1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 86
Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin
Raymond Omernick (R) won with 51.9% of the vote, defeating Laurence J. Day (D) by 3.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Raymond OmernickRepublican · winner
51.9%8,991
Laurence J. DayDemocrat · incumbent
48.1%8,337
17,328 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