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1986Final results

1986 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 12

Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin

Barbara Notestein (D) won with 70.0% of the vote, defeating Zeidler (R) by 40.4 points.

Barbara NotesteinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.0%10,294
ZeidlerRepublican
29.6%4,359
14,707 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 1986

Races before and after

EvenR+51.21978D+31.41984D+40.41986D+42.91988D+44.71990D+51.21992

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