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1978 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 68

Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin

William P. Gaggin (R) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Joseph Looby (D) by 0.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

William P. GagginRepublican · winner
50.1%7,382
Joseph LoobyDemocrat · incumbent
49.9%7,353
14,735 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

EvenR+0.21978D+14.41980D+26.31984D+1.61986R+5.31988R+5.81990

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