2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Wisconsin Senate District 5
Wisconsin State Senate · Wisconsin
Jim Sullivan (D) won with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Tom Reynolds (R) by 3.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jim SullivanDemocrat · winner
51.8%36,148
Tom ReynoldsRepublican · incumbent
48.2%33,686
69,834 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 2006
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET