The 2010 Wisconsin Fall General Election was held in the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

on November 2, 2010. All of Wisconsin's executive and administrative officers were up for election as well as one of Wisconsin's

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seats, Wisconsin's eight seats in the

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, seventeen seats in the

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, and all 99 seats in the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...

. The 2010 Wisconsin Fall Partisan Primary was held September 14, 2010. The Republicans swept all of the fall elections for statewide officials, except Secretary of State, winning the open seat for

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

and

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, defeating an incumbent Democratic

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, and reelecting the incumbent Republican

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. They also won control of both chambers of the

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, and defeated incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator

Russ Feingold Russell Dana Feingold ( ; born March 2, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1993 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee in the 2016 election for the same U.S ...

and U.S. Representative

Steve Kagen Steven Leslie Kagen (born December 12, 1949) is an American politician and physician who was the U.S. representative for from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was defeated in his bid for re-election in 2010 by Reid Ribble ...

, and won the open U.S. House seat previously held by Democrat

Dave Obey David Ross Obey ( ; born October 3, 1938) is an American lobbyist and former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for from 1969 to 2011. The district includes much of the northwestern portion of the st ...

. The 2010 Wisconsin Spring Election was held April 6, 2010. This election featured a contested election for

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and several other nonpartisan local and judicial races. The 2010 Wisconsin Spring Primary was held on February 16, 2010.

Federal

United States Senate

Incumbent Democratic Senator

was challenged by Republican businessman

Ron Johnson Ronald Harold Johnson (born April 8, 1955) is an American accountant, businessman, and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Wisconsin, a seat he has held since 2011. A Republican, Johnson was first elected to the U.S. Se ...

and Rob Taylor of the Constitution Party. Johnson defeated Feingold in the general election with 51.86% of the vote to Feingold's 47.02% and Taylor's 1.08%. , colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;", General Election, November 2, 2010

United States House

All 8 of Wisconsin's seats in the

were up for election in 2010. The Republican Party gained 2 seats, taking a 5-3 majority in the Wisconsin House delegation.

State

Executive

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Incumbent Governor

Jim Doyle James Edward Doyle, Jr., (born November 23, 1945) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th governor of Wisconsin, serving from January 6, 2003 to January 3, 2011. In his first election to the governorship, he defeated incu ...

and Lieutenant Governor

Barbara Lawton Barbara Lawton (born July 5, 1951) is an American businesswoman and politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin who is the President and CEO of Americans for Campaign Reform. A member of the Democratic Party, Lawton was the 43rd Lieutenant Governor ...

did not run for reelection. Democrat Tom Barrett and Republican Scott Walker, along with several third-party candidates, contested the seat. Walker defeated Barrett in the general election with 52.25% of the vote to Barrett's 46.48%. , colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;", General Election, November 2, 2010

Administrative

Attorney General

Incumbent Republican

J.B. Van Hollen John Byron Van Hollen (born February 19, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General of Wisconsin from 2007 until 2015. A Republican, he was elected to the office in November 2006 and took office on January 3, 2007, ...

defeated Democrat

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in the race for

Wisconsin Attorney General The Attorney General of Wisconsin is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Forty-five individuals have held the office of Attorney General since statehood. The incumbent is Josh Kaul ...

, winning 57.79% of the vote to Hassett's 42.13%. , colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;", General Election, November 2, 2010

Secretary of State

Incumbent Democrat

Doug La Follette Douglas J. La Follette (born June 6, 1940) is an American academic, environmental scientist, and politician. A Democrat, he is the current Secretary of State of Wisconsin, and the longest-serving statewide elected official (excluding U.S. senato ...

defeated Republican David King in the race for

Wisconsin Secretary of State The Secretary of State of Wisconsin is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Wisconsin, and is second (behind the Lieutenant Governor) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Wiscon ...

, winning 51.61% to King's 48.3%. , colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;", General Election, November 2, 2010

Treasurer

Republican challenger Kurt W. Schuller defeated incumbent Democrat

Dawn Marie Sass Dawn Marie Sass (born September 18, 1959) is an American politician who served as the 33rd State Treasurer of Wisconsin from 2007 to 2011. She was the third female Treasurer in Wisconsin's history. Early life and education Born in Milwaukee, W ...

in the race for Wisconsin Treasurer, winning 53.39% of the vote to Sass's 46.47%. , colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;", General Election, November 2, 2010

Legislature

State Senate

The 17 odd-numbered seats of the

Wisconsin Senate The Wisconsin Senate is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature. Together with the larger Wisconsin State Assembly they constitute the legislative branch of the state of Wisconsin. The powers of the Wisconsin Senate are modeled after t ...

were up for election in 2010. The Republican Party won control of the State Senate.

=Summary

=Candidates

State Assembly

All 99 seats in the

Wisconsin Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, e ...

were up for election in 2010. The Republican Party won control of the Assembly.

=Summary

Judiciary

State Court of Appeals

Three seats on the

were up for election in 2010, two of those seats were contested. * In District I, Judge Joan F. Kessler was unopposed seeking reelected to her second six-year term. * In District II, Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge Paul F. Reilly narrowly defeated fellow-Waukesha County circuit judge Linda Van De Water, to succeed retiring judge Harry G. Snyder. * In District IV, Dane County

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Brian Blanchard Brian Blanchard (born November 7, 1958) is an American attorney, judge, and Democratic politician. He currently serves as a judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals in Madison-based District IV. Biography Born in State College, Pennsylvania, J ...

defeated Richland County circuit judge Edward Leineweber, to succeed retiring judge

Charles P. Dykman Charles P. Dykman is a former Presiding Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. Career Dykman was a Judge of the Court of Appeals from 1978 to 2010. He served as a Presiding Judge twice. First, from 1996 to 2001, and second, from 2009 to 2010. Pr ...

. , colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;", General Election, April 6, 2010 , colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;", General Election, April 6, 2010

Notes

References

External links

Elections & Election Results
by the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board
Wisconsin Congressional Races in 2010
for campaign finance data for federal races from

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Wisconsin--State Races in 2010
campaign finance data for state races from ''Follow the Money'' {{United States elections, 2010

Wisconsin State Legislature elections