1988 general · November 8, 1988
1988 Wisconsin election results
Every race on Wisconsin's ballot in the 1988 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races127
Changed party7
Unopposed26%33 races
Incumbents defeated4
President
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | Michael Dukakis (D) | 3.6 |
U.S. Senate
D 1
U.S. House
D 5 · R 4
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| WI-1 | Leslie Aspin (D) | 52.3 | |
| WI-2 | Robert Kastenmeier (D) | 17.0 | |
| WI-3 | Steven Gunderson (R) | 36.7 | |
| WI-4 | Gerald Kleczka (D) | Unopposed | |
| WI-5 | Jim Moody (D) | 28.4 | |
| WI-6 | Thomas E. Petri (R) | 48.5 | |
| WI-7 | David Obey (D) | 24.4 | |
| WI-8 | Toby Roth (R) | 39.4 | |
| WI-9 | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R) | 49.8 |
Wisconsin State Senate
D 12 · R 5 · 1 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | Robert L. Cowles III (R) | 18.7 | |
| SD-3 | Brian B. Burke (D) | 78.5 | |
| SD-4 | Barbara Ulichny (D) | 87.6 | |
| SD-6 | Gary R. George (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-8 | Joseph J. Czarnezki (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 | Richard Shoemaker (D) | 11.8 | Flipped |
| SD-12 | Lloyd H. Kincaid (D) | 8.5 | |
| SD-14 | Joseph Leean (R) | 39.5 | |
| SD-16 | Charles J. Chvala (D) | 24.9 | |
| SD-18 | Carol A. Buettner (R) | 37.5 | |
| SD-20 | Donald K. Stitt (R) | 26.6 | |
| SD-22 | Joseph Andrea (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-24 | David Helbach (D) | 44.0 | |
| SD-26 | Fred A. Risser (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 | Lynn S. Adelman (D) | 29.7 | |
| SD-30 | Jerome Vansistine (D) | 16.5 | |
| SD-32 | Brian D. Rude (R) | 44.4 |
Wisconsin State Assembly
D 56 · R 43 · 6 changed party
Wisconsin
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab