1998Final results
1998 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 42
Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin
Joan Wade Spillner (R) won with 57.4% of the vote, defeating Jim Murphy (D) by 16.2 points.
Joan Wade SpillnerRepublican · winner
57.4%10,090
Jim MurphyDemocrat
41.2%7,237
Mike PersonIndependent
1.4%253
17,580 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET