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1978Final results

1978 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 1

Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin

Lary J. Swoboda (D) won with 65.7% of the vote, defeating Harvey W. Rowe (R) by 31.5 points.

Lary J. SwobodaDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.7%11,234
Harvey W. RoweRepublican
34.3%5,858
17,093 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 1978

Races before and after

EvenD+48.61976D+31.51978D+44.01980D+69.71982D+37.31984D+37.91986

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