2016 Wisconsin Senate election

The 2016 Wisconsin Senate elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, at the Fall general election in Wisconsin. Sixteen of the 33 seats in the Wisconsin Senate were up for election&mdash;the even-numbered districts. Before the election, Republicans held 18 seats, Democrats held 14 seats, and 1 seat was vacant. Of the seats up for election, 8 were held by Democrats, 7 were held by Republicans, and 1 was vacant due to the recent death of a Republican member. The primary election was held on August 9, 2016.

Republicans consolidated their control of the Senate, flipping one Democrat-held seat, and entered the 103rd Wisconsin Legislature with 20 of 33 Senate seats.

Results summary
Statewide results of the 2016 Wisconsin State Senate election:

Close races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
 * 1) State Senate district 32, 0.07%
 * 2) State Senate district 30, 2.60%
 * 3) State Senate district 24, 4.69% (gain)

Retiring

 * Nikiya Harris Dodd (D–Milwaukee), representing District 6 since 2012, did not run for re-election.

Vacated

 * Rick Gudex (R–Fond du Lac), representing District 18 since 2012, did not run for re-election, then died by suicide before the election.