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Election 1998 Results

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1998 US Senate election in Wisconsin

Russell D. Feingold (Democrat) beat Mark W. Neumann (Republican) in Wisconsin in 1998, 50.5% to 48.4%, a margin of 2.1 points and 37,787 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1992, when Russell D. Feingold also won.

Republicans led in 45 of the 72 counties and Democrats in 27. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 292,663 votes and went to the Democrat by 23.4 points. The closest was Pepin, where 16 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
Russell D. Feingold won Democratic 890,059 50.5%
Mark W. Neumann Republican 852,272 48.4%
All other candidates 18,505 1.1%
Total1,760,836

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 178,943 61.1% 110,424 37.7% 3,296 292,663 D+23.4
Dane 113,783 69.7% 47,934 29.4% 1,585 163,302 D+40.3
Waukesha 47,986 35.8% 84,816 63.3% 1,240 134,042 R+27.5
Brown 34,214 45.2% 40,765 53.9% 685 75,664 R+8.7
Racine 30,203 49.1% 30,616 49.8% 639 61,458 R+0.7
Outagamie 22,797 44.8% 27,570 54.2% 543 50,910 R+9.4
Winnebago 23,994 47.2% 26,096 51.3% 748 50,838 R+4.1
Rock 28,942 58.5% 20,125 40.7% 381 49,448 D+17.8
Kenosha 22,877 49.7% 22,620 49.1% 576 46,073 D+0.6
Marathon 19,815 49.2% 19,865 49.4% 566 40,246 R+0.1
Sheboygan 17,538 44.2% 21,734 54.7% 432 39,704 R+10.6
Washington 13,112 33.5% 25,563 65.3% 501 39,176 R+31.8
La Crosse 20,345 54.2% 16,631 44.3% 583 37,559 D+9.9
Ozaukee 11,419 35.8% 20,217 63.4% 248 31,884 R+27.6
Eau Claire 16,519 54.3% 13,451 44.2% 464 30,434 D+10.1
Fond du Lac 10,928 38.1% 17,480 61.0% 267 28,675 R+22.8
Manitowoc 13,179 46.8% 14,732 52.3% 239 28,150 R+5.5
Wood 12,044 44.9% 14,377 53.6% 421 26,842 R+8.7
Walworth 10,680 40.9% 15,171 58.1% 275 26,126 R+17.2
Jefferson 10,236 43.3% 13,081 55.4% 314 23,631 R+12.0
Dodge 8,757 37.3% 14,447 61.5% 287 23,491 R+24.2
Portage 12,321 56.8% 9,091 41.9% 271 21,683 D+14.9
Columbia 9,053 52.0% 8,145 46.7% 227 17,425 D+5.2
St. Croix 7,909 46.5% 8,873 52.1% 236 17,018 R+5.7
Chippewa 8,208 48.4% 8,558 50.5% 197 16,963 R+2.1
Sauk 8,391 49.7% 8,329 49.3% 159 16,879 D+0.4
Waupaca 6,209 38.8% 9,672 60.4% 136 16,017 R+21.6
Marinette 6,325 44.7% 7,728 54.6% 103 14,156 R+9.9
Shawano 5,369 39.9% 8,021 59.6% 76 13,466 R+19.7
Calumet 5,390 40.6% 7,692 57.9% 192 13,274 R+17.3
Barron 6,165 46.7% 6,973 52.8% 69 13,207 R+6.1
Oneida 6,399 48.9% 6,596 50.4% 99 13,094 R+1.5
Grant 5,826 44.5% 7,172 54.8% 85 13,083 R+10.3
Douglas 8,127 62.6% 4,746 36.5% 117 12,990 D+26.0
Polk 6,145 48.5% 6,451 50.9% 74 12,670 R+2.4
Oconto 5,067 43.0% 6,645 56.4% 62 11,774 R+13.4
Monroe 5,134 44.7% 6,229 54.3% 112 11,475 R+9.5
Green 5,711 52.9% 4,953 45.9% 123 10,787 D+7.0
Clark 4,753 44.4% 5,881 54.9% 76 10,710 R+10.5
Dunn 5,480 51.2% 5,124 47.9% 91 10,695 D+3.3
Door 4,646 45.3% 5,516 53.8% 93 10,255 R+8.5
Pierce 5,201 51.2% 4,852 47.8% 96 10,149 D+3.4
Vernon 4,731 50.7% 4,513 48.3% 92 9,336 D+2.3
Lincoln 4,478 48.8% 4,389 47.9% 304 9,171 D+1.0
Trempealeau 4,834 55.3% 3,836 43.9% 75 8,745 D+11.4
Vilas 3,684 43.9% 4,629 55.2% 75 8,388 R+11.3
Waushara 3,046 39.5% 4,588 59.5% 75 7,709 R+20.0
Kewaunee 3,155 43.2% 4,044 55.4% 96 7,295 R+12.2
Iowa 3,993 54.9% 3,242 44.6% 33 7,268 D+10.3
Taylor 3,103 46.5% 3,520 52.7% 53 6,676 R+6.2
Juneau 2,715 40.9% 3,854 58.1% 64 6,633 R+17.2
Langlade 2,854 43.5% 3,642 55.6% 58 6,554 R+12.0
Adams 3,162 49.5% 3,132 49.1% 88 6,382 D+0.5
Jackson 3,428 53.9% 2,864 45.1% 64 6,356 D+8.9
Bayfield 3,823 62.6% 2,261 37.0% 22 6,106 D+25.6
Crawford 3,257 53.9% 2,762 45.7% 29 6,048 D+8.2
Burnett 2,911 48.7% 3,045 50.9% 24 5,980 R+2.2
Green Lake 2,128 35.7% 3,783 63.5% 51 5,962 R+27.8
Price 3,048 52.4% 2,744 47.2% 20 5,812 D+5.2
Richland 2,540 45.4% 3,002 53.7% 47 5,589 R+8.3
Washburn 2,658 47.6% 2,900 52.0% 21 5,579 R+4.3
Sawyer 2,302 41.3% 3,242 58.2% 25 5,569 R+16.9
Rusk 2,687 48.3% 2,819 50.6% 60 5,566 R+2.4
Ashland 3,260 61.5% 2,023 38.2% 16 5,299 D+23.3
Lafayette 2,578 49.5% 2,605 50.1% 21 5,204 R+0.5
Marquette 1,986 41.7% 2,736 57.5% 39 4,761 R+15.8
Buffalo 2,138 50.5% 2,070 48.9% 26 4,234 D+1.6
Forest 1,732 51.4% 1,633 48.4% 6 3,371 D+2.9
Iron 1,283 51.7% 1,186 47.8% 12 2,481 D+3.9
Pepin 1,054 49.2% 1,070 49.9% 19 2,143 R+0.7
Florence 696 43.9% 884 55.8% 4 1,584 R+11.9
Menominee 655 69.0% 292 30.8% 2 949 D+38.3

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