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1998Final results

1998 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 5

Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin

Lee P. Meyerhofer (D) won with 49.4% of the vote, defeating Don Degroot (R) by 1.3 points.

Lee P. MeyerhoferDemocrat · winner
49.4%8,983
Don DegrootRepublican
48.1%8,752
2.6%466
18,201 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

EvenD+6.01990D+4.51994D+12.01996D+1.31998D+6.72000R+4.32002

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

The candidates