RepublicanNot in office · last served 2024Last on a ballot: Nov 2020
Robert L. Cowles III
Last held office: Wisconsin State Senate, District 2 (1988–2024). Ran in 13 elections between 1978 and 2020, winning 12.
- Last margin
- +30.0
- Won 2016
- Elections
- 13
- 1978–2020
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Cowles was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
1980198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Wisconsin State Assembly, District 75Wisconsin State Assembly, District 6Wisconsin State Senate, District 2
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Cowles has run
Margin: how far Cowles finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Wisconsin State Senate, District 2 | General | Won | Unopposed | 98.3% | — |
| 2016 | Wisconsin State Senate, District 2 | General | Won | John Powers (D) | 65% | R+30.0 |
| 2012 | Wisconsin State Senate, District 2 | General | Won | Unopposed | 98.5% | — |
| 2008 | Wisconsin State Senate, District 2 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 2004 | Wisconsin State Senate, District 2 | General | Won | Roy Leyendecker (L) | 89.3% | R+78.5 |
| 2000 | Wisconsin State Senate, District 2 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1996 | Wisconsin State Senate, District 2 | General | Won | Patricia J. Buss (D) | 62.9% | R+25.8 |
| 1992 | Wisconsin State Senate, District 2 | General | Won | Patricia J. Buss (D) | 58% | R+16.1 |
| 1988 | Wisconsin State Senate, District 2 | General | Won | Frederick C. Thurston (D) | 59.3% | R+18.7 |
| 1986 | Wisconsin State Assembly, District 6 | General | Won | Olejniczak (D) | 67.3% | R+34.6 |
| 1984 | Wisconsin State Assembly, District 6 | General | Won | Kirschling (D) | 64.9% | R+29.9 |
| 1982 | Wisconsin State Assembly, District 75 | General | Won | Joel Edler (D) | 56.7% | R+13.4 |
| 1978 | Wisconsin State Assembly, District 4 | General | Lost | Gary T. Dilweg (R) | 42.5% | D+15.0 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Cowles has held
- Wisconsin State Senate, District 2 · 1988–2024
- Wisconsin State Assembly, District 6 · 1984–1988
- Wisconsin State Assembly, District 75 · 1982–1984
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Cowles has run against
- John Powers (D) · 2016 election, won
- Roy Leyendecker (L) · 2004 election, won
- Patricia J. Buss (D) · 1996 election, won
- Frederick C. Thurston (D) · 1988 election, won
- Olejniczak (D) · 1986 election, won
- Kirschling (D) · 1984 election, won
- Joel Edler (D) · 1982 election, won
- Gary T. Dilweg (R) · 1978 election, lost
Source: 99chambers results archive