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1976Final results

1976 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 59

Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin

Calvin Potter (D) won with 58.1% of the vote, defeating George J. Marthenze (R) by 16.2 points.

Calvin PotterDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.1%13,174
41.9%9,500
22,676 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 1976

Races before and after

EvenD+16.21976D+20.51978D+35.41980D+23.81982R+16.71984R+17.51988

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET