65th Assembly District
District
Candidates
| Assembly District 65 Candidates on the November Ballot | ||
| Incumbent: Ben DeSmidt | ||
Jan 1 thru Oct 19
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|---|---|---|
| receipts | disbursements | |
| Republican | ||
| Valerie Kretchmer | $7,549.34 | $3,365.29 |
| Democratic | ||
| Ben DeSmidt | $38,126.00 | $31,261.11 |
| 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 65 | ||||||
votes
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Dem. %1 |
margin (Dem. - Rep.)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | Dem. | Rep. | votes | points2 | ||
| 2016 President | 26,649 | 14,020 | 11,035 | 56.0% | +2,985 | +11.9 |
| 2016 Senator | 26,523 | 14,061 | 11,502 | 55.0% | +2,559 | +10.0 |
| 2018 Governor | 23,853 | 13,640 | 9,437 | 59.1% | +4,203 | +18.2 |
| 2018 Senator | 23,647 | 14,820 | 8,799 | 62.7% | +6,021 | +25.5 |
| 2020 President | 29,951 | 16,100 | 13,330 | 54.7% | +2,770 | +9.4 |
| 2022 Governor | 21,467 | 11,954 | 9,222 | 56.5% | +2,732 | +12.9 |
| 2022 Senator | 21,421 | 11,712 | 9,654 | 54.8% | +2,058 | +9.6 |
| 2024 President | 29,578 | 15,612 | 13,535 | 53.6% | +2,077 | +7.1 |
| 2024 Senator | 29,218 | 15,571 | 12,788 | 54.9% | +2,783 | +9.8 |
| 2024 WI Assembly | 28,283 | 15,065 | 13,166 | 53.4% | +1,899 | +6.7 |
| 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
