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The2016 Wisconsin Senate elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, at theFall general election inWisconsin. Sixteen of the 33 seats in theWisconsin Senate were up for election—the even-numbered districts. Before the election, Republicans held 18 seats, Democrats held 14 seats, and 1 seat was vacant. Of the seats up for election, 8 were held by Democrats, 7 were held by Republicans, and 1 was vacant due to the recent death of a Republican member. Theprimary election was held on August 9, 2016.
Republicans consolidated their control of the Senate, flipping one Democrat-held seat, and entered the103rd Wisconsin Legislature with 20 of 33 Senate seats.[1]
Statewide results of the 2016 Wisconsin State Senate election:[2]
| Seats | Party (majority caucus shading) | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | |||
| Last election (2014) | 6 | 11 | 17 | |
| Total after last election (2014) | 14 | 19 | 33 | |
| Total before this election | 14 | 18 | 32 | |
| Up for election | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| of which: | Incumbent retiring | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vacated | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Unopposed | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| This election | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| Change from last election |  1 |  1 | ||
| Total after this election | 13 | 20 | 33 | |
| Change in total | 1 | 2 | ||
| Party | Candi- dates | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | +/– | % | |||
| Republican Party | 11 | 618,589 | 48.62% | 9 | 1 | 56.25% | |
| Democratic Party | 13 | 639,545 | 50.26% | 7 | 1 | 43.75% | |
| Integrity Party | 1 | 2,093 | 0.16% | 0 |  | 0.00% | |
| Scattering | 12,126 | 0.95% | 0 | | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 25 | 1,272,353 | 100.00% | 16 | | 100.00% | |
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Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Governing[3] | Lean R | October 12, 2016 |
| Dist. | Incumbent | This race[a][2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Status | Candidates | Results | |
| 02 | Robert Cowles | Rep. | 1987 (special) | Ran |
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 04 | Lena Taylor | Dem. | 2004 | Ran |
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 06 | Nikiya Harris Dodd | Dem. | 2012 | Did not run |
| Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
| 08 | Alberta Darling | Rep. | 1992 | Ran |
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 10 | Sheila Harsdorf | Rep. | 2000 | Ran |
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 12 | Tom Tiffany | Rep. | 2012 | Ran |
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 14 | Luther Olsen | Rep. | 2004 | Ran |
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 16 | Mark Miller | Dem. | 2004 | Ran |
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 18 | Vacant[b] |
| Incumbent died. New member elected. Republican hold. | |||
| 20 | Glenn Grothman | Rep. | 2004 | Ran |
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 22 | Robert Wirch | Dem. | 1996 | Ran |
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 24 | Julie Lassa | Dem. | 2003 (special) | Ran |
| Incumbent defeated. New member elected. Republican gain |
| 26 | Fred Risser | Dem. | 1962 (special) | Ran |
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 28 | Mary Lazich | Rep. | 1998 (special) | Ran |
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 30 | Dave Hansen | Dem. | 2000 | Ran |
| Incumbent re-elected |
| 32 | Jennifer Shilling | Dem. | 2011 (recall) | Ran |
| Incumbent re-elected |
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