1978Final results
1978 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 6
Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin
Gervase Hephner (D) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating Patricia Rusch (R) by 12.7 points.
Gervase HephnerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.3%8,774
Patricia RuschRepublican
43.7%6,799
15,574 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET