17th Senate District

District

Candidates

Senate District 17 Candidates on the November Ballot
Incumbent: Howard Marklein
Jan 1 thru Oct 19
receipts disbursements
Republican
Howard Marklein $1,552,798.96 $2,239,379.09
Democratic
Jenna Jacobson $1,769,831.19 $1,841,584.63
Data from the 2026 Fall Pre-Election Report. Any amended reports might not yet be shown.

Past election results

Election Results in Wisconsin State Senate District 17
votes
Dem. %1
margin (Dem. - Rep.)
total Dem. Rep. votes points2
2016 President 89,414 43,945 39,427 52.7% +4,518 +5.4
2016 Senator 88,577 47,680 38,463 55.3% +9,217 +10.7
2018 Governor 78,874 43,976 33,281 56.9% +10,695 +13.8
2018 Senator 78,397 47,900 30,450 61.1% +17,450 +22.3
2020 President 99,588 51,481 46,377 52.6% +5,104 +5.2
2022 Governor 81,751 45,208 35,554 56.0% +9,654 +12.0
2022 Senator 81,568 42,864 38,537 52.7% +4,327 +5.3
2024 President 104,667 52,045 50,964 50.5% +1,081 +1.0
2024 Senator 103,790 53,224 48,442 52.4% +4,782 +4.7
2024 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
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