1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Wisconsin Senate District 21
Wisconsin State Senate · Wisconsin
George Petak (R) won with 58.7% of the vote, defeating Joseph Strohl (D) by 17.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
George PetakRepublican · winner
58.7%23,216
Joseph StrohlDemocrat · incumbent
41.3%16,360
39,576 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET