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2010 Wisconsin elections

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Field	Value
election_name	2010 Wisconsin elections
country	Wisconsin
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	2009 Wisconsin elections
previous_year	2009
next_election	2011 Wisconsin elections
next_year	2011
election_date	April 6, 2010
November 2, 2010

November 2, 2010 The 2010 Wisconsin Fall General Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 2, 2010. All of Wisconsin's executive and administrative officers were up for election as well as one of Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seats, Wisconsin's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives, seventeen seats in the Wisconsin State Senate, and all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly. The 2010 Wisconsin Fall Partisan Primary was held September 14, 2010.

The Republicans swept all of the fall elections for statewide officials, except Secretary of State, winning the open seat for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, defeating an incumbent Democratic State Treasurer, and reelecting the incumbent Republican attorney general. They also won control of both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature, and defeated incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Russ Feingold and U.S. Representative Steve Kagen, and won the open U.S. House seat previously held by Democrat Dave Obey.

The 2010 Wisconsin Spring Election was held April 6, 2010. This election featured a contested election for Wisconsin Court of Appeals and several other nonpartisan local and judicial races. The 2010 Wisconsin Spring Primary was held on February 16, 2010.

Federal

United States Senate

Main article: 2010 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

Incumbent Democratic Senator Russ Feingold was challenged by Republican businessman Ron Johnson and Rob Taylor of the Constitution Party. Johnson defeated Feingold in the general election with 51.86% of the vote to Feingold's 47.02% and Taylor's 1.08%.

United States House

Main article: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin

All 8 of Wisconsin's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010. The Republican Party gained 2 seats, taking a 5-3 majority in the Wisconsin House delegation.

District	CPVI	Incumbent	Candidates
(check mark indicates winner)	Result	Representative	First Elected	Incumbent Status
	R+2				1998	Running	{{unbulleted list	Paul Ryan (Rep) 68.11%
	D+15				1998	Running	{{unbulleted list	Tammy Baldwin (Dem) 61.77%
	D+4	Ron Kind			1996	Running	{{unbulleted list	Ron Kind (Dem) 50.28%
	D+22	Gwen Moore			2004	Running	{{unbulleted list	Gwen Moore (Dem) 68.98%
	R+12	Jim Sensenbrenner			1978	Running	{{unbulleted list	Jim Sensenbrenner (Rep) 69.32%
	R+4	Tom Petri			1979	Running	{{unbulleted list	Tom Petri (Rep) 70.66%
	D+4	Dave Obey			1969	Not Running	{{unbulleted list	Sean Duffy (Rep) 52.11%
	R+2	Steve Kagen			2006	Running	{{unbulleted list	Reid Ribble (Rep) 54.77%

Governor and lieutenant governor

Main article: 2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

Incumbent Governor Jim Doyle and Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton did not run for reelection. Democrat Tom Barrett and Republican Scott Walker, along with several third-party candidates, contested the seat. Walker defeated Barrett in the general election with 52.25% of the vote to Barrett's 46.48%.

Rebecca Kleefisch Tom Nelson (no Lieutenant Governor candidate) (no Lieutenant Governor candidate) Terry Virgil

Attorney general

Van Hollen:
Hassett:
Incumbent Republican J.B. Van Hollen defeated Democrat Scott Hassett in the race for Wisconsin Attorney General, winning 57.79% of the vote to Hassett's 42.13%.

Secretary of state

La Follette:

King:
Incumbent Democrat Doug La Follette defeated Republican David King in the race for Wisconsin Secretary of State, winning 51.61% to King's 48.3%.

Treasurer

Schuller:
Sass:
Republican challenger Kurt W. Schuller defeated incumbent Democrat Dawn Marie Sass in the race for Wisconsin Treasurer, winning 53.39% of the vote to Sass's 46.47%.

Legislature

State senate

Main article: 2010 Wisconsin Senate election

The 17 odd-numbered seats of the Wisconsin Senate were up for election in 2010. The Republican Party won control of the State Senate.

Summary

Seats	Party (majority caucus shading)	Total	Vacant	Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Republican Party (United States)}}"
	18	15	33	0
	18	15	33	0
4	4

State Assembly

Main article: 2010 Wisconsin State Assembly election

All 99 seats in the Wisconsin Assembly were up for election in 2010. The Republican Party won control of the Assembly.

Summary

Seats	Party (majority caucus shading)	Total	Vacant	Democratic	Ind.
Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Independent Party (United States)}}"		Republican Party (United States)}}"
	52	1	46	99	0
	50	2	45	97	2
12	1	12		1

Judiciary

State Court of Appeals

Three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals were up for election in 2010, two of those seats were contested.

In District I, Judge Joan F. Kessler was elected to her second six-year term without opposition.
In District II, Wisconsin circuit court judge Paul F. Reilly narrowly defeated fellow-Waukesha County circuit judge Linda Van De Water, to succeed retiring judge Harry G. Snyder.
In District IV, Dane County district attorney Brian Blanchard defeated Richland County circuit judge Edward Leineweber, to succeed retiring judge Charles P. Dykman.

State Circuit Courts

Forty four of the state's 249 circuit court seats were up for election in 2010. Nine of those seats were contested, only two incumbent judges faced a contested election and one was defeated.

Circuit	Branch	Incumbent	Elected	Defeated	Defeated in Primary	Name	Votes
James C. Babler	James C. Babler	4,541	99.74%	--Unopposed--
3	Sue E. Bischel	Sue E. Bischel	22,645	99.24%
Donald A. Poppy	Donald A. Poppy	3,207	99.32%
--Vacant--	James P. Czajkowski	2,714	99.16%
4	Amy R. Smith	Amy R. Smith	37,951	99.41%
5	Nicholas J. McNamara	Nicholas J. McNamara	37,667	99.60%
14	C. William Foust	C. William Foust	39,251	99.69%
15	Stephen Ehlke	Stephen Ehlke	37,928	99.67%
16	Sarah B. O'Brien	Sarah B. O'Brien	38,760	99.68%
17	Peter C. Anderson	Peter C. Anderson	37,413	99.69%
1	Bill Stewart	Bill Stewart	4,320	99.47%
2	Peter L. Grimm	Peter L. Grimm	8,867	99.48%
4	Steven W. Weinke	Gary R. Sharpe	6,006	56.28%	Scot T. Mortier	4,658	43.65%
William Dyke	William Dyke	2,517	61.15%	Rhonda R. Hazen	1,597	38.80%
1	John Pier Roemer	John Pier Roemer	1,916	99.58%	--Unopposed--
Dennis J. Mleziva	Dennis J. Mleziva	1,600	99.13%
1	Jay R. Tlusty	Jay R. Tlusty	3,024	98.73%
1	Patrick L. Willis	Patrick L. Willis	11,404	99.76%
2	Gregory Huber	Gregory Huber	8,906	99.21%
5	Mary M. Kuhnmuench	Mary M. Kuhnmuench	21,741	98.76%
14	Christopher R. Foley	Christopher R. Foley	22,839	98.97%
24	Charles F. Kahn Jr.	Charles F. Kahn Jr.	21,561	98.80%
25	Stephanie G. Rothstein	Stephanie G. Rothstein	21,486	98.90%
34	Glenn H. Yamahiro	Glenn H. Yamahiro	21,360	98.85%
37	Karen E. Christenson	Karen E. Christenson	21,745	98.96%
44	Daniel L. Konkol	Daniel L. Konkol	21,801	98.94%
45	Thomas P. Donegan	Thomas P. Donegan	21,961	98.94%
2	Michael J. McAlpine	Mark L. Goodman	4,055	61.83%	Kerry Sullivan-Flock	2,491	37.98%
3	--New Seat--	J. David Rice	5,602	98.75%	--Unopposed--
2	Richard D. Delforge	Jay N. Conley	2,931	56.41%	Edward Burke	2,246	43.23%
Robert W. Wing	Joe Boles	4,343	54.02%	Robert L. Loberg	3,694	45.95%
2	Stephen A. Simanek	Eugene Gasiorkiewicz	10,549	54.08%	Georgia Herrera	8,949	45.88%
4	John S. Jude	John S. Jude	13,398	99.35%	--Unopposed--
2	Alan Bates	Alan Bates	9,453	99.24%
Frederick A. Henderson	Steven P. Anderson	1,700	96.87%
2	James Evenson	James Evenson	8,702	99.60%
Neal A. Nielsen III	Neal A. Nielsen III	1,272	98.15%
2	James L. Carlson	James L. Carlson	9,781	98.95%
4	Michael S. Gibbs	David M. Reddy	7,298	61.02%	David A. Danz	4,623	38.65%
2	Richard A. Congdon	Mark Gundrum	41,561	76.76%	Richard A. Congdon	12,560	23.20%
2	John P. Hoffmann	John P. Hoffmann	3,086	99.42%	--Unopposed--
3	Barbara Hart Key	Barbara Hart Key	15,427	99.28%
5	William H. Carver	John Jorgensen	10,525	54.58%	Edmund J. Jelinski	8,724	45.24%
2	James Mason	James Mason	6,366	99.52%	--Unopposed--

References

(December 1, 2010). "Canvass Results for 2010 General Election - 11/2/2010". [[Wisconsin Government Accountability Board]].
(November 3, 2010). "Wisconsin: GOP Wins Senate, House, Gov. Seats, Ousting Feingold". [[USA Today]] (from the [[Associated Press]]).
(November 3, 2010). "Republicans Take Over State Senate, Assembly". [[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]].
(April 23, 2010). "Results of Spring General Election - 04/06/2010". Wisconsin State Elections Board.
(2010-12-01). "2010 Fall General Election". State of Wisconsin.
(June 3, 2011). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010".

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