53rd Assembly District

District

Candidates

Candidates Registered for WI Assembly District 53
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
Michael James Hengels	2025-10-30	no contributions reported	no disbursements reported
Republican
Dean R Kaufert (I)2	1990-05-24	$4,560 in 34 contributions from 33 unique donors. Median: $75	$4,564.41 in 9 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2 2026 reelection plans not known (this could be out-of-date)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 53
	votes			Dem. %1	margin (Dem. - Rep.)
	total	Dem.	Rep.		votes	points2
2016 President	31,067	13,930	14,554	48.9%	−624	−2.2
2016 Senator	30,816	13,499	15,836	46.0%	−2,337	−8.0
2018 Governor	24,973	12,351	11,921	50.9%	+430	+1.8
2018 Senator	24,921	14,005	10,872	56.3%	+3,133	+12.6
2020 President	31,645	16,120	14,754	52.2%	+1,366	+4.4
2022 Governor	24,715	13,219	11,104	54.3%	+2,115	+8.7
2022 Senator	24,634	12,759	11,802	51.9%	+957	+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
2025 WI Sup. Ct.3	21,168	12,480	8,678	59.0%	+3,802	+18.0
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