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2010 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 5
Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin
Jim Steineke (R) won with 57.8% of the vote, defeating Mert Summers (D) by 15.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jim SteinekeRepublican · winner
57.8%12,629
Mert SummersDemocrat
42.0%9,178
21,835 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET