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2012Final results

2012 election for Wisconsin Senate District 12

Wisconsin State Senate · Wisconsin

Tom Tiffany (R) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating Susan Sommer (D) by 15.8 points.

Tom TiffanyRepublican · winner
56.2%51,176
Susan SommerDemocrat
40.5%36,809
Paul O. EhlersIndependent
3.3%2,964
90,994 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+14.81996D+7.02004D+2.52008R+15.82012R+25.92016R+31.42020

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

The candidates

Tom Tiffany (R)Susan Sommer (D)

Also on the ballot: Paul O. Ehlers (Independent), 3.3%