The 2016 Wisconsin Senate elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, at the Fall general election in

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. Sixteen of the 33 seats in the

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were up for election—the even-numbered districts. Before the election, Republicans held 18 seats, Democrats held 14 seats, and 1 seat was vacant. Of the seats up for election, 8 were held by Democrats, 7 were held by Republicans, and 1 was vacant due to the recent death of a Republican member. The

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was held on August 9, 2016. Republicans consolidated their control of the Senate, flipping one Democrat-held seat, and entered the 103rd Wisconsin Legislature with 20 of 33 Senate seats.

Results summary

Statewide results of the 2016 Wisconsin State Senate election:

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%: # # # (gain)

Outgoing incumbents

Retiring

* Nikiya Harris Dodd (D–

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), representing District 6 since

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, did not run for re-election.

Vacated

* Rick Gudex (R– Fond du Lac), representing District 18 since

, did not run for re-election, then died by suicide before the election.

Predictions

Candidates and results

Notes

References

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