51st Assembly District – WI State Legislative Race Previews, 2026

District

candidates	registration_date¹	Since 1/1/2025 & reported by 2026-02-04
Candidates Registered for WI Assembly District 51
Data shows every Democratic or Republican candidate registered to run in 2026 plus the incumbent. See footnote for incumbent reelection status.
candidates	registration_date¹	contributions	disbursements
Democratic
Benjamin William Gruber	2026-01-08	no contributions reported	no disbursements reported
Republican
Todd D Novak (I)²	2014-02-10	$26,621 in 35 contributions from 35 unique donors. Median: $60	$4,862.92 in 26 transactions
¹ The date this candidate's committee first registered (for any office). Click the link for details.
² registered to run in 2026
Data last updated on 2026-02-05

	votes			Dem. %¹	margin (Dem. - Rep.)
Election Results in Wisconsin State Assembly District 51
	total	Dem.	Rep.	Dem. %¹	votes	points²
2016 President	29,437	15,144	12,410	55.0%	+2,734	+9.9
2016 Senator	29,272	16,539	12,013	57.9%	+4,526	+15.9
2018 Governor	26,618	15,182	10,931	58.1%	+4,251	+16.3
2018 Senator	26,442	16,592	9,829	62.8%	+6,763	+25.6
2020 President	33,538	17,905	15,099	54.3%	+2,806	+8.5
2022 Governor	27,516	15,582	11,632	57.3%	+3,950	+14.5
2022 Senator	27,423	14,756	12,620	53.9%	+2,136	+7.8
2024 President	34,987	17,810	16,589	51.8%	+1,221	+3.5
2024 Senator	34,706	18,367	15,673	54.0%	+2,694	+7.9
2024 WI Assembly	34,230	16,524	17,682	48.3%	−1,158	−3.4
2025 WI Sup. Ct.³	25,345	15,194	10,141	60.0%	+5,053	+19.9
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
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).