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The 2010 Wisconsin Fall General Election was held in the U.S. state of Wisconsin on November 2, 2010. All of Wisconsin's executive and administrative officers were up for election as well as one of Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seats, Wisconsin's eight seats in the United States House of Representatives, seventeen seats in the Wisconsin State Senate, and all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly. 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 and Lieutenant Governor, defeating an incumbent Democratic State Treasurer, and reelecting the incumbent Republican attorney general. They also won control of both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature, and defeated incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Russ Feingold and U.S. Representative Steve Kagen, and won the open U.S. House seat previously held by Democrat Dave Obey.
The 2010 Wisconsin Spring Election was held April 6, 2010. This election featured a contested election for Wisconsin Court of Appeals 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 Russ Feingold was challenged by Republican businessman Ron Johnson 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%.
United States Senate Election in Wisconsin, 2010$^{:2}$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| General Election, November 2, 2010 ||||||
| | Republican | Ron Johnson | 1,125,999 | 51.86% | +7.75% |
| | Democratic | Russ Feingold (incumbent) | 1,020,958 | 47.02% | −8.33% |
| | Constitution | Rob Taylor | 23,473 | 1.08% | |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 901 | 0.04% | +0.01% |
| Plurality | Plurality | Plurality | 105,041 | 4.84% | -6.40% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,171,331 | 100.0% | −26.39% |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | 16.08% | |

### United States House

All 8 of Wisconsin's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010. The Republican Party gained 2 seats, taking a 5-3 majority in the Wisconsin House delegation.
| District | CPVI | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Incumbent | Candidates (check mark indicates winner) | Result |
| District | CPVI | Representative | Representative | First Elected | Incumbent Status | Candidates (check mark indicates winner) | Result |
| Wisconsin 1 | R+2 | Paul Ryan | | 1998 | Running | Y Paul Ryan (Rep) 68.11%John Heckenlively (Dem) 30.10%Joseph Kexel (Lib) 1.64% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Wisconsin 2 | D+15 | Tammy Baldwin | | 1998 | Running | Y Tammy Baldwin (Dem) 61.77%Chad Lee (Rep) 38.16% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Wisconsin 3 | D+4 | Ron Kind | | 1996 | Running | Y Ron Kind (Dem) 50.28%Dan Kapanke (Rep) 46.49%Michael Krsiean (Ind) 3.18% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Wisconsin 4 | D+22 | Gwen Moore | | 2004 | Running | Y Gwen Moore (Dem) 68.98%Dan Sebring (Rep) 29.57%Eddie Ahmad Ayyash (Ind) 1.35% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Wisconsin 5 | R+12 | Jim Sensenbrenner | | 1978 | Running | Y Jim Sensenbrenner (Rep) 69.32%Todd P. Kolosso (Dem) 27.36%Robert R. Raymond (Ind) 3.26% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Wisconsin 6 | R+4 | Tom Petri | | 1979 | Running | Y Tom Petri (Rep) 70.66%Joseph P. Kallas (Dem) 29.27% | Incumbent re-elected. |
| Wisconsin 7 | D+4 | Dave Obey | | 1969 | Not Running | Y Sean Duffy (Rep) 52.11%Julie Lassa (Dem) 44.43%Gary Kauther (Ind) 3.30% | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain. |
| Wisconsin 8 | R+2 | Steve Kagen | | 2006 | Running | Y Reid Ribble (Rep) 54.77%Steve Kagen (Dem) 45.12% | Incumbent lost reelection. New member elected. Republican gain. |

## State
### Executive
#### Governor and lieutenant governor

Incumbent Governor Jim Doyle and Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton 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%.
Wisconsin Gubernatorial Election, 2010$^{:1}$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| General Election, November 2, 2010 ||||||
| | Republican | Scott Walker / Rebecca Kleefisch | 1,128,941 | 52.25% | +6.94% |
| | Democratic | Tom Barrett / Tom Nelson | 1,004,303 | 46.48% | −6.22% |
| | Independent | Jim Langer / (no Lieutenant Governor candidate) | 10,608 | 0.49% | |
| | Independent | James James / (no Lieutenant Governor candidate) | 8,273 | 0.38% | |
| | Libertarian | (no Governor candidate) / Terry Virgil | 6,790 | 0.31% | |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,915 | 0.09% | -0.02% |
| Plurality | Plurality | Plurality | 124,638 | 5.77% | -1.62% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,160,830 | 100.0% | −3.71% |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | 13.16% | |

### Administrative
#### Attorney general

Incumbent Republican J.B. Van Hollen defeated Democrat Scott Hassett in the race for Wisconsin Attorney General, winning 57.79% of the vote to Hassett's 42.13%.
Wisconsin Attorney General Election, 2010$^{:1}$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| General Election, November 2, 2010 ||||||
| | Republican | J. B. Van Hollen (incumbent) | 1,220,791 | 57.79% | +7.64% |
| | Democratic | Scott Hassett | 890,080 | 42.13% | −7.60% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,614 | 0.08% | -0.04% |
| Plurality | Plurality | Plurality | 330,711 | 15.66% | +15.24% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,112,485 | 100.0% | −0.56% |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

#### Secretary of state

Incumbent Democrat Doug La Follette defeated Republican David King in the race for Wisconsin Secretary of State, winning 51.61% to King's 48.3%.
Wisconsin Secretary of State Election, 2010$^{:2}$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| General Election, November 2, 2010 ||||||
| | Democratic | Doug La Follette (incumbent) | 1,074,118 | 51.61% | −6.46% |
| | Republican | David D. King | 1,005,217 | 48.30% | +9.25% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,863 | 0.09% | +0.02% |
| Plurality | Plurality | Plurality | 68,901 | 3.31% | -15.71% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,081,198 | 100.0% | +2.01% |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

#### Treasurer

Republican challenger Kurt W. Schuller defeated incumbent Democrat Dawn Marie Sass in the race for Wisconsin Treasurer, winning 53.39% of the vote to Sass's 46.47%.
Wisconsin State Treasurer Election, 2010$^{:2}$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| General Election, November 2, 2010 ||||||
| | Republican | Kurt W. Schuller | 1,101,320 | 53.39% | +6.50% |
| | Democratic | Dawn Marie Sass (incumbent) | 958,468 | 46.47% | −0.88% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 2,873 | 0.14% | +0.06% |
| Plurality | Plurality | Plurality | 142,852 | 6.93% | +6.47% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,081,198 | 100.0% | +0.53% |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | 7.38% | |

### Legislature
#### State senate

The 17 odd-numbered seats of the Wisconsin Senate were up for election in 2010. The Republican Party won control of the State Senate.

##### Summary

| Seats | Party (majority caucus shading) | Party (majority caucus shading) | Total | Vacant |
| Seats | Democratic | Republican | Total | |
| Total after last election (2008) | 18 | 15 | 33 | 0 |
| Total before this election | 18 | 15 | 33 | 0 |
| Up for election | 10 | 7 | 17 | 0 |
| This election | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 |
| Total after this election | 14 | 19 | 33 | 0 |
| Change in total | 4 | 4 | | |

#### State Assembly

All 99 seats in the Wisconsin Assembly were up for election in 2010. The Republican Party won control of the Assembly.

##### Summary

| Seats | Party (majority caucus shading) | Party (majority caucus shading) | Party (majority caucus shading) | Total | Vacant |
| Seats | Democratic | Ind. | Republican | Total | |
| Total after last election (2008) | 52 | 1 | 46 | 99 | 0 |
| Total before this election | 50 | 2 | 45 | 97 | 2 |
| This election | 38 | 1 | 60 | 99 | 0 |
| Total after this election | 38 | 1 | 57 | 96 | 3 |
| Change in total | 12 | 1 | 12 | | 1 |

### Judiciary
#### State Court of Appeals

Three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals were up for election in 2010, two of those seats were contested.
* In District I, Judge Joan F. Kessler was elected to her second six-year term without opposition.
* 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 district attorney Brian Blanchard defeated Richland County circuit judge Edward Leineweber, to succeed retiring judge Charles P. Dykman.
Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District II Election, 2010$^{:1}$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| General Election, April 6, 2010 |||||
| | Nonpartisan | Paul F. Reilly | 85,392 | 52.75% |
| | Nonpartisan | Linda M. Van De Water | 76,214 | 47.08% |
| | | Scattering | 268 | 0.17% |
| Plurality | Plurality | Plurality | 9,178 | 5.67% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 161,874 | 100.0% |
Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District IV Election, 2010$^{:1}$ :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| General Election, April 6, 2010 |||||
| | Nonpartisan | Brian Blanchard | 104,918 | 62.65% |
| | Nonpartisan | Edward E. Leineweber | 62,135 | 37.10% |
| | | Scattering | 418 | 0.25% |
| Plurality | Plurality | Plurality | 42,783 | 25.55% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 167,471 | 100.0% |

#### State Circuit Courts

Forty four of the state's 249 circuit court seats were up for election in 2010. Nine of those seats were contested, only two incumbent judges faced a contested election and one was defeated.
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| Barron | Barron | James C. Babler | James C. Babler | 4,541 | 99.74% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Brown | 3 | Sue E. Bischel | Sue E. Bischel | 22,645 | 99.24% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Calumet | Calumet | Donald A. Poppy | Donald A. Poppy | 3,207 | 99.32% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Crawford | Crawford | --Vacant-- | James P. Czajkowski | 2,714 | 99.16% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Dane | 4 | Amy R. Smith | Amy R. Smith | 37,951 | 99.41% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Dane | 5 | Nicholas J. McNamara | Nicholas J. McNamara | 37,667 | 99.60% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Dane | 14 | C. William Foust | C. William Foust | 39,251 | 99.69% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Dane | 15 | Stephen Ehlke | Stephen Ehlke | 37,928 | 99.67% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Dane | 16 | Sarah B. O'Brien | Sarah B. O'Brien | 38,760 | 99.68% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Dane | 17 | Peter C. Anderson | Peter C. Anderson | 37,413 | 99.69% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Dunn | 1 | Bill Stewart | Bill Stewart | 4,320 | 99.47% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Fond du Lac | 2 | Peter L. Grimm | Peter L. Grimm | 8,867 | 99.48% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Fond du Lac | 4 | Steven W. Weinke | Gary R. Sharpe | 6,006 | 56.28% | Scot T. Mortier | 4,658 | 43.65% | |
| Iowa | Iowa | William Dyke | William Dyke | 2,517 | 61.15% | Rhonda R. Hazen | 1,597 | 38.80% | |
| Juneau | 1 | John Pier Roemer | John Pier Roemer | 1,916 | 99.58% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Kewaunee | Kewaunee | Dennis J. Mleziva | Dennis J. Mleziva | 1,600 | 99.13% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Lincoln | 1 | Jay R. Tlusty | Jay R. Tlusty | 3,024 | 98.73% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Manitowoc | 1 | Patrick L. Willis | Patrick L. Willis | 11,404 | 99.76% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Marathon | 2 | Gregory Huber | Gregory Huber | 8,906 | 99.21% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Milwaukee | 5 | Mary M. Kuhnmuench | Mary M. Kuhnmuench | 21,741 | 98.76% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Milwaukee | 14 | Christopher R. Foley | Christopher R. Foley | 22,839 | 98.97% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Milwaukee | 24 | Charles F. Kahn Jr. | Charles F. Kahn Jr. | 21,561 | 98.80% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Milwaukee | 25 | Stephanie G. Rothstein | Stephanie G. Rothstein | 21,486 | 98.90% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Milwaukee | 34 | Glenn H. Yamahiro | Glenn H. Yamahiro | 21,360 | 98.85% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Milwaukee | 37 | Karen E. Christenson | Karen E. Christenson | 21,745 | 98.96% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Milwaukee | 44 | Daniel L. Konkol | Daniel L. Konkol | 21,801 | 98.94% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Milwaukee | 45 | Thomas P. Donegan | Thomas P. Donegan | 21,961 | 98.94% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Monroe | 2 | Michael J. McAlpine | Mark L. Goodman | 4,055 | 61.83% | Kerry Sullivan-Flock | 2,491 | 37.98% | |
| Monroe | 3 | --New Seat-- | J. David Rice | 5,602 | 98.75% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Oconto | 2 | Richard D. Delforge | Jay N. Conley | 2,931 | 56.41% | Edward Burke | 2,246 | 43.23% | |
| Pierce | Pierce | Robert W. Wing | Joe Boles | 4,343 | 54.02% | Robert L. Loberg | 3,694 | 45.95% | |
| Racine | 2 | Stephen A. Simanek | Eugene Gasiorkiewicz | 10,549 | 54.08% | Georgia Herrera | 8,949 | 45.88% | |
| Racine | 4 | John S. Jude | John S. Jude | 13,398 | 99.35% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Rock | 2 | Alan Bates | Alan Bates | 9,453 | 99.24% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Rusk | Rusk | Frederick A. Henderson | Steven P. Anderson | 1,700 | 96.87% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Sauk | 2 | James Evenson | James Evenson | 8,702 | 99.60% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Vilas | Vilas | Neal A. Nielsen III | Neal A. Nielsen III | 1,272 | 98.15% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Walworth | 2 | James L. Carlson | James L. Carlson | 9,781 | 98.95% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Walworth | 4 | Michael S. Gibbs | David M. Reddy | 7,298 | 61.02% | David A. Danz | 4,623 | 38.65% | |
| Waukesha | 2 | Richard A. Congdon | Mark Gundrum | 41,561 | 76.76% | Richard A. Congdon | 12,560 | 23.20% | |
| Waupaca | 2 | John P. Hoffmann | John P. Hoffmann | 3,086 | 99.42% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Winnebago | 3 | Barbara Hart Key | Barbara Hart Key | 15,427 | 99.28% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |
| Winnebago | 5 | William H. Carver | John Jorgensen | 10,525 | 54.58% | Edmund J. Jelinski | 8,724 | 45.24% | |
| Wood | 2 | James Mason | James Mason | 6,366 | 99.52% | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- | --Unopposed-- |