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1976 election for Wisconsin Senate District 32

Wisconsin State Senate · Wisconsin

Paul Offner (D) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating Douglas Farmer (R) by 16.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Paul OffnerDemocrat · winner
57.9%37,774
Douglas FarmerRepublican
41.3%26,893
Keith D. EllisonOther party
0.8%516
65,190 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+16.71976D+13.81980R+8.41984R+44.41988R+27.81992R+50.21996

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

The candidates

Paul Offner (D)Douglas Farmer (R)

Also on the ballot: Keith D. Ellison (Other party), 0.8%