1988 general · November 8, 1988
1988 Wisconsin State Senate election results, district by district
Every Wisconsin State Senate district in the 1988 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 33 seats
After the electionD 21 · R 12
Races17
Changed party1
Unopposed24%4 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 12 · R 5
| 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 Senate
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