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Election 1994 Results

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1994 US Senate election in Wisconsin

Herb Kohl (Democrat) beat Robert T. Welch (Republican) in Wisconsin in 1994, 58.3% to 40.7%, a margin of 17.6 points and 275,673 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1988, when Herbert H. Kohl also won.

Democrats led in 63 of the 72 counties and Republicans in 9. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 276,326 votes and went to the Democrat by 28.5 points. The closest was Shawano, where 57 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
Herb Kohl won Democratic 912,662 58.3%
Robert T. Welch Republican 636,989 40.7%
All other candidates 15,977 1.0%
Total1,565,628

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 175,935 63.7% 97,285 35.2% 3,106 276,326 D+28.5
Dane 100,788 73.0% 35,269 25.5% 2,048 138,105 D+47.4
Waukesha 49,899 43.0% 65,376 56.4% 718 115,993 R+13.3
Brown 35,493 55.1% 28,211 43.8% 660 64,364 D+11.3
Racine 32,710 57.5% 23,762 41.8% 438 56,910 D+15.7
Outagamie 23,444 53.5% 19,989 45.6% 376 43,809 D+7.9
Rock 29,322 67.4% 13,846 31.8% 349 43,517 D+35.6
Winnebago 21,082 50.1% 20,280 48.2% 686 42,048 D+1.9
Kenosha 24,968 62.8% 14,387 36.2% 424 39,779 D+26.6
Marathon 23,367 60.2% 15,052 38.8% 380 38,799 D+21.4
Sheboygan 18,254 53.7% 15,526 45.7% 218 33,998 D+8.0
Washington 13,366 41.3% 18,721 57.9% 266 32,353 R+16.6
La Crosse 20,354 65.5% 10,433 33.6% 282 31,069 D+31.9
Ozaukee 12,660 44.6% 15,518 54.7% 205 28,383 R+10.1
Eau Claire 18,021 66.2% 8,893 32.7% 320 27,234 D+33.5
Fond du Lac 12,539 47.4% 13,581 51.4% 315 26,435 R+3.9
Manitowoc 13,953 53.6% 11,798 45.4% 263 26,014 D+8.3
Wood 13,284 56.4% 9,993 42.4% 268 23,545 D+14.0
Walworth 11,270 49.7% 11,098 48.9% 310 22,678 D+0.8
Dodge 10,879 51.6% 10,038 47.6% 182 21,099 D+4.0
Jefferson 10,577 53.7% 8,898 45.2% 208 19,683 D+8.5
Portage 12,399 63.7% 6,798 34.9% 263 19,460 D+28.8
Chippewa 10,687 65.2% 5,532 33.7% 177 16,396 D+31.4
Columbia 9,313 60.3% 5,948 38.5% 182 15,443 D+21.8
St. Croix 7,518 51.7% 6,744 46.4% 273 14,535 D+5.3
Sauk 8,505 58.7% 5,845 40.3% 147 14,497 D+18.3
Marinette 7,086 52.9% 6,231 46.5% 82 13,399 D+6.4
Grant 7,142 53.5% 6,086 45.6% 127 13,355 D+7.9
Oneida 7,697 59.9% 5,041 39.2% 120 12,858 D+20.7
Douglas 9,397 73.4% 3,272 25.6% 131 12,800 D+47.9
Waupaca 5,243 42.9% 6,923 56.6% 69 12,235 R+13.7
Barron 5,866 54.8% 4,777 44.6% 61 10,704 D+10.2
Calumet 5,496 52.0% 4,992 47.2% 85 10,573 D+4.8
Polk 5,858 56.0% 4,501 43.0% 105 10,464 D+13.0
Shawano 5,164 49.5% 5,221 50.0% 55 10,440 R+0.5
Green 7,081 68.6% 3,129 30.3% 105 10,315 D+38.3
Monroe 5,650 55.8% 4,392 43.4% 79 10,121 D+12.4
Pierce 5,340 55.3% 4,217 43.6% 107 9,664 D+11.6
Oconto 4,915 52.1% 4,457 47.3% 57 9,429 D+4.9
Clark 5,567 59.3% 3,763 40.1% 61 9,391 D+19.2
Lincoln 5,665 60.4% 3,574 38.1% 143 9,382 D+22.3
Dunn 5,635 61.4% 3,443 37.5% 104 9,182 D+23.9
Door 5,133 56.2% 3,889 42.6% 107 9,129 D+13.6
Vilas 5,038 58.6% 3,480 40.5% 77 8,595 D+18.1
Vernon 5,046 61.1% 3,143 38.1% 65 8,254 D+23.1
Trempealeau 5,421 69.9% 2,275 29.4% 54 7,750 D+40.6
Kewaunee 3,916 55.1% 3,115 43.9% 71 7,102 D+11.3
Langlade 3,941 61.3% 2,447 38.1% 42 6,430 D+23.2
Waushara 2,625 41.1% 3,711 58.1% 56 6,392 R+17.0
Price 3,956 62.0% 2,389 37.5% 34 6,379 D+24.6
Juneau 3,076 49.1% 3,154 50.4% 31 6,261 R+1.2
Iowa 4,011 65.0% 2,108 34.1% 55 6,174 D+30.8
Taylor 3,055 52.2% 2,750 47.0% 48 5,853 D+5.2
Richland 3,299 57.9% 2,369 41.6% 32 5,700 D+16.3
Jackson 3,816 67.3% 1,822 32.1% 35 5,673 D+35.1
Green Lake 2,055 37.0% 3,438 61.9% 61 5,554 R+24.9
Ashland 3,776 71.0% 1,427 26.8% 119 5,322 D+44.1
Bayfield 3,702 69.8% 1,546 29.2% 52 5,300 D+40.7
Rusk 3,278 62.4% 1,923 36.6% 51 5,252 D+25.8
Burnett 2,795 53.5% 2,355 45.1% 73 5,223 D+8.4
Washburn 2,985 57.8% 2,141 41.5% 34 5,160 D+16.4
Adams 2,906 58.4% 2,007 40.4% 60 4,973 D+18.1
Lafayette 3,145 63.9% 1,739 35.3% 36 4,920 D+28.6
Sawyer 2,255 52.1% 2,048 47.3% 29 4,332 D+4.8
Crawford 2,551 60.0% 1,655 38.9% 47 4,253 D+21.1
Marquette 2,116 50.9% 2,006 48.3% 32 4,154 D+2.6
Buffalo 2,324 61.1% 1,445 38.0% 34 3,803 D+23.1
Iron 2,016 66.9% 971 32.2% 28 3,015 D+34.7
Forest 1,932 64.4% 1,052 35.1% 16 3,000 D+29.3
Pepin 1,471 64.8% 766 33.7% 34 2,271 D+31.0
Florence 988 55.0% 807 44.9% 1 1,796 D+10.1
Menominee 645 78.3% 171 20.8% 8 824 D+57.5

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