</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>R</b> </td> <td>3,524 </td> <td>56% </td> <td>2,770 </td> <td>44% </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width:25%; text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"> <td>County </td> <td>won<br /> by </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Hopper<br /> % </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Hopper<br /> votes </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">King<br /> % </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">King<br /> votes </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Dodge_County,_Wisconsin" title="Dodge County, Wisconsin">Dodge</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>D</b> </td> <td>44% </td> <td>655 </td> <td>56% </td> <td>819 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Fond_du_Lac_County,_Wisconsin" title="Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin">Fond du Lac</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>R</b> </td> <td>54% </td> <td>14,081 </td> <td>46% </td> <td>12,215 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Winnebago_County,_Wisconsin" title="Winnebago County, Wisconsin">Winnebago</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>D</b> </td> <td>45% </td> <td>12,201 </td> <td>55% </td> <td>15,153 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width:25%; text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"> <td>County </td> <td>won<br /> by </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Kapanke<br /> % </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Kapanke<br /> votes </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Schilling<br /> % </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Schilling<br /> votes </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Wisconsin" title="Crawford County, Wisconsin">Crawford</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>D</b> </td> <td>46% </td> <td>2,558 </td> <td>54% </td> <td>2,996 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/La_Crosse_County,_Wisconsin" title="La Crosse County, Wisconsin">La Crosse</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>D</b> </td> <td>43% </td> <td>17,553 </td> <td>57% </td> <td>23,109 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Wisconsin" title="Monroe County, Wisconsin">Monroe</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>R</b> </td> <td>56% </td> <td>1,222 </td> <td>44% </td> <td>975 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Richland_County,_Wisconsin" title="Richland County, Wisconsin">Richland</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>D</b> </td> <td>43% </td> <td>365 </td> <td>57% </td> <td>475 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Vernon_County,_Wisconsin" title="Vernon County, Wisconsin">Vernon</a> </td> <td align="center" style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>D</b> </td> <td>47% </td> <td>5,026 </td> <td>53% </td> <td>5,637 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="'Placeholder'_candidates"><span id=".27Placeholder.27_candidates"></span>'Placeholder' candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 'Placeholder' candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In all six Democratic-led recall attempts against Republican Senators, the Republican Party organized and supported the nominations of 'placeholder' candidates in the Democratic primaries (called "Fake Democrats" by some). According to the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Wisconsin" title="Republican Party of Wisconsin">Republican Party of Wisconsin</a>, the purpose of the placeholder candidates was to force Democratic primaries and delay the general election, allowing their incumbent Senators to have additional time to campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Robocalls" class="mw-redirect" title="Robocalls">Robocalls</a> were sent out to 20,000 conservative voters for candidate Isaac Weix in an effort to get Republicans to cross over and vote in the primary.<sup id="cite_ref-jsonline1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jsonline1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All the placeholder candidates were defeated. The cost to the state was estimated to be more than $475,000.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>State Republicans blamed the cost on Democrats, stating that it was "all State Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate's doing", as they had promoted the idea of recalls, and said that Democrats should pay the additional cost.<sup id="cite_ref-jsonline1_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jsonline1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although recall efforts against Democratic senators began about a week before Republican senators,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin Democratic Party">Wisconsin Democratic Party</a> officially backed the recall efforts as early as March 2.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Official state Republican Party support related to the recall elections occurred when the placeholder candidates were put in place in June.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Senate_District_30">Senate District 30</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Senate District 30"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Senate district 30, Republican candidate <a href="/wiki/John_Nygren" title="John Nygren">John Nygren</a>, a State Representative from House District 89 in Marinette, was removed from the ballot in the July 19 recall election for Democratic Senator Dave Hansen of Green Bay. The state Government Accountability Board voted unanimously on June 27 that Nygren had received only 398 of the required 400 valid signatures on his nominating papers. This only left Recall Organizer David VanderLeest as the only certified candidate against Senator Hansen. The board had initially found that Nygren had submitted 424 qualifying voter signatures, but 39 signatures were challenged by Democrats as not being from Hansen's district, and 26 of the challenged signatures were determined to be invalid.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nygren filed a lawsuit in Dane County Court seeking to overturn the board's decision, but was unsuccessful.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elector_qualification_changes">Elector qualification changes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elector qualification changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These recall elections were Wisconsin's first under provisions of a newly enacted law-making two significant changes to the eligibility requirements for voting—photo ID and a longer residency requirement (from 10 to 28 days)—as well as the minor change of requiring electors to sign-in on the poll book.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Voters were asked to show photo identification at the polls in order to vote.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the law was signed on May 25 and had been in effect only since June 10, there was insufficient time for all voters without such identification to obtain a state ID card (a non-driving "driver's license") from the Department of Transportation. Consequently, in a "soft implementation" (practice for future elections), poll workers asked to see photo ID but did not require it.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The photo ID serves as proof of identity but not necessarily of residence, which was a separate issue.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_advertising_strategies">Political advertising strategies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Political advertising strategies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although the plan to eliminate most collective bargaining for public employees was the issue that sparked the recall campaigns, neither side talked much about that issue in the recall elections. Democrats were telling voters Republicans had gone the wrong way with the state budget by cutting schools and providing tax breaks to businesses and investors. Republicans touted their ability to honestly balance the state budget and keep taxes low.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recall_controversies">Recall controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Recall controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pro-Walker protesters in <a href="/wiki/Merrill,_Wisconsin" title="Merrill, Wisconsin">Merrill, Wisconsin</a>, attempting to recall Senator Holperin (D-<a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Senate,_District_12" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin Senate, District 12">12th District</a>) claimed to be intimidated by a crowd of Holperin supporters, one of whom reportedly ripped up some of their recall petitions.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, pro-union protesters in <a href="/wiki/River_Falls,_Wisconsin" title="River Falls, Wisconsin">River Falls, Wisconsin</a>, attempting to recall Senator Harsdorf (R-<a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Senate,_District_10" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin Senate, District 10">10th District</a>) allegedly had their petitions snatched by a local man who drove away in a car before dropping them into a puddle.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 17, one Republican petitioner collecting signatures to recall Senator Hansen allegedly stole several personal belongings from a couple. The man in question was found to be from Colorado and had a felony record; he had come to Wisconsin with other out-of-state petitioners.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the evening of April 14, an apparent break-in occurred at an office building owned by supporters of the recall of Senator Hansen. The burglar allegedly made off with petitions, a computer, and T-shirts, worth $1,000 in total.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 3, Professor Stephen Richards of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin-Oshkosh" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh">University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh</a> was reprimanded for encouraging students to sign a recall petition against Republican State Senator Randy Hopper.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 22, the Wisconsin Republican Party filed a verified complaint with the Government Accountability Board against Shelly Moore for knowingly violating state law by using taxpayer-funded resources for political campaigning. Moore, a public school teacher, and WEAC union leader was challenging incumbent candidate Sheila Harsdorf in the 10th Senate district recall election. The <b>Wisconsin Public Purpose Doctrine</b> <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> prohibits the use of government resources for a nonpublic purpose such as campaign activity, and political candidates are prohibited under state law from unlawfully accepting anything of value for campaign purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Democrats responded by stating that Moore could not be campaigning, as the recall effort did not exist when the emails were written. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On July 12, <a href="/wiki/Exit_poll" title="Exit poll">exit poll</a> workers outside voting locations in <a href="/wiki/Menomonee_Falls,_Wisconsin" title="Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin">Menomonee Falls</a> and <a href="/wiki/Butler,_Waukesha_County,_Wisconsin" title="Butler, Waukesha County, Wisconsin">Butler</a> were handing out what appeared to look like voting ballots to those who had voted. Handing out such pieces of paper is illegal within 100 feet of a polling location. Others were accused of blocking polling locations. Menomonee Falls and Butler are within <a href="/wiki/Alberta_Darling" title="Alberta Darling">Alberta Darling</a>'s 8th Senate district.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later that month, <a href="/wiki/Americans_for_Prosperity" title="Americans for Prosperity">Americans for Prosperity</a>, a conservative group, began sending absentee ballots to Democratic voters in all districts undergoing recall elections,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with instructions to return the ballots to the city clerk before August 11 even though the recall election itself is being held August 9 in those districts.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the voters were instructed to return the ballots to what was claimed to be "the absentee ballot processing center", but was actually a mailing address for conservative group Wisconsin Family Action.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 29, the Government Accountability Board criticized a Republican-allied voter ID advocacy group <i>We're Watching Wisconsin Elections</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for publishing reference guides for election observers that featured "numerous significant and factual errors."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, the reference guides stated that student voters using their college ID must present "a tuition receipt with their name and address on it dated within the last 9 months".<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wisconsin <a href="/wiki/Voter_ID_laws" class="mw-redirect" title="Voter ID laws">voter ID law</a> does not actually require such a receipt.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 1, the Republican Party of Wisconsin filed a complaint with the Government Accountability Board accusing Sandy Pasch's campaign of possible collusion with the group <i>Citizen Action of Wisconsin</i>, of which Pasch is a member of the board of directors.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pasch claimed she had had no contact with anyone at Citizen Action regarding any political activities.<sup id="cite_ref-block_parties_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-block_parties-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gillian Morris, a spokeswoman for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, and Robert Kraig, executive director of Citizen Action both stated that there was no coordination whatsoever between Pasch in the recall election, and Citizen Action.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An open records request revealed a receipt of a talking points memo from Citizen Action during the Budget Repair battle to Rep. Pasch’s office.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same day, the liberal group <i>Wisconsin Jobs Now</i> offered free food and offered rides to vote. State election authorities questioned whether it was a violation of election law.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Offering rewards in exchange for voting is illegal.<sup id="cite_ref-block_parties_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-block_parties-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Milwaukee District Attorney later dismissed the complaint, after a staff member of the self-described conservative organization Media Trackers who made the charge recanted. On August 3, the <a href="/wiki/Anti-abortion" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-abortion">anti-abortion</a> groups <i>Wisconsin Right to Life</i> and <i>Family Action</i> allegedly offered gift cards and other rewards to volunteers, according to messages obtained by local press. A Milwaukee County prosecutor is reviewing the issue.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Newspaper_endorsements">Newspaper endorsements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Newspaper endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Capital Times</i> endorsed Rep. Clark in the 14th SD.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <i>Green Bay Press-Gazette</i> endorsed Sen. Cowles in the 2nd and Sen. Olsen in the 14th SD.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spending">Spending</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Spending"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The amount of money being spent on the recall elections was over $30 million, with $25 million of that coming from outside groups on both sides and $5 million being spent by the candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flow of money came as unions saw the recall elections as the best way to halt Walker's agenda and to send a message to other states considering changing their collective bargaining laws. Unions played a significant role for Democrats by spending money on advertising and supplying manpower in all the Senate districts. Conservative groups responded with their own spending for the elections.<sup id="cite_ref-4_of_6_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4_of_6-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spending by Republican organizations, such as <a href="/wiki/Americans_for_Prosperity" title="Americans for Prosperity">Americans for Prosperity</a>, is hard to quantify, as many of them do not report their spendings or receipts publicly. According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_Journal-Sentinel" class="mw-redirect" title="Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel">Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel</a></i>, roughly $12–$13 million had been spent on the recall elections by outside groups, as of early August, with conservative groups outspending liberals.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_protests" title="2011 Wisconsin protests">2011 Wisconsin protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Wisconsin_Act_10" title="2011 Wisconsin Act 10">2011 Wisconsin Act 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Supreme_Court_election,_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin Supreme Court election, 2011">Wisconsin Supreme Court election, 2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin Senate recall elections, 2012">Wisconsin Senate recall elections, 2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_gubernatorial_recall_election,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election, 2012">Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election, 2012</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Wisconsin_Senate_recall_elections&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Wisconsin <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Senate recalls</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mayoral</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Arlington_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Arlington mayoral election">Arlington, <abbr title="Texas">TX</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayoral_elections_in_Aurora,_Colorado#2011" title="Mayoral elections in Aurora, Colorado">Aurora, <abbr title="Colorado">CO</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Baltimore_mayoral_election" title="2011 Baltimore mayoral election">Baltimore, <abbr title="Maryland">MD</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Cary,_North_Carolina_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Cary, North Carolina mayoral election">Cary, <abbr title="North Carolina">NC</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Chicago_mayoral_election" title="2011 Chicago mayoral election">Chicago, <abbr title="Illinois">IL</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Charlotte_mayoral_election" title="2011 Charlotte mayoral election">Charlotte, NC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Colorado_Springs_mayoral_election" title="2011 Colorado Springs mayoral election">Colorado Springs, CO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Columbus,_Ohio_mayoral_election" title="2011 Columbus, Ohio mayoral election">Columbus, <abbr title="Ohio">OH</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Dallas_mayoral_election" title="2011 Dallas mayoral election">Dallas, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Denver_mayoral_election" title="2011 Denver mayoral election">Denver, CO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Des_Moines_mayoral_election" title="2011 Des Moines mayoral election">Des Moines, <abbr title="Iowa">IA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Durham_mayoral_election" title="2011 Durham mayoral election">Durham, NC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Evansville,_Indiana,_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Evansville, Indiana, mayoral election">Evansville, <abbr title="Indiana">IN</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Fayetteville,_North_Carolina_mayoral_election" title="2011 Fayetteville, North Carolina mayoral election">Fayetteville, NC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Fort_Wayne_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Fort Wayne mayoral election">Fort Wayne, IN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Fort_Worth_mayoral_election" title="2011 Fort Worth mayoral election">Fort Worth, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Green_Bay_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Green Bay mayoral election">Green Bay, <abbr title="Wisconsin">WI</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Greensboro_mayoral_election" title="2011 Greensboro mayoral election">Greensboro, NC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Hartford_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Hartford mayoral election">Hartford, <abbr title="Connecticut">CT</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Hialeah_mayoral_election" title="2011 Hialeah mayoral election">Hialeah, <abbr title="Florida">FL</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Houston_mayoral_election" title="2011 Houston mayoral election">Houston, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Indianapolis_mayoral_election" title="2011 Indianapolis mayoral election">Indianapolis, IN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Jacksonville_mayoral_election" title="2011 Jacksonville mayoral election">Jacksonville, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Kansas_City_mayoral_election" title="2011 Kansas City mayoral election">Kansas City, <abbr title="Missouri">MO</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Knoxville_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Knoxville mayoral election">Knoxville, <abbr title="Tennessee">TN</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Las_Vegas_mayoral_election" title="2011 Las Vegas mayoral election">Las Vegas, <abbr title="Nevada">NV</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Madison_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Madison mayoral election">Madison, WI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Manchester,_New_Hampshire,_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election">Manchester, <abbr title="New Hampshire">NH</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Miami_Beach_mayoral_election" title="2011 Miami Beach mayoral election">Miami Beach, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Miami-Dade_County_mayoral_recall_election" title="2011 Miami-Dade County mayoral recall election">Miami-Dade County, FL (recall)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Miami-Dade_County_mayoral_special_election" title="2011 Miami-Dade County mayoral special election">Miami-Dade County, FL (special)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Montgomery_mayoral_election" title="2011 Montgomery mayoral election">Montgomery, <abbr title="Alabama">AL</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Philadelphia_mayoral_election" title="2011 Philadelphia mayoral election">Philadelphia, <abbr title="Pennsylvania">PA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Nashville_mayoral_election" title="2011 Nashville mayoral election">Nashville, TN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Phoenix_mayoral_election" title="2011 Phoenix mayoral election">Phoenix, <abbr title="Arizona">AZ</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Portland,_Maine_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Portland, Maine mayoral election">Portland, <abbr title="Maine">ME</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Raleigh_mayoral_election" title="2011 Raleigh mayoral election">Raleigh, NC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Rochester_mayoral_special_election" title="2011 Rochester mayoral special election">Rochester, <abbr title="New York">NY</abbr> (special)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Salt_Lake_City_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Salt Lake City mayoral election">Salt Lake City, <abbr title="Utah">UT</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_San_Antonio_mayoral_election" title="2011 San Antonio mayoral election">San Antonio, TX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_San_Francisco_mayoral_election" title="2011 San Francisco mayoral election">San Francisco, <abbr title="California">CA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_South_Bend_mayoral_election" title="2011 South Bend mayoral election">South Bend, IN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Spokane_mayoral_election" title="2011 Spokane mayoral election">Spokane, <abbr title="Washington">WA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Springfield,_Massachusetts_mayoral_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Springfield, Massachusetts mayoral election">Springfield, <abbr title="Massachusetts">MA</abbr></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Tampa_mayoral_election" title="2011 Tampa mayoral election">Tampa, FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Tucson_mayoral_election" title="2011 Tucson mayoral election">Tucson, AZ</a></li> <li><a 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