Wisconsin Assembly District 1
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Joel Kitchens Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Joel KitchensRepublican · Incumbent12 years since first winRenee A. PaplhamDemocratic
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Joel Kitchens (R) 61.9, Renee Paplham (D) 38.0
- Last election
- Joel Kitchens (Republican) won by 23.9 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: KitchensRight column: Paplham
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeKitchensNo published score for Paplham
- Races
- Won 6 of 6
- Won 0 of 1
- Years since first win
- 12
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Renee A. PaplhamDemocratic
- Joel KitchensIncumbentRepublican
Source: elections.wi.gov, dated Oct 6
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Official results for Wisconsin
History (27 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 38,929
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoel KitchensWon Republican 24,10161.9% DemocraticRenee Paplham Democratic 14,80138.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 270.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,806
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoel KitchensWon(incumbent) Republican 19,86462.5% DemocraticRoberta Thelen Democratic 11,91637.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 260.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 37,920
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoel KitchensWon(incumbent) Republican 23,44161.8% DemocraticKim Delorit Jensen Democratic 14,46238.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 170.0% OtherTimothy Lenartowski Other 00.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,202
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoel KitchensWon(incumbent) Republican 20,65168.4% IndependentRoberta Thelen Independent 9,51931.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 320.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,347
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoel KitchensWon(incumbent) Republican 20,04460.1% DemocraticLynn Utesch Democratic 13,28939.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 140.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,345
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoel C. KitchensWon Republican 16,07256.7% DemocraticJoe Majeski Democratic 12,25643.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 170.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,146
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGarey BiesWon(incumbent) Republican 16,99351.3% DemocraticPatrick Veeser Democratic 16,12448.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 290.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,405
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGarey D. BiesWon(incumbent) Republican 14,22558.3% DemocraticRichard A. Skare Democratic 10,16541.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 150.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,960
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGarey BiesWon(incumbent) Republican 15,90551.4% DemocraticDick Skare Democratic 15,05548.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,624
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGarey D. BiesWon(incumbent) Republican 13,73653.6% DemocraticAme Grail Democratic 11,88846.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,912
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGarey D. BiesWon(incumbent) Republican 19,02261.5% DemocraticTom Hermann Democratic 11,89038.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,389
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGarey D. BiesWon(incumbent) Republican 13,37865.6% DemocraticTom Hermann Democratic 7,01134.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,236
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGarey D. BiesWon Republican 16,13257.1% DemocraticLary J. Swoboda Democratic 12,10442.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,864
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDave HutchisonWon(incumbent) Republican 14,864100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,593
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDave HutchisonWon(incumbent) Republican 17,593100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,641
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDave HutchisonWon Republican 10,87261.6% DemocraticCollee Crockermacmillin Democratic 6,76938.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,597
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLary J. SwobodaWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,597100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,134
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLary J. SwobodaWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,06864.6% RepublicanClifford Ehlers Republican 6,06635.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,390
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLary J. SwobodaWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,27856.8% RepublicanRobert Papke Republican 10,11243.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,208
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLary J. SwobodaWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,01868.0% RepublicanSchnabl Republican 4,87430.1% IndependentWessely Independent 3161.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,800
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLary J. SwobodaWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,65168.6% RepublicanSchnabl Republican 7,14931.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,608
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1983)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLouise M. TesmerWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,10384.0% RepublicanWilliam Allen Rinnemaki Republican 2,22314.2% LibertarianElaine Bergstrom Libertarian 2821.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,200
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLary J. SwobodaWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,14072.0% RepublicanClifford Delorit Republican 7,06028.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,093
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLary J. SwobodaWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,23465.7% RepublicanHarvey W. Rowe Republican 5,85834.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,437
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLary J. SwobodaWon(incumbent) Democratic 16,67074.3% RepublicanStephen P. Johnson Republican 5,76625.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,455
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLary J. SwobodaWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,86763.8% RepublicanCheryl R. Warren Republican 5,33834.5% OtherKenneth Werkheiser Other 2481.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,365
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 1, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLary J. SwobodaWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,70462.4% RepublicanLawrence H. Johnson Republican 7,36736.2% OtherRichard M. Vandenheuvel Other 2941.4%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1972 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:wi/sldl:1
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026