Wisconsin State Senate District 26

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Kelda Roys Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Kelda Roys (Democratic) was unopposed, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 96,021
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2024)

Wisconsin Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKelda RoysWonName as filed: Kelda Helen Roys	Democratic	94,49598.4%	98.4%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1,5261.6%	1.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 104,488
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Wisconsin Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKelda RoysWonName as filed: Kelda Helen Roys	Democratic	102,56998.2%	98.2%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1,9191.8%	1.8%
OtherKelly Lynn Tenpas	Other	00.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 96,624
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Wisconsin Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticFred A. RisserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	95,24698.6%	98.6%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1,3781.4%	1.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 88,087
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Wisconsin Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticFred A. RisserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	87,14498.9%	98.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	9431.1%	1.1%

Wisconsin Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticFred A. RisserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	80,923100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 88,552
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Wisconsin Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticFred A. RisserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	71,74581.0%	81.0%
OtherTony Schultz	Other	16,80719.0%	19.0%

Wisconsin Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticFred A. RisserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	69,258100.0%	100.0%

Wisconsin Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticFred A. RisserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	57,499100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 78,613
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Wisconsin Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticFred A. RisserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	52,82267.2%	67.2%
RepublicanCurtis F. Brink	Republican	19,72725.1%	25.1%
IndependentAndrew F. Heidt	Independent	6,0647.7%	7.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 53,193
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

Wisconsin Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticFred A. RisserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	53,14899.9%	99.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	450.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 76,263
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1984 to 1991)

Wisconsin Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticFred A. RisserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	45,66359.9%	59.9%
RepublicanRussell	Republican	22,51829.5%	29.5%
OtherChristensen	Other	8,07710.6%	10.6%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	50.0%	0.0%

Wisconsin Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticFred A. RisserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	51,214100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 66,317
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Wisconsin Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticFred A. RisserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	38,20457.6%	57.6%
RepublicanElizabeth W. Smith	Republican	27,19441.0%	41.0%
IndependentJohn R. Broda	Independent	8981.4%	1.4%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	210.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 65,422
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Wisconsin Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticFred A. RisserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	44,60568.2%	68.2%
RepublicanElizabeth W. Smith	Republican	20,27731.0%	31.0%
OtherKarl Koehler	Other	5400.8%	0.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 60,715
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1964 to 1971)

Wisconsin Senate District 26, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticFred A. RisserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	38,93564.1%	64.1%
RepublicanWorth S. Piper	Republican	21,78035.9%	35.9%

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
1968 to 2020: 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

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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/sldu:26

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026