5th Assembly District

District

Candidates

Candidates Registered for WI Assembly District 5
Data shows every Democratic or Republican candidate registered to run in 2026 plus the incumbent. See footnote for incumbent reelection status.
candidates	registration_date1	Since 1/1/2025 & reported by 2026-02-04
		contributions	disbursements
Democratic
Travis J Retzlaff	2025-08-12	no contributions reported	no disbursements reported
Green
David Scott Schupbach	2025-11-21	$5 in 1 contributions from 1 unique donors. Median: $5	no disbursements reported
Republican
Joy Leigh Smith Goeben (I)2	2022-02-16	$4,200 in 33 contributions from 33 unique donors. Median: $75	$79.45 in 5 transactions
1 The date this candidate's committee first registered (for any office). Click the link for details.
2 2026 reelection plans not known (this could be out-of-date)
Data last updated on 2026-02-05

Past election results

Election Results in Wisconsin State Assembly District 5
	votes			Dem. %1	margin (Dem. - Rep.)
	total	Dem.	Rep.		votes	points2
2016 President	27,926	10,068	16,121	38.4%	−6,053	−23.1
2016 Senator	27,725	9,885	16,884	36.9%	−6,999	−26.1
2018 Governor	24,934	9,631	14,829	39.4%	−5,198	−21.3
2018 Senator	24,833	11,328	13,497	45.6%	−2,169	−8.7
2020 President	34,105	13,299	20,222	39.7%	−6,923	−20.7
2022 Governor	26,802	10,803	15,723	40.7%	−4,920	−18.5
2022 Senator	26,706	10,257	16,440	38.4%	−6,183	−23.2
2024 President	36,365	14,079	21,775	39.3%	−7,696	−21.5
2024 Senator	36,052	14,093	21,065	40.1%	−6,972	−19.8
2024 WI Assembly	35,110	13,063	22,041	37.2%	−8,978	−25.6
2025 WI Sup. Ct.3	23,018	10,332	12,682	44.9%	−2,350	−10.2
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
3 Formally nonpartisan candidates assigned party labels based on state endorsements
Election results allocated into 2024 district boundaries based on population overlap. Calculations by John Johnson (johndjohnson.info).

District demographics