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The Wisconsin State Assembly elections of 2018 were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. 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. The Assembly is controlled by the Republican ...
were up for election. The Republican Party maintained a majority it had held since 2011, winning 63 seats, losing one seat, and receiving 44.75% of the voting share. Despite winning a majority of ballots cast, the Democratic Party won only 36 seats, thus remaining a minority and gaining just one seat from the Republicans, District 14. Democratic votes were concentrated in urban areas such as
Milwaukee Milwaukee is the List of cities in Wisconsin, most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the List of United States cities by population, 31st-most populous city in the United States ...
and Madison, while Republicans garnered votes in more rural areas, which was widely attributed to the impact of
gerrymandering Gerrymandering, ( , originally ) defined in the contexts of Representative democracy, representative electoral systems, is the political manipulation of Boundary delimitation, electoral district boundaries to advantage a Political party, pa ...
in the post-2010 state redistricting.2/ Based on the 2018 results, the tipping point district was District 29, which the Republicans won by a margin of 12.12%. Democrats would have needed to win the statewide popular vote by a margin of 20.36% to win a majority of seats.


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See also

* 2018 Wisconsin gubernatorial election * 2018 Wisconsin State Senate election * 2018 Wisconsin elections


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Wisconsin Elections Commission
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. The Assembly is controlled by the Republican ...
State Assembly
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