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1980Final results

1980 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 87

Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin

Earl Schmidt (R) won with 78.0% of the vote, defeating Francis E. Jones (D) by 56.1 points.

Earl SchmidtRepublican · winner · incumbent
78.0%15,931
22.0%4,483
20,416 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 1980

Races before and after

EvenR+48.01978R+56.11980R+39.11982R+18.31984R+32.91986R+7.71988

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