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1982Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1982 election for Wisconsin Senate District 27

Wisconsin State Senate · Wisconsin

Russell Feingold (D) won with 50.0% of the vote, defeating Everett V. Bidwell (R) by 0.1 points.

Russell FeingoldDemocrat · winner
50.0%23,289
Everett V. BidwellRepublican · incumbent
50.0%23,246
46,537 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 1982

Races before and after

EvenD+0.11982D+25.11986D+0.41994D+13.21998D+23.72010D+32.42018

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