53rd Assembly District
District
Candidates
| Assembly District 53 Candidates on the November Ballot | ||
| Incumbent: Dean R. Kaufert (Filed Notification of Noncandidacy) | ||
Jan 1 thru Oct 19
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|---|---|---|
| receipts | disbursements | |
| Independent | ||
| Rachael Dowling | NA | NA |
| Republican | ||
| David Daniels | $38,627.21 | $28,666.70 |
| Democratic | ||
| Becky Nichols | $147,927.54 | $135,266.89 |
| 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 53 | ||||||
votes
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Dem. %1 |
margin (Dem. - Rep.)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | Dem. | Rep. | votes | points2 | ||
| 2016 President | 28,486 | 12,943 | 13,166 | 49.6% | −223 | −0.9 |
| 2016 Senator | 28,239 | 12,550 | 14,299 | 46.7% | −1,749 | −6.5 |
| 2018 Governor | 24,941 | 12,337 | 11,903 | 50.9% | +434 | +1.8 |
| 2018 Senator | 24,889 | 13,989 | 10,856 | 56.3% | +3,133 | +12.6 |
| 2020 President | 31,593 | 16,095 | 14,728 | 52.2% | +1,367 | +4.4 |
| 2022 Governor | 24,763 | 13,238 | 11,131 | 54.3% | +2,107 | +8.6 |
| 2022 Senator | 24,680 | 12,778 | 11,830 | 51.9% | +948 | +3.9 |
| 2024 President | 32,108 | 16,470 | 15,068 | 52.2% | +1,402 | +4.4 |
| 2024 Senator | 31,809 | 16,383 | 14,440 | 53.2% | +1,943 | +6.3 |
| 2024 WI Assembly | 31,280 | 15,437 | 15,801 | 49.4% | −364 | −1.2 |
| 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 | ||||||
| Election results allocated into 2024 district boundaries based on population overlap. Calculations by John Johnson (johndjohnson.info). | ||||||
District demographics
