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2012Final results

2012 election for Wisconsin Assembly District 88

Wisconsin State Assembly · Wisconsin

John Klenke (R) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Ward Bacon (D) by 4.9 points.

John KlenkeRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.4%14,445
Ward BaconDemocrat
47.5%13,085
27,566 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+0.42006D+11.82008R+1.62010R+4.92012R+12.52014R+22.12016

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