1986Final results
1986 election for Wisconsin Senate District 5
Wisconsin State Senate · Wisconsin
Mordecai Lee (D) won with 66.6% of the vote, defeating Perkins (R) by 33.5 points.
Mordecai LeeDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.6%30,523
PerkinsRepublican
33.1%15,177
45,816 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET