5th Senate District

District

Candidates

Candidates Registered for WI Senate District 5
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
Sarah Marie Harrison	2022-04-23	$2,440.00 in 46 contributions from 32 unique donors. Median: $20	$1,481.64 in 38 transactions
Robyn Beckley Vining (I)	2018-04-13	$94,143.19 in 843 contributions from 658 unique donors. Median: $50	$7,411.63 in 76 transactions
Republican
Rob Brian Hutton (I)2	2012-02-23	$29,045.00 in 44 contributions from 43 unique donors. Median: $75	$2,616.52 in 17 transactions
1 The date this candidate's committee first registered (for any office). Click the link for details.
2 Incumbent Rob Hutton is not seeking reelection
Data last updated on 2026-02-05

Past election results

Election Results in Wisconsin State Senate District 5
	votes			Dem. %1	margin (Dem. - Rep.)
	total	Dem.	Rep.		votes	points2
2016 President	99,701	43,354	49,004	46.9%	−5,650	−6.1
2016 Senator	99,519	40,132	57,256	41.2%	−17,124	−17.6
2018 Governor	92,547	40,477	50,507	44.5%	−10,030	−11.0
2018 Senator	92,121	45,445	46,499	49.4%	−1,054	−1.1
2020 President	108,341	55,048	51,352	51.7%	+3,696	+3.5
2022 Governor	89,280	46,925	41,539	53.0%	+5,386	+6.1
2022 Senator	89,145	45,055	43,869	50.7%	+1,186	+1.3
2024 President	110,673	57,419	50,929	53.0%	+6,490	+6.0
2024 Senator	109,789	56,646	51,201	52.5%	+5,445	+5.0
2024 NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
2025 WI Sup. Ct.3	80,414	45,605	34,758	56.7%	+10,847	+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