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1984 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 89

Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin

Cletus Vanderperren (D) won with 65.3% of the vote, defeating J. D. Shatswell (R) by 30.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Cletus VanderperrenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.3%13,318
J. D. ShatswellRepublican
34.7%7,079
20,397 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 1984

Races before and after

EvenD+29.11978D+18.11980R+13.21982D+30.61984D+37.51986D+36.11988

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