61st Assembly District

District

Candidates

Candidates Registered for WI Assembly District 61
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
Lawanda Chambers	2025-09-17	$2,806.00 in 28 contributions from 28 unique donors. Median: $100	no disbursements reported
Steven Benjamin Brist	2026-01-26	no contributions reported	no disbursements reported
Republican
Robert G Donovan (I)2	1982-06-29	$30,806.71 in 225 contributions from 202 unique donors. Median: $50	$15,206.52 in 67 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2 2026 reelection plans not known (this could be out-of-date)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 61
	votes			Dem. %1	margin (Dem. - Rep.)
	total	Dem.	Rep.		votes	points2
2016 President	31,769	14,048	15,596	47.4%	−1,548	−5.2
2016 Senator	31,581	13,390	17,506	43.3%	−4,116	−13.3
2018 Governor	29,267	13,320	15,411	46.4%	−2,091	−7.3
2018 Senator	29,057	15,062	13,945	51.9%	+1,117	+3.9
2020 President	34,863	17,492	16,844	50.9%	+648	+1.9
2022 Governor	27,331	14,326	12,750	52.9%	+1,576	+5.8
2022 Senator	27,276	13,720	13,500	50.4%	+220	+0.8
2024 President	34,966	17,476	16,705	51.1%	+771	+2.3
2024 Senator	34,496	17,524	16,259	51.9%	+1,265	+3.7
2024 WI Assembly	34,183	16,511	17,618	48.4%	−1,107	−3.2
2025 WI Sup. Ct.3	23,981	13,599	10,369	56.7%	+3,230	+13.5
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