38th Assembly District

District

Candidates

Candidates Registered for WI Assembly District 38
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
Terri Wenkman	2026-01-16	no contributions reported	no disbursements reported
Republican
William L Penterman (I)2	2021-04-14	$4,865 in 37 contributions from 35 unique donors. Median: $50	$551.43 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2 2026 reelection plans not known (this could be out-of-date)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 38
	votes			Dem. %1	margin (Dem. - Rep.)
	total	Dem.	Rep.		votes	points2
2016 President	29,479	9,548	17,993	34.7%	−8,445	−30.7
2016 Senator	29,412	9,963	18,526	35.0%	−8,563	−30.1
2018 Governor	25,779	9,126	16,159	36.1%	−7,033	−27.8
2018 Senator	25,556	10,781	14,759	42.2%	−3,978	−15.6
2020 President	33,290	11,566	21,106	35.4%	−9,540	−29.2
2022 Governor	26,290	9,283	16,659	35.8%	−7,376	−28.4
2022 Senator	26,118	8,939	17,161	34.2%	−8,222	−31.5
2024 President	34,438	11,687	22,181	34.5%	−10,494	−31.0
2024 Senator	34,148	11,839	21,513	35.5%	−9,674	−29.0
2024 WI Assembly	32,948	10,745	22,163	32.7%	−11,418	−34.7
2025 WI Sup. Ct.3	23,411	9,077	14,328	38.8%	−5,251	−22.4
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