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Election 1986 Results

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1986 US Senate election in Wisconsin

Robert W. Kasten Jr. (Republican) beat Edward R. Garvey (Democrat) in Wisconsin in 1986, 50.9% to 47.4%, a margin of 3.5 points and 51,610 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1980, when Robert W. Kasten Jr. also won.

Republicans led in 62 of the 72 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 10. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 290,137 votes and went to the Democrat by 15.6 points. The closest was Forest, where 62 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Robert W. Kasten Jr. won Republican 754,573 50.9%
Edward R. Garvey Democratic 702,963 47.4%
All other candidates 25,638 1.7%
Total1,483,174

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 164,427 56.7% 119,130 41.1% 6,580 290,137 D+15.6
Dane 72,684 58.2% 50,045 40.1% 2,072 124,801 D+18.1
Waukesha 36,546 37.5% 59,344 60.9% 1,584 97,474 R+23.4
Brown 28,572 47.6% 29,806 49.7% 1,631 60,009 R+2.1
Racine 24,237 48.4% 25,108 50.1% 772 50,117 R+1.7
Winnebago 18,290 43.2% 23,083 54.5% 959 42,332 R+11.3
Outagamie 16,043 40.3% 22,921 57.5% 890 39,854 R+17.3
Rock 17,530 46.4% 19,839 52.5% 424 37,793 R+6.1
Marathon 15,427 41.9% 20,490 55.7% 887 36,804 R+13.8
Sheboygan 16,361 48.5% 16,739 49.6% 615 33,715 R+1.1
La Crosse 14,705 46.5% 16,372 51.7% 576 31,653 R+5.3
Kenosha 18,057 57.6% 12,923 41.2% 371 31,351 D+16.4
Washington 10,402 38.6% 15,894 59.0% 621 26,917 R+20.4
Fond Du Lac 11,270 42.8% 14,503 55.1% 542 26,315 R+12.3
Eau Claire 12,642 48.3% 12,825 49.0% 687 26,154 R+0.7
Manitowoc 13,227 50.6% 12,273 46.9% 644 26,144 D+3.6
Ozaukee 8,145 32.6% 16,463 65.9% 382 24,990 R+33.3
Wood 10,932 44.6% 13,105 53.5% 466 24,503 R+8.9
Dodge 9,231 41.6% 12,634 56.9% 336 22,201 R+15.3
Walworth 7,197 37.3% 11,723 60.8% 365 19,285 R+23.5
Jefferson 8,089 42.4% 10,767 56.4% 235 19,091 R+14.0
Portage 9,219 55.0% 7,202 43.0% 331 16,752 D+12.0
Columbia 6,165 43.1% 8,038 56.2% 111 14,314 R+13.1
Sauk 5,757 40.6% 8,199 57.9% 210 14,166 R+17.2
Chippewa 6,772 48.1% 6,962 49.4% 358 14,092 R+1.3
Douglas 6,820 51.0% 6,435 48.1% 130 13,385 D+2.9
St. Croix 5,332 42.8% 7,095 57.0% 21 12,448 R+14.2
Marinette 4,881 39.9% 7,208 59.0% 135 12,224 R+19.0
Grant 4,475 37.0% 7,555 62.4% 70 12,100 R+25.5
Waupaca 4,175 35.5% 7,450 63.4% 123 11,748 R+27.9
Oneida 4,227 39.8% 6,284 59.2% 97 10,608 R+19.4
Barron 4,298 40.5% 6,256 59.0% 51 10,605 R+18.5
Shawano 3,905 37.8% 6,344 61.5% 72 10,321 R+23.6
Calumet 4,031 40.3% 5,753 57.5% 228 10,012 R+17.2
Clark 4,371 43.8% 5,443 54.6% 160 9,974 R+10.7
Dunn 4,541 46.4% 5,158 52.7% 95 9,794 R+6.3
Oconto 4,166 43.3% 5,361 55.7% 100 9,627 R+12.4
Polk 4,515 48.6% 4,749 51.1% 28 9,292 R+2.5
Monroe 3,957 43.9% 4,931 54.7% 128 9,016 R+10.8
Pierce 3,663 43.8% 4,607 55.1% 86 8,356 R+11.3
Door 3,046 37.8% 4,879 60.5% 133 8,058 R+22.7
Trempealeau 3,973 50.2% 3,904 49.3% 36 7,913 D+0.9
Green 2,959 38.0% 4,738 60.9% 85 7,782 R+22.9
Juneau 2,887 37.9% 4,653 61.2% 69 7,609 R+23.2
Lincoln 3,457 45.6% 4,019 53.0% 112 7,588 R+7.4
Vernon 3,493 46.5% 3,962 52.7% 57 7,512 R+6.2
Vilas 2,290 33.2% 4,514 65.5% 85 6,889 R+32.3
Kewaunee 3,078 45.1% 3,725 54.6% 16 6,819 R+9.5
Langlade 2,462 38.9% 3,816 60.3% 46 6,324 R+21.4
Taylor 2,787 44.6% 3,365 53.8% 103 6,255 R+9.2
Price 2,529 42.1% 3,449 57.5% 25 6,003 R+15.3
Ashland 2,669 45.3% 3,179 53.9% 49 5,897 R+8.6
Richland 2,353 40.1% 3,449 58.7% 70 5,872 R+18.7
Waushara 2,122 36.5% 3,645 62.6% 53 5,820 R+26.2
Green Lake 1,868 32.2% 3,880 66.9% 50 5,798 R+34.7
Iowa 2,522 44.7% 3,076 54.5% 47 5,645 R+9.8
Jackson 2,741 49.2% 2,816 50.5% 16 5,573 R+1.3
Crawford 2,560 47.0% 2,841 52.2% 41 5,442 R+5.2
Rusk 2,382 45.1% 2,884 54.6% 20 5,286 R+9.5
Bayfield 2,331 44.2% 2,908 55.1% 37 5,276 R+10.9
Lafayette 2,157 42.0% 2,955 57.6% 22 5,134 R+15.5
Burnett 2,574 50.8% 2,463 48.6% 30 5,067 D+2.2
Adams 2,141 44.4% 2,632 54.6% 46 4,819 R+10.2
Washburn 1,867 39.3% 2,853 60.1% 28 4,748 R+20.8
Buffalo 2,166 46.5% 2,465 52.9% 25 4,656 R+6.4
Sawyer 1,831 39.6% 2,755 59.6% 38 4,624 R+20.0
Marquette 1,641 38.8% 2,544 60.1% 48 4,233 R+21.3
Forest 1,376 50.7% 1,314 48.4% 23 2,713 D+2.3
Iron 1,186 47.6% 1,292 51.9% 13 2,491 R+4.3
Pepin 1,120 45.3% 1,321 53.4% 32 2,473 R+8.1
Florence 688 42.2% 936 57.4% 6 1,630 R+15.2
Menominee 423 56.3% 324 43.1% 4 751 D+13.2

