Draft:1970 Wisconsin State Assembly election

1970 Wisconsin State Assembly election
All 100 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly; 51 seats needed for a majority
Speaker before election; Harold V. Froehlich; Republican	Elected Speaker ; Robert T. Huber; Democratic

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The 1970 Wisconsin State Assembly election is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 1970. All 100 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly were up for election. At the time of the election, 51 seats were held by the Republican Party, 48 by the Democratic Party, and one seat by an Independent. These were the final state assembly elections held under the 100 seat legislature, which was reduced in 1971 Act 304 to 99 seats and established the modern nesting model of redistricting used in Wisconsin.

Outgoing incumbents

Retiring

Paul Alfonsi (R–Minocqua), representing the Forest–Oneida–Vilas district since 1964^[a], retired.
Vincent R. Mathews (D–Waukesha), representing Waukesha County's 3rd district since 1958, retired.
Frank Nikolay (D–Colby), representing the Clark County district since 1958, retired.
John C. Van Hollen (R–Chetek), representing the Barron–Washburn district since 1966, retired.
Earl W. Warren (D–Racine), representing Racine County's 1st district since 1954, retired.
Stanley York (R–River Falls) representing the Buffalo–Pepin–Pierce district since 1966, retired.

Seeking other office

David O. Martin (R–Menasha), representing Winnebago County's 3rd district since 1960, ran for Lieutenant Governor.
Bruce Peloquin (D–Chippewa Falls), representing the Chippewa County district since 1964, ran for Wisconsin State Senate.
Jack D. Steinhilber (R–Oshkosh), representing Winnebago County's 1st district since 1966, ran for Wisconsin State Senate.

Vacating office

Ronald G. Parys (D–Milwaukee), representing Milwaukee County's 13th district since 1964, vacated his office in 1969 after being elected to the Wisconsin State Senate.

Lost renomination

Gregor J. Bock (R–Highland), representing the Iowa & Richland district since 1960, lost renomination to Phillip Leyda (R–Richland Center).
Kyle Kenyon (R–Tomah), representing the Monroe County district since 1956, lost renomination to Robert L. Quackenbush (R–Sparta).
Oscar A. Laper Jr. (R–Rock Springs), representing the Sauk County district since 1966 lost renomination to Kenyon E. Giese (R–Loganville).

Results summary

District		Incumbent				This race
District		Member	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates	Results
Adams–Juneau–Marquette		Tommy Thompson	Republican	1966	Ran	▌ YTommy Thompson (Rep.) 65.69% ▌Justin E. Tarvid (Dem.) 34.31%	Incumbent re-elected
Ashland–Bayfield–Iron		Ernest J. Korpela	Democratic	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Barron–Washburn		John C. Van Hollen	Republican	1966	Retired		Incumbent retired. New member elected Republican hold.
Brown	1	Jerome Quinn	Republican	1954	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	2	Lawrence J. Kafka	Republican	1964	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	3	Cletus J. Vanderperren	Democratic	1958	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Buffalo–Pepin–Pierce		Stanley York	Republican	1966	Retired		Incumbent retired. New member elected Democratic gain.
Burnett–Polk		Harvey L. Dueholm	Democratic	1958	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Calumet		Gervase Hephner	Democratic	1966	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Chippewa		Bruce Peloquin	Democratic	1964	Ran for State Senate		Incumbent retired. New member elected Democratic hold.
Clark		Frank Nikolay	Democratic	1958	Retired		Incumbent retired. New member elected Democratic hold.
Columbia		Wesley L. Packard	Republican	1966	Ran		Incumbent defeated. New member elected Democratic gain.
Crawford–Vernon		Bernard Lewison	Republican	1954	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Dane	1	Norman C. Anderson	Democratic	1956 1958 (defeated) 1960	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	2	Edward Nager	Democratic	1962	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	3	Robert Uehling	Republican	1960	Ran		Incumbent defeated. New member elected Democratic gain.
	4	Russel R. Weisensel	Republican	1966	Ran		Incumbent defeated. New member elected Democratic gain.
	5	David D. O'Malley	Democratic	1958	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Dodge	1	Esther Doughty Luckhardt	Republican	1962	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Dodge	2	Elmer C. Nitschke	Republican	1948	Ran		Incumbent defeated. New member elected Democratic gain.
Door–Kewaunee		Lawrence Johnson	Republican	1960	Ran		Incumbent defeated. New member elected Democratic gain.
Douglas		Edward Stack	Democratic	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Dunn		Alvin Baldus	Democratic	1966	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Eau Claire	1	Joseph Looby	Democratic	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Eau Claire	2	Louis V. Mato	Democratic	1962	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Florence–Marinette		William LaFave	Republican	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Fond du Lac	1	Earl F. McEssy	Republican	1956	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Fond du Lac	2	William S. Schwefel	Republican	1964	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Forest, Oneida, & Vilas		Paul Alfonsi	Republican	1932 1940 (retired) 1958	Retired^[1]		Incumbent retired. New member elected Democratic gain.
Grant		James N. Azim Jr.	Republican	1964 (special)	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Green & Lafayette		Joseph E. Tregoning	Republican	1967 (special)	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Green Lake & Waushara		Jon P. Wilcox	Republican	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Iowa & Richland		Gregor J. Bock	Republican	1960	Lost Renomination		Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected Democratic gain.
Jackson & Trempealeau		John Q. Radcliffe	Democratic	1964	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Jefferson		Byron F. Wackett	Republican	1952	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Kenosha	1	George Molinaro	Democratic	1946	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Kenosha	2	Russell Olson	Republican	1960 1962(disputed)^[b] 1964(defeated) 1966	Ran		Incumbent defeated. New member elected Democratic gain.
La Crosse	1	Gerald Greider	Republican	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
La Crosse	2	Norbert Nuttelman	Republican	1960	Ran		Incumbent defeated. New member elected Democratic gain.
Langlade & Oconto		Milton McDougal	Republican	1964^[c]	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Lincoln & Taylor		Joseph Sweda	Democratic	1962	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Manitowoc	1	Donald K. Helgeson	Republican	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Manitowoc	2	Everett E. Bolle	Democratic	1960	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Marathon	1	Laurence J. Day	Democratic	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Marathon	2	Tony Earl	Democratic	1969 (special)	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Menominee & Shawano		Herbert J. Grover	Democratic	1964	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Milwaukee	1	Mark Lipscomb Jr.	Democratic	1964	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	2	Joseph E. Jones	Democratic	1962	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	3	Dennis Conta	Democratic	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	4	Harout O. Sanasarian	Democratic	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	5	Paul Sicula	Democratic	1966	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	6	Lloyd Barbee	Democratic	1964	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	7	William A. Johnson	Democratic	1965 (special)	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	8	Joseph Czerwinski	Democratic	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	9	Robert L. Jackson Jr.	Democratic	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	10	Fred Kessler	Democratic	1960 1962 (retired) 1964	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	11	Raymond J. Tobiasz	Democratic	1960	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	12	Sam L. Orlich	Democratic	1966	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	13	--Vacant^[d]--					District vacated. New member elected Democratic hold.
	14	Jerry Kleczka	Democratic	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	15	Erwin G. Tamms	Republican	1968	Ran		Incumbent defeated. New member elected Democratic gain.
	16	Richard E. Pabst	Democratic	1966	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	17	John E. McCormick	Democratic	1960	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	18	Ervin Schneeberg	Republican	1968	Ran		Incumbent defeated. New member elected Democratic gain.
	19	Daniel D. Hanna	Democratic	1964	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	20	George Klicka	Republican	1966	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	21	James J. Lynn	Democratic	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	22	Robert T. Huber	Democratic	1948	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	23	Jerry J. Wing	Independent	1968^[e]	Ran		Incumbent defeated. New member elected Democratic gain.
	24	William P. Atkinson	Democratic	1964	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	25	Jim Sensenbrenner	Republican	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Monroe		Kyle Kenyon	Republican	1956	Lost renomination		lost renomination. New member elected Democratic gain.
Outagamie	1	Harold V. Froehlich	Republican	1962	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	2	William J. Rogers	Democratic	1962	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	3	Ervin Conradt	Republican	1964	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Ozaukee		Herbert Schowalter	Republican	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Portage		Leonard A. Groshek	Democratic	TBD	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Price, Rusk & Sawyer		Willis J. Hutnik	Republican	1954	Ran		Incumbent defeated. New member elected Democratic gain.
Racine	1	Earl W. Warren	Democratic	1954	Retired		Incumbent retired. New member elected Democratic gain.
	2	Manny S. Brown	Democratic	1964	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	3	Merrill E. Stalbaum	Republican	1960	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Rock	1	Lewis T. Mittness	Democratic	1964	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	2	Carolyn Blanchard	Republican	1963 (special)	Ran		Incumbent defeated. New member elected Democratic gain.
	3	George B. Belting	Republican	1956	Ran		Incumbent defeated. New member elected Democratic gain.
Sauk		Oscar A. Laper Jr.	Republican	1966	Lost renomination		Incumbent lost renomination. New member elected Republican hold.
Sheboygan	1	Carl Otte	Democratic	1966	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Sheboygan	2	Vernon R. Boeckmann	Democratic	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
St. Croix		Robert M. Boche	Republican	1966	Ran		Incumbent defeated. New member elected Democratic gain.
Walworth		Clarence J. Wilger	Republican	1966	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Washington		Frederick C. Schroeder	Republican	1964	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Waukesha	1	Kenneth Merkel	Republican	1964	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	2	John M. Alberts	Republican	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	3	Vincent R. Mathews	Democratic	1958	Retired		Incumbent retired. New member elected Democratic hold.
	4	John C. Shabaz	Republican	1964	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Waupaca		Francis R. Byers	Republican	1968	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
Winnebago	1	Jack D. Steinhilber	Republican	1966	Ran for Wisconsin State Senate		Incumbent retired. New member elected Republican hold.
	2	Gordon R. Bradley	Republican	1966	Ran		Incumbent re-elected
	3	David O. Martin	Republican	1960	Ran for Lieutenant Governor		Incumbent retired. New member elected Repubican hold.
Wood	1	John Parkin	Republican	1968	Ran		Incumbent defeated. New member elected Democratic gain.
Wood	2	Harvey F. Gee	Republican	1960	Ran		Incumbent defeated. New member elected Democratic gain.

Notes

^ Represented the Iron–Oneida–Vilas district from 1959–1965 and the Iron–Vilas district from 1933–1941
^ The results of the 1962 election were contested after Democrat Earl H. Elfers was declared the winner by a margin of 5 votes, post-recount. Due to the dispute the legislature chose to seat Olson in February 1963. In 1964 the judge assigned to the case, John Ahlgrimm, ruled in favor of Elfers. In 1965, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Elfers had been provisionally seated, and the legislature was within its rights to seat Olson due to the election dispute.
^ First elected as a Democrat
^ Seat formerly held by Democrat Ronald G. Parys
^ First elected as a Republican

References

^ Wyngaard, John; Wyngaard, Tim (May 10, 1970). "Inside the Capitol". Green Bay Press-Gazette. p. 7. Retrieved August 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] Represented the Iron–Oneida–Vilas district from 1959–1965 and the Iron–Vilas district from 1933–1941

[3] The results of the 1962 election were contested after Democrat Earl H. Elfers was declared the winner by a margin of 5 votes, post-recount. Due to the dispute the legislature chose to seat Olson in February 1963. In 1964 the judge assigned to the case, John Ahlgrimm, ruled in favor of Elfers. In 1965, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Elfers had been provisionally seated, and the legislature was within its rights to seat Olson due to the election dispute.

[4] First elected as a Democrat

[5] Seat formerly held by Democrat Ronald G. Parys

[6] First elected as a Republican

[2] Wyngaard, John; Wyngaard, Tim (May 10, 1970). "Inside the Capitol". Green Bay Press-Gazette. p. 7. Retrieved August 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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