1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 59
Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin
Calvin Potter (D) won with 54.2% of the vote, defeating Bill B. Bruhy (R) by 8.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Calvin PotterDemocrat · winner
54.2%7,923
Bill B. BruhyRepublican · incumbent
45.8%6,683
14,606 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1974
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET