2014 Wisconsin State Assembly election

The Wisconsin State Assembly elections of 2014 were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. All 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly were up for election. Before the election, 60 Assembly seats were held by Republicans and 39 seats were held by Democrats. The primary election was held on August 12, 2014.

Republicans flipped three Democratic-held Assembly seats but failed to achieve a two-thirds supermajority, entering the 102nd Wisconsin Legislature with 63 of 99 State Assembly seats.

Elected members took office on January 5, 2015.

Close races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
 * 1) State Assembly district 51, 0.29%
 * 2) State Assembly district 85, 0.38% (gain)
 * 3) State Assembly district 54, 3.01%
 * 4) State Assembly district 70, 5.64% (gain)
 * 5) State Assembly district 68, 5.67%
 * 6) State Assembly district 94, 8.12%
 * 7) State Assembly district 81, 8.57%
 * 8) State Assembly district 75, 9.76% (gain)

Retiring

 * Fred Clark (D–Baraboo) representing District 81 since 2012, did not run for re-election.
 * Mike Endsley (R–Sheboygan) representing District 26 since 2010, did not run for re-election after being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
 * Steve Kestell (R–Elkhart Lake) representing District 27 since 1998, did not run for re-election
 * John Klenke (R–Green Bay) representing District 88 since 2010, did not run for re-election.
 * Bill Kramer (R–Waukesha) representing District 97 since 2006, did not run for re-election after being indicted for sexual assault.
 * Daniel LeMahieu (R–Cascade) representing District 59 since 2002, did not run for re-election.
 * Sandy Pasch (D–Whitefish Bay) representing District 10 since 2012, did not run for re-election.
 * Don Pridemore (R–Hartford) representing District 22 since 2012, did not run for re-election.
 * Erik Severson (R–Star Prairie) representing District 28 since 2010, did not run for re-election.
 * Patricia Strachota (R–West Bend) representing District 58 since 2004, did not run for re-election.
 * Chad Weininger (R–Green Bay) representing District 4 since 2010, did not run for re-election after accepting a county job.
 * Mary Williams (R–Medford) representing District 87 since 2002, did not run for re-election.

Seeking other office

 * Penny Bernard Schaber (D–Appleton) representing District 57 since 2008, ran for state Senate in the 19th Senate district, but lost the election.
 * Garey Bies (R–Sister Bay) representing District 1 since 2000, ran for the Republican nomination for Secretary of State, but lost in the primary.
 * Brett Hulsey (D–Madison) representing District 78 since 2012, ran for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Wisconsin, but withdrew before the primary.
 * Dean Kaufert (R–Neenah) representing District 55 since 1990, was elected mayor of Neenah in the 2014 Spring election.
 * Howard Marklein (R–Spring Green) representing District 51 since 2010, ran for state Senate in the 17th Senate district, and won the election.
 * Stephen Nass (R–Whitewater) representing District 33 since 2012, ran for state Senate in the 11th Senate district, and won the election.
 * Jon Richards (D–Milwaukee) representing District 19 since 1998, ran for the Democratic nomination for attorney general, but lost in the primary.
 * Janis Ringhand (D–Evansville) representing District 45 since 2012, ran for state Senate in the 15th Senate district, and won the election.
 * Duey Stroebel (R–Cedarburg) representing District 60 since 2011, ran for U.S. House of Representatives in Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, but lost the primary.