56th Assembly District

District

Candidates

Candidates Registered for WI Assembly District 56
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
David J Murphy (I)2	2012-04-17	$0.55 in 1 contributions from 1 unique donors. Median: $0.55	$288.46 in 4 transactions
Anthony Wayne Phillips	2024-03-21	$11,260.25 in 3 contributions from 3 unique donors. Median: $1,000.00	$11,564.63 in 13 transactions
1 The date this candidate's committee first registered (for any office). Click the link for details.
2 incumbent David Murphy is not seeking reelection
Data last updated on 2026-02-05

Past election results

Election Results in Wisconsin State Assembly District 56
	votes			Dem. %1	margin (Dem. - Rep.)
	total	Dem.	Rep.		votes	points2
2016 President	30,666	10,110	18,916	34.8%	−8,806	−30.3
2016 Senator	30,634	9,795	19,751	33.2%	−9,956	−33.7
2018 Governor	27,281	9,743	17,080	36.3%	−7,337	−27.4
2018 Senator	27,154	11,475	15,678	42.3%	−4,203	−15.5
2020 President	35,630	12,768	22,278	36.4%	−9,510	−27.1
2022 Governor	29,508	10,898	18,310	37.3%	−7,412	−25.4
2022 Senator	29,365	10,337	19,014	35.2%	−8,677	−29.6
2024 President	37,655	13,450	23,678	36.2%	−10,228	−27.5
2024 Senator	37,415	13,396	23,126	36.7%	−9,730	−26.6
2024 WI Assembly	36,745	12,950	23,789	35.2%	−10,839	−29.5
2025 WI Sup. Ct.3	25,882	10,542	15,339	40.7%	−4,797	−18.5
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