2008Final results
2008 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 49
Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin
Phil Garthwaite (D) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Travis Tranel (R) by 8.1 points.
Phil GarthwaiteDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.0%13,865
Travis TranelRepublican
46.0%11,793
25,658 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET