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1980Final results

1980 election for Wisconsin Senate District 32

Wisconsin State Senate · Wisconsin

Paul Offner (D) won with 56.9% of the vote, defeating William T. Riley (R) by 13.8 points.

Paul OffnerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.9%39,383
43.1%29,801
69,190 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

EvenD+16.71976D+13.81980R+8.41984R+44.41988R+27.81992R+50.21996

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