1986 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

The 1986 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 3, 1986. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bob Kasten won re-election to a second term.

1986 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

November 3, 1986

Nominee Bob Kasten Ed Garvey Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 754,573 702,963 Percentage 50.9% 47.4%

County results Kasten:      50–60%      60–70% Garvey:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election Bob Kasten Republican Elected U.S. Senator Bob Kasten Republican

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Roman R. Blenski, State Senator
• Matthew J. Flynn, former Chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party
• Ed Garvey, former Deputy Attorney General of Wisconsin and Executive Director of the NFLPA
• Gary George, State Senator

Results

Democratic primary results[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Garvey	126,408	47.59%
	Democratic	Matthew J. Flynn	101,777	38.31%
	Democratic	Gary George	29,485	11.10%
	Democratic	Roman R. Blenski	7,890	2.97%
	Democratic	Write-ins	79	0.03%
Total votes			265,560	100.00%

General election

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Bob Kasten (incumbent)	754,573	50.92%
	Democratic	Ed Garvey	702,963	47.44%
	Independent	Peter Y. Taylor	19,266	1.30%
	Socialist Workers	Margo Storsