The 2022 Wisconsin Senate elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. 17 of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin State Senate were up for election—the odd-numbered districts. This was the first election to take place after redistricting following the 2020 United States census. This was the only election to take place under the redistricting plan set out in 2022. Before the election, 21 Senate seats were held by Republicans, and 12 seats were held by Democrats. 11 Republican seats and six Democratic seats were up in this election. The primary election took place on August 9, 2022.
Republicans flipped one Democratic-held Senate seat and achieved a two-thirds supermajority, entering the 106th Wisconsin Legislature with 22 of 33 State Senate seats.
Results summary
Seats Party (majority caucus shading) TotalDemocraticRepublican Last election (2020) 6 10 16 Total after last election (2020) 12 21 33 Total before this election 12 21 33 Up for election 6 11 17 of which: Incumbent retiring 3 4 7 Vacated 0 00 Unopposed 1 2 3 This election 5 12 17 Change from last election 1 1 Total after this election 11 22 33 Change in total 1 1
Source: https://elections.wi.gov/elections/election-results#accordion-5601
Close races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
Outgoing incumbents Retiring Kathy Bernier (R–Chippewa Falls), representing District 23 since 2018, announced in January 2022 that she would not seek reelection. Bernier had made news in 2021 by opposing her party's attempts to undermine the validity of the 2020 United States presidential election. Prominent Republicans loyal to Donald Trump had called for her to resign or be defeated. Janet Bewley (D–Mason), representing District 25 since 2014, announced on February 6, 2022, that she would not seek reelection. Jon Erpenbach (D–West Point), representing District 27 since 1998, announced on December 9, 2021, that he would not seek reelection. Dale Kooyenga (R–Brookfield), representing District 5 since 2018, announced in April 2022 that he would not run for a second term. Jerry Petrowski (R–Marathon), representing District 29 since 2012, announced on March 10, 2022, that he would not seek reelection. Janis Ringhand (D–Evansville), representing District 15 since 2014, announced on March 9, 2022, that she would not seek reelection.
Seeking other office Roger Roth (R–Appleton), representing District 19 since 2014, ran instead for lieutenant governor of Wisconsin.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball May 19, 2022
Race summary
Dist. IncumbentThis race Member Party First elected Status General Result 01 Republican 2018 Running Incumbent re-elected 03 Democratic 2002 Running Incumbent re-elected 05 Republican 2018Not running New member elected.Republican hold. 07 Democratic 2010 Running Incumbent re-elected 09 Republican 2014 Running Incumbent re-elected 11 Republican 2014 Running Incumbent re-elected 13 Republican 2021 (special) Running Incumbent re-elected 15 Democratic 2014Not running New member elected.Democratic hold. 17 Republican 2014 Running Incumbent re-elected 19 Republican 2014Running forlieutenantgovernor New member elected.Republican hold. 21 Republican 2014 Running Incumbent re-elected 23 Republican 2018Not running New member elected.Republican hold. 25 Democratic 2014Not running New member elected.Republican gain. 27 Democratic 1998Not running New member elected.Democratic hold. 29 Republican 2021 (recall)Not running New member elected.Republican hold. 31 Democratic 2018 Running Incumbent re-elected 33 Republican 2015 Running Incumbent re-elected
Detailed results
District 1 Incumbent Republican André Jacque ran for re-election. He defeated attorney Andrea Gage-Michaels by a 19-point margin.
District 3 Incumbent Democrat Tim Carpenter ran for re-election. He defeated Republican and perennial candidate Angel Sanchez by a wide margin.
District 5 Incumbent Republican Dale Kooyenga declined to run for re-election. Former state legislator Rob Hutton defeated Democrat Jessica Katzenmeyer.
District 7 Incumbent Democrat Chris Larson ran for re-election. He defeated Republican Peter Gilbert.
District 9 Incumbent Republican Devin LeMahieu ran for re-election unopposed. In the primary election he faced candidates Ruth Villareal and Jeanette Deschene in the primary.
District 11 Incumbent Republican Stephen Nass ran for re-election. He defeated Democrat Steven J. Doelder by a 17-point margin.
District 13 Incumbent Republican John Jagler ran for re-election unopposed.
District 15 Incumbent Democrat Janis Ringhand declined to seek re-election. State legislator Mark Spreitzer defeated Republican Mark Trofimchuck by a wide margin.
District 17 Incumbent Republican Howard Marklein ran for re-election. He defeated Democrat Pat Skogen by a wide margin.
District 19 Incumbent Republican Roger Roth declined to seek re-election, instead running for Lieutenant governor. State representative Rachael Cabral-Guevara defeated Appleton Common Councilmember Kristin Alfheim by a nine-point margin.
District 21 Incumbent Republican Van H. Wanggaard ran for re-election unopposed.
District 23 Incumbent Republican Kathy Bernier declined to seek re-election. Republican Jesse James defeated challengers Brian Westrate and Sandra Scholz. James was unopposed in the general election.
District 25
Incumbent Democrat Janet Bewley declined to seek re-election. Former Republican legislator Romaine Quinn defeated Democrat Kelly Westlund by a 14-point margin.
District 27 Incumbent Democrat Jon Erpenbach declined to seek re-election. Democratic state representative Dianne Hesselbein defeated Republican Robert Relph by a wide margin.
District 29 Incumbent Republican Jerry Petrowski declined to seek re-election. Republican Cory Tomczyk defeated Mosinee mayor Brent Jacobson and realtor Jon P. Kaiser in the primary. Tomczyk defeated Democrat Bob Look in the general election by a wide margin.
District 31 Incumbent Republican Jeff Smith ran for re-election. He defeated Republican David Estenson by a 0.9% margin.
District 33 Incumbent Republican Chris Kapenga ran for re-election unopposed.
See also Republican efforts to restrict voting following the 2020 presidential election: Wisconsin 2022 Wisconsin elections 2022 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 2022 Wisconsin Attorney General election 2022 Wisconsin State Assembly election 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin 2022 United States elections Wisconsin Senate Elections in Wisconsin Redistricting in Wisconsin
References
External links Wisconsin Elections Commission
(state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)