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1996Final results

1996 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 42

Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin

Ben Brancel (R) won with 66.5% of the vote, defeating Scott Keven Alexander (D) by 33.0 points.

Ben BrancelRepublican · winner · incumbent
66.5%14,391
33.5%7,243
21,634 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+3.61982R+29.91988R+25.81992R+33.01996R+16.21998R+10.22000

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET