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The2022 Wisconsin Senate elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. 17 of the 33 seats in theWisconsin State Senate were up for election—the odd-numbered districts. This was the first election to take place afterredistricting following the2020 United States census. This was the only election to take place under the redistricting plan set out in 2022. Before the election, 21 Senate seats were held by Republicans, and 12 seats were held by Democrats. 11 Republican seats and six Democratic seats were up in this election. The primary election took place on August 9, 2022.[1]
Republicans flipped one Democratic-held Senate seat and achieved a two-thirdssupermajority, entering the106th Wisconsin Legislature with 22 of 33 State Senate seats.
| Seats | Party (majority caucus shading) | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||
| Last election (2020) | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| Total after last election (2020) | 12 | 21 | 33 | |
| Total before this election | 12 | 21 | 33 | |
| Up for election | 6 | 11 | 17 | |
| of which: | Incumbent retiring | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Vacated | ||||
| Unopposed | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| This election | 5 | 12 | 17 | |
| Change from last election |  1 |  1 | ||
| Total after this election | 11 | 22 | 33 | |
| Change in total | 1 | 1 | ||
Source:https://elections.wi.gov/elections/election-results#accordion-5601
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
| Dist. | Incumbent | This race[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Status | Primary | General | Result | |
| 01 | André Jacque | Republican | 2018 | Running |
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| Incumbent re-elected |
| 03 | Tim Carpenter | Democratic | 2002 | Running |
|
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 05 | Dale Kooyenga | Republican | 2018 | Not running[4] |
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| New member elected. Republican hold. |
| 07 | Chris Larson | Democratic | 2010 | Running |
|
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 09 | Devin LeMahieu | Republican | 2014 | Running |
|
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 11 | Stephen Nass | Republican | 2014 | Running |
|
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 13 | John Jagler | Republican | 2021 (special) | Running |
|
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 15 | Janis Ringhand | Democratic | 2014 | Not running[5] |
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| New member elected. Democratic hold. |
| 17 | Howard Marklein | Republican | 2014 | Running |
|
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 19 | Roger Roth | Republican | 2014 | Running for lieutenant governor[7] |
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| New member elected. Republican hold. |
| 21 | Van H. Wanggaard | Republican | 2014 | Running |
|
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 23 | Kathy Bernier | Republican | 2018 | Not running[8] |
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| New member elected. Republican hold. |
| 25 | Janet Bewley | Democratic | 2014 | Not running[11] |
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| New member elected. Republican gain. |
| 27 | Jon Erpenbach | Democratic | 1998 | Not running[13] |
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| New member elected. Democratic hold. |
| 29 | Jerry Petrowski | Republican | 2021 (recall) | Not running[15] |
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| New member elected. Republican hold. |
| 31 | Jeff Smith | Democratic | 2018 | Running |
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| Incumbent re-elected |
| 33 | Chris Kapenga | Republican | 2015 | Running |
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| Incumbent re-elected |
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[16] | Safe R | May 19, 2022 |
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