2008Final results
2008 election for Wisconsin Senate District 22
Wisconsin State Senate · Wisconsin
Bob Wirch (D) won with 66.7% of the vote, defeating Benjamin Lee Bakke (R) by 33.5 points.
Bob WirchDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.7%54,946
Benjamin Lee BakkeRepublican
33.3%27,383
82,329 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