1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Wisconsin Senate District 30
Wisconsin State Senate · Wisconsin
Jerome Vansistine (D) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Reuben Lafave (R) by 8.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jerome VansistineDemocrat · winner
54.0%30,836
Reuben LafaveRepublican · incumbent
46.0%26,282
57,119 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET