23rd Senate District

District

Candidates

Candidates Registered for WI Senate District 23
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
Richard John Pulcher	2014-05-08	$1,000.00 in 1 contributions from 1 unique donors. Median: $1,000	no disbursements reported
Republican
Romaine Robert Quinn (I)	2014-02-09	$27,035.20 in 163 contributions from 157 unique donors. Median: $50	$4,882.25 in 15 transactions
1 The date this candidate's committee first registered (for any office). Click the link for details.
Data last updated on 2026-02-05

Past election results

Election Results in Wisconsin State Senate District 23
	votes			Dem. %1	margin (Dem. - Rep.)
	total	Dem.	Rep.		votes	points2
2016 President	84,491	27,009	53,112	33.7%	−26,103	−32.6
2016 Senator	83,597	30,161	50,007	37.6%	−19,846	−24.8
2018 Governor	71,902	26,217	44,464	37.1%	−18,247	−25.8
2018 Senator	71,489	31,600	39,858	44.2%	−8,258	−11.6
2020 President	94,496	30,694	62,105	33.1%	−31,411	−33.8
2022 Governor	76,113	25,919	49,009	34.6%	−23,090	−30.8
2022 Senator	75,761	24,140	51,525	31.9%	−27,385	−36.2
2024 President	99,125	30,755	66,217	31.7%	−35,462	−36.6
2024 Senator	98,213	32,079	63,458	33.6%	−31,379	−32.8
2024 NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
2025 WI Sup. Ct.3	66,914	24,718	42,169	37.0%	−17,451	−26.1
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