Wisconsin Assembly District 72
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Scott Krug Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Scott KrugRepublican · Incumbent16 years since first winChristine MalteseDemocratic
Last result · 2024 general: Scott Krug (R) 63.9, Suzanne M. Campbell (D) 36.0
- Earlier results
- Scott Krug (Republican) won by 24.3 points, 2022, older linesScott Krug (Republican) won by 20.7 points, 2020, older linesAll 27 elections
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Past results
- Votes for listed candidates
- 34,421
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott KrugWon Republican 21,99363.9% DemocraticSuzanne M. Campbell Democratic 12,40736.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 210.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,511
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2023)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott KrugWon(incumbent) Republican 16,47362.1% DemocraticCriste Greening Democratic 10,02737.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 110.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,851
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott KrugWon(incumbent) Republican 19,20860.3% DemocraticCriste Greening Democratic 12,62339.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 200.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,773
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott KrugWon(incumbent) Republican 14,77357.3% DemocraticDavid Gorski Democratic 10,99242.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 80.0%
- 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.
All elections (27 for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 34,421
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott KrugWon Republican 21,99363.9% DemocraticSuzanne M. Campbell Democratic 12,40736.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 210.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,511
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2023)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott KrugWon(incumbent) Republican 16,47362.1% DemocraticCriste Greening Democratic 10,02737.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 110.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,851
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott KrugWon(incumbent) Republican 19,20860.3% DemocraticCriste Greening Democratic 12,62339.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 200.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,773
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott KrugWon(incumbent) Republican 14,77357.3% DemocraticDavid Gorski Democratic 10,99242.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 80.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,257
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott KrugWon(incumbent) Republican 15,97256.5% DemocraticDavid Gorski Democratic 12,27943.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 60.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,437
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott S. KrugWon(incumbent) Republican 13,11356.0% DemocraticDana W. Duncan Democratic 10,31744.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 70.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,185
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott S. KrugWon(incumbent) Republican 14,13850.2% DemocraticJustin D. Pluess Democratic 14,02949.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 180.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,407
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott S. KrugWon Republican 9,50146.6% DemocraticMarlin D. Schneider(incumbent) Democratic 8,43241.3% IndependentThad Kubisiak Independent 2,46512.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 90.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,122
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarlin D. SchneiderWon(incumbent) Democratic 16,89262.3% RepublicanJeff Tyberg Republican 10,23037.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,425
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarlin SchneiderWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,55963.3% RepublicanLes Stewart Republican 7,86636.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,108
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarlin SchneiderWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,07660.8% RepublicanThomas P. Ziegler Republican 11,03239.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,282
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarlin SchneiderWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,64963.7% RepublicanThomas P. Ziegler Republican 6,63336.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,208
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarlin SchneiderWon(incumbent) Democratic 16,59368.5% RepublicanTodd Huebler Republican 7,61531.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,316
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarlin SchneiderWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,316100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,885
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarlin SchneiderWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,61962.2% RepublicanCharles E. Hellner Republican 8,26637.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,681
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarlin SchneiderWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,681100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,014
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarlin SchneiderWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,87366.1% RepublicanMichael J. Schedgick Republican 8,14133.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,456
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
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- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarlin SchneiderWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,456100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,419
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarlin SchneiderWon(incumbent) Democratic 16,23975.8% RepublicanRobert C. Pechota Republican 5,17924.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,809
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
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- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarlin SchneiderWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,13266.2% RepublicanKopchik Republican 5,67633.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,030
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
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- Older district map (1984 to 1991)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarlin SchneiderWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,07859.4% RepublicanKopchik Republican 8,95240.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,866
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1983)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMary E. PanzerWon(incumbent) Republican 9,03765.2% DemocraticJohn P. Drescher Democratic 4,82834.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,117
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPatricia A. GoodrichWon(incumbent) Republican 18,110100.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 70.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,896
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPatricia A. GoodrichWon(incumbent) Republican 11,60477.9% DemocraticHenry A. Ballweg Democratic 3,29222.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,106
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPatricia A. GoodrichWon(incumbent) Republican 15,75274.6% DemocraticGary Wolff Democratic 5,35325.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,572
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPatricia A. GoodrichWon Republican 8,43467.1% DemocraticKenneth H. Hill Democratic 3,67829.3% OtherPaul Treder Other 4573.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 30.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,526
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Wisconsin Assembly District 72, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJon P. WilcoxWon(incumbent) Republican 13,06570.5% DemocraticRicardo A. Gonzalez Democratic 5,31528.7% OtherPaul Treder Other 1460.8%
- 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
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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.
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