Wisconsin state elections, 2010

The Wisconsin spring nonpartisan primary election was held February 16, 2010. The Wisconsin spring nonpartisan general election was held April 6, 2010. Voters statewide cast ballots for Wisconsin Court of Appeals and Wisconsin Circuit Court judges.^[1]

The Wisconsin fall partisan primary was held on September 14, 2010. Voters selected the parties' candidates for the subsequent fall general election.

The Wisconsin fall partisan general election was held on November 2, 2010, the same date as Congressional and U.S. Senate elections. The state elected a governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, half of the state's Senate seats and all of the state's Assembly seats.^[2]

Spring nonpartisan election

Incumbent Joan F. Kessler was elected to the Court of Appeals for District 1 with 98% of the vote. Paul F. Reilly was elected to the Court of Appeals for District 2 with 53% of the vote over Linda M. Van De Water, after incumbent Harry G. Snyder did not run for re-election. In the Court of Appeals for District 4, Brian Blanchard was elected with 63% of the vote over Edward E. Leineweber after incumbent Charles P. Dykman decided not to run again.^[3]

Fall partisan election

Voters in Wisconsin in this election cycle cast ballots for most statewide executive offices and many state legislative seats. Senators from odd-numbered districts and all assemblymen were up for election.

State Senate contests

The Republican Party won control of the State Senate.

Wisconsin Senate Elections[4]
District	Incumbent 2006 Vote[5]	2006 Status	Democratic	Republican	Libertarian	Independent	Winner 2010 Vote[6]
SD-1	Frank Lasee 55.12%	Re-election	Monk Elmer	Frank Lasee			Frank Lasee 60.04%*
SD-3	Tim Carpenter 98.51%	Re-election	Tim Carpenter	Annette Miller Krznarich			Tim Carpenter 61.09%*
SD-5	Jim Sullivan 51.68%	Re-election	Jim Sullivan	Leah Vukmir			Leah Vukmir 52.15%*
SD-7	Jeffrey Plale 62.61%	Open	Chris Larson	Jess Ripp			Chris Larson 57.11%*
SD-9	Joe Leibham 59.36%	Re-election	Jason B. Borden	Joe Leibham			Joe Leibham 73.11%*
SD-11	Neal Kedzie 67.4%	Re-election	L.D. Rockwell	Neal Kedzie			Neal Kedzie 75.37%*
SD-13	Scott L. Fitzgerald 96.87%	Re-election	Dwayne Block	Luther Olsen		Vittorio Spadaro	Scott L. Fitzgerald 67.61%*
SD-15	Judy Robson 68.18%	Open	Tim Cullen	Rick Richard			Tim Cullen 58.98%*
SD-17	Dale Schultz 54.19%	Re-election	Carol Beals	Dale Schultz			Dale Schultz 62.56%*
SD-19	Michael Ellis 98.66%	Re-election		Michael Ellis			Michael Ellis 99.04%*
SD-21	John Lehman 53.03%	Re-election	John Lehman	Van H. Wanggaard			Van H. Wanggaard 52.52%*
SD-23	Pat Kreitlow 50.84%	Re-election	Pat Kreitlow	Terry Moulton			Terry Moulton 54.2%*
SD-25	Bob Jauch 62.24%	Re-election	Bob Jauch	Dane Deutsch			Bob Jauch 100%*
SD-27	Jon Erpenbach 99.32%	Re-election	Jon Erpenbach	Kurt Schlicht			Jon Erpenbach 61.84%*
SD-29	Russ Decker 67.68%	Re-election	Russ Decker	Pam Galloway			Pam Galloway 52.26%*
SD-31	Kathleen Vinehout 51.58%	Re-election	Kathleen Vinehout	Ed Thompson			Kathleen Vinehout 50.27%*
SD-33	Ted Kanavas 67.29%	Open		Rich Zipperer			Rich Zipperer 99.51%*

Assembly contests

The Republican Party won control of the Assembly.

External links

• Wisconsin Government Accountability Board - Fall 2010 Election
• Project Vote Smart - Wisconsin
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Election coverage

References

1. http://elections.state.wi.us/subcategory.asp?linksubcatid=3128&linkcatid=3163&linkid=155&locid=47
2. Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, Sections 4 and 5.
3. http://elections.state.wi.us/docview.asp?docid=19558&locid=47
4. [] - Candidate Registration
5. Wisconsin State Elections Board - Results of Fall 2006 General Election
6. [] - Results of Fall 2010 General Election