40th Assembly District

District

Candidates

Candidates Registered for WI Assembly District 40
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
Republican
Julie Ann Helmer	2025-07-17	$5,262.18 in 26 contributions from 25 unique donors. Median: $100	$806.12 in 5 transactions
Democratic
Karen DeSanto (I)2	2024-05-01	$15,153.00 in 152 contributions from 126 unique donors. Median: $30	$5,081.54 in 117 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2 2026 reelection plans not known (this could be out-of-date)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 40
	votes			Dem. %1	margin (Dem. - Rep.)
	total	Dem.	Rep.		votes	points2
2016 President	29,171	14,414	12,975	52.6%	+1,439	+5.3
2016 Senator	29,153	16,037	12,309	56.6%	+3,728	+13.2
2018 Governor	26,939	15,226	11,102	57.8%	+4,124	+15.7
2018 Senator	26,837	16,314	10,509	60.8%	+5,805	+21.6
2020 President	33,286	17,654	15,074	53.9%	+2,580	+7.9
2022 Governor	26,533	14,979	11,273	57.1%	+3,706	+14.1
2022 Senator	26,478	14,349	12,102	54.2%	+2,247	+8.5
2024 President	34,241	17,681	16,021	52.5%	+1,660	+4.9
2024 Senator	33,906	17,953	15,217	54.1%	+2,736	+8.2
2024 WI Assembly	33,186	17,949	15,221	54.1%	+2,728	+8.2
2025 WI Sup. Ct.3	24,327	14,534	9,788	59.8%	+4,746	+19.5
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