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1986Final results

1986 election for Wisconsin Senate District 27

Wisconsin State Senate · Wisconsin

Russell Feingold (D) won with 62.5% of the vote, defeating Erickson (R) by 25.1 points.

Russell FeingoldDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.5%31,810
EricksonRepublican
37.4%19,047
50,864 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

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