1986 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

1986 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
	County results; Kasten: 50–60% 60–70%; Garvey: 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; Bob Kasten; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Bob Kasten; Republican

The 1986 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 3, 1986. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bob Kasten won re-election to a second term. This would be the last time a Republican would win a Senate race in Wisconsin until Ron Johnson in 2010.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Roman R. Blenski, perennial candidate and former State Senator from Milwaukee
Matthew J. Flynn, former chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party
Ed Garvey, former Deputy Wisconsin Attorney General and executive director of the NFLPA
Gary George, State Senator from Milwaukee

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Garvey	126,408	47.59%
	Democratic	Matthew J. Flynn	101,777	38.31%
	Democratic	Gary George	29,485	11.10%
	Democratic	Roman R. Blenski	7,890	2.97%
	Democratic	Write-ins	79	0.03%
Total votes			265,560	100.00%

General election

Results

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Kasten (incumbent)	754,573	50.92%
	Democratic	Ed Garvey	702,963	47.44%
	Independent	Peter Y. Taylor	19,266	1.30%
	Socialist Workers	Margo Storsteen	2,926	0.20%
	Third Party	Eugene Hem	2,234	0.15%
Total votes			1,481,962	100.00%
	Republican hold

References

^ "WI US Senate - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 2, 2020.

[1] "WI US Senate - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 2, 2020.

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1986 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Results

See also

References