1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 97
Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin
Lolita Schneiders (R) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Ronald Lingren (D) by 0.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Lolita SchneidersRepublican · winner
50.1%11,192
Ronald LingrenDemocrat · incumbent
49.9%11,154
22,347 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET