Wisconsin Assembly District 6
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Elijah Behnke Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Elijah BehnkeRepublican · Incumbent2 years since first winShirley HinzeDemocratic
Elijah Behnke 67.4Shirley Hinze 32.5
Last result · 2024 generalNo published poll names both candidates.
- Last election
- Elijah Behnke (Republican) won by 34.9 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: BehnkeRight column: Hinze
- Races
- Won 1 of 1
- Won 0 of 1
- Years since first win
- 2
- Not available
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Candidates on the ballot
- Shirley HinzeDemocratic
- Elijah BehnkeIncumbentRepublican
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
- 32,566
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2024)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanElijah BehnkeWon Republican 21,94167.4% DemocraticShirley Hinze Democratic 10,59332.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 320.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,457
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPeter SchmidtWon Republican 14,71055.6% DemocraticWilliam J. Switalla Democratic 7,69429.1% OtherDean Neubert Other 4,05015.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 30.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,666
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGary TauchenWon(incumbent) Republican 21,28369.4% DemocraticRichard Sarnwick Democratic 9,37830.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 50.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,398
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGary TauchenWon(incumbent) Republican 15,02861.6% DemocraticRichard Sarnwick Democratic 7,69331.5% LibertarianMike Hammond Libertarian 1,6756.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,642
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGary TauchenWon(incumbent) Republican 18,69070.2% DemocraticWilliam James Hunt Democratic 7,94429.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 80.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,824
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGary TauchenWon(incumbent) Republican 18,69699.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 1280.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,961
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGary TauchenWon(incumbent) Republican 15,42359.4% DemocraticJohn Powers Democratic 10,50840.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 210.1% Jon Kupsky Write-in 90.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,686
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGary TauchenWon(incumbent) Republican 15,59999.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 870.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,868
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGary TauchenWon(incumbent) Republican 14,23755.0% DemocraticJohn Powers Democratic 11,63145.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,214
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGary TauchenWon Republican 12,19960.4% DemocraticRichard Lieffring Democratic 8,01539.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,924
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn H. AinsworthWon(incumbent) Republican 19,924100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,151
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn H. AinsworthWon(incumbent) Republican 12,151100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,287
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn H. AinsworthWon(incumbent) Republican 17,287100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,440
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn H. AinsworthWon(incumbent) Republican 11,31364.9% DemocraticLen Pubanz Democratic 6,12735.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,727
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn H. AinsworthWon(incumbent) Republican 12,24262.1% DemocraticBecky Wolf Democratic 7,48537.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,817
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn H. AinsworthWon(incumbent) Republican 10,817100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,791
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn H. AinsworthWon(incumbent) Republican 16,791100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,406
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRosemary HinkfussWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,88053.7% RepublicanGary Delwig Republican 8,52646.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,611
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRosemary HinkfussWon Democratic 12,41952.6% RepublicanOtto C. Junkermann Republican 11,19247.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,937
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert L. Cowles IIIWon(incumbent) Republican 11,39867.3% DemocraticOlejniczak Democratic 5,53932.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,371
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRobert L. Cowles IIIWon(incumbent) Republican 13,87664.9% DemocraticKirschling Democratic 7,49535.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,164
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1983)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGus G. MenosWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,32754.9% RepublicanRobert Elconin Republican 6,83445.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 30.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,868
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGervase HephnerWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,84858.8% RepublicanPatricia Rusch Republican 8,77840.1% OtherRobert J. Mader Other 2421.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,574
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGervase HephnerWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,77456.3% RepublicanPatricia Rusch Republican 6,79943.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,438
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGervase HephnerWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,23469.6% RepublicanEarl W. Lintner Republican 6,18430.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 200.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,512
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGervase HephnerWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,91166.0% RepublicanDonald Schnell Republican 4,60134.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,381
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 6, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGervase HephnerWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,38756.5% RepublicanWilbert Halbach Republican 7,99443.5%
- 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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Election Wrld. (2026). Wisconsin Assembly District 6, election results 1972 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/wi/assembly/6. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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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:6
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026