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1988Final results

1988 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 12

Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin

Barbara Notestein (D) won with 71.0% of the vote, defeating Russell C. Schefelker (R) by 42.9 points.

Barbara NotesteinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
71.0%16,899
28.1%6,695
Write-ins and other votesOther party
0.9%219
23,813 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 1988

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