Counties as they stood in 1986; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Wisconsin Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Tammy Baldwin (D) D+0.8
2022 Ron Johnson (R) R+1.0
2018 Tammy Baldwin (D) D+10.8
2016 Ron Johnson (R) R+3.4
2012 Tammy Baldwin (D) D+5.5
2010 Ron Johnson (R) R+4.8
2006 Herb Kohl (D) D+37.8
2004 Russel D. Feingold (D) D+11.2
2000 Herb Kohl (D) D+24.5
1998 Russell D. Feingold (D) D+2.1
1994 Herb Kohl (D) D+17.6
1992 Russell D. Feingold (D) D+6.6
1988 Herbert H. Kohl (D) D+4.5
1986 Robert W. Kasten Jr. (R) R+3.5
1982 William Proxmire (D) D+29.5
1980 Robert W. Kasten Jr. (R) R+1.9
1976 William Proxmire (D) D+45.6
1974 Gaylord Nelson (D) D+26.0
1970 William Proxmire (D) D+42.4
1968 Gaylord Nelson (D) D+23.4
1964 William Proxmire (D) D+6.7
1962 Gaylord Nelson (D) D+5.4
1958 William Proxmire (D) D+14.4
1956 Alexander Wiley (R) R+17.4
1952 Joseph McCarthy (R) R+8.7
1950 Alexander Wiley (R) R+7.1
1946 Joseph McCarthy (R) R+23.9
1944 Alexander Wiley (R) R+7.7
1940 Robert M. La Follette Jr. (other)
1938 Alexander Wiley (R) R+20.4
1934 Robert M. La Follette Jr. (other)
1932 F. Ryan Duffy (D) D+20.8
1928 Robert La Follette Jr. (R) R+85.6
1926 John J. Blaine (R) R+42.7
1922 Robert La Follette Sr. (R) R+64.1
1920 Irvine L. Lenroot (R) R+28.4
1916 Robert La Follette Sr. (R) R+27.3
1914 Paul O. Husting (D) D+0.3