1st Assembly District

District

Candidates

Assembly District 1 Candidates on the November Ballot
Incumbent: Joel Kitchens
Jan 1 thru Oct 19
receipts disbursements
Republican
Joel Kitchens $38,454.03 $45,111.44
Democratic
Renee A. Paplham $28,171.14 $12,668.30
Data from the 2026 Fall Pre-Election Report. Any amended reports might not yet be shown.

Past election results

Election Results in Wisconsin State Assembly District 1
votes
Dem. %1
margin (Dem. - Rep.)
total Dem. Rep. votes points2
2016 President 33,512 13,381 18,365 42.1% −4,984 −15.7
2016 Senator 33,433 13,094 19,220 40.5% −6,126 −19.0
2018 Governor 31,189 13,431 17,270 43.7% −3,839 −12.5
2018 Senator 31,077 15,742 15,310 50.7% +432 +1.4
2020 President 38,084 15,975 21,532 42.6% −5,557 −14.8
2022 Governor 32,080 14,156 17,566 44.6% −3,410 −10.7
2022 Senator 32,117 13,428 18,637 41.9% −5,209 −16.2
2024 President 39,529 16,597 22,428 42.5% −5,831 −14.9
2024 Senator 39,249 16,773 21,736 43.6% −4,963 −12.9
2024 WI Assembly 38,929 14,801 24,101 38.0% −9,300 −23.9
1 Share of the two-party vote. For Rep. share, subtract from 100.
2 Dem % of the two-party vote minus Rep % of the two-party vote
Election results allocated into 2024 district boundaries based on population overlap. Calculations by John Johnson (johndjohnson.info).

District demographics