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1996Final results

1996 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 76

Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin

Rebecca Young (D) won with 60.5% of the vote, defeating Paul Tessmer (R) by 23.0 points.

Rebecca YoungDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.5%16,337
Paul TessmerRepublican
37.5%10,128
Timothy D. WingLibertarian
1.9%525
26,990 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+29.21990D+25.91992D+17.71994D+23.01996D+42.01998D+36.72000

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

The candidates

Rebecca Young (D)Paul Tessmer (R)

Also on the ballot: Timothy D. Wing (Libertarian), 1.9%