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Wisconsin House District 54
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Lori Palmeri Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Lori PalmeriDemocratic · Incumbent4 years since first win on fileTim PatersonRepublican
Lori Palmeri 52.6Tim Paterson 47.3
Last result · 2024 generalNo published poll names both candidates.
- Last election
- Lori Palmeri (Democratic) won by 5.3 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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Left column: PalmeriRight column: Paterson
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativePalmeriNo published score for Paterson
- Races won and lost
- 2-0
- 0-1
- Years since first win on file
- 4
- Not available
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- Lori PalmeriIncumbentDemocratic
- Tim PatersonRepublican
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
- 26,635
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLori PalmeriWon Democratic 14,00352.6% RepublicanTim Paterson Republican 12,59047.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 420.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,538
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLori PalmeriWon Democratic 12,12453.8% RepublicanDonnie Herman Republican 10,38246.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 320.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,583
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGordon HintzWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,48754.2% RepublicanDonny Herman Republican 13,06345.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 330.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,160
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGordon HintzWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,01994.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 1,1416.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,802
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGordon HintzWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,92369.5% LibertarianJordan Hansen Libertarian 7,68229.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 1970.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,858
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGordon HintzWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,22851.4% RepublicanMark Elliott Republican 10,57148.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 590.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,058
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGordon HintzWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,40059.9% RepublicanPaul J. Esslinger Republican 11,59439.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 640.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,407
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGordon HintzWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,09357.2% RepublicanJonathan Krause Republican 8,29642.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 180.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,289
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGordon HintzWon(incumbent) Democratic 18,75866.3% RepublicanMark Reiff Republican 9,53133.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,460
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGordon HintzWon Democratic 13,35162.2% RepublicanJulie Pung Leschke Republican 8,10937.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,883
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGregg UnderheimWon(incumbent) Republican 14,04547.0% DemocraticGordon Hintz Democratic 12,02840.3% OtherTony Palmeri Other 2,6538.9% IndependentDan Carpenter Independent 1,1573.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,604
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGregg UnderheimWon(incumbent) Republican 9,69658.4% DemocraticJames A. Genisio Democratic 6,90841.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,891
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGregg UnderheimWon(incumbent) Republican 15,80566.2% DemocraticGreg Belken Democratic 8,08633.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,405
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGregg UnderheimWon(incumbent) Republican 10,03161.1% DemocraticPolly Briley Democratic 6,37438.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,088
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGregg UnderheimWon(incumbent) Republican 12,75360.5% DemocraticTony Palmeri Democratic 8,33539.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,712
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGregg UnderheimWon(incumbent) Republican 9,712100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,138
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGregg UnderheimWon(incumbent) Republican 19,138100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,486
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGregg UnderheimWon(incumbent) Republican 8,58863.7% DemocraticRaymond F. Gose Democratic 4,89836.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,219
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGregg UnderheimWon Republican 13,99769.2% DemocraticDonel Wyman Democratic 6,22130.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,299
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCarol A. BuettnerWon(incumbent) Republican 10,46168.4% DemocraticRaymond F. Gose Democratic 4,83831.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,601
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCarol A. BuettnerWon(incumbent) Republican 15,07469.8% DemocraticRaymond F. Gose Democratic 6,52730.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,588
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1983)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCathy ZeuskeWon Republican 9,71366.6% DemocraticKurt W. Treptow Democratic 4,87433.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,442
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEsther Doughty LuckhardtWon(incumbent) Republican 15,442100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,464
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEsther Doughty LuckhardtWon(incumbent) Republican 9,71962.9% DemocraticJeffrey P. Wallman Democratic 5,74537.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,842
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEsther Doughty LuckhardtWon(incumbent) Republican 13,35667.3% DemocraticWilson R. Anderson Democratic 6,48532.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,905
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEsther Doughty LuckhardtWon(incumbent) Republican 7,93761.5% DemocraticDonald L. Abraham Democratic 4,96838.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,746
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 54, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEsther Doughty LuckhardtWon(incumbent) Republican 11,68965.9% DemocraticDavid J. Weiss Democratic 6,05734.1%
- 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:54
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY)Data as of Oct 28, 2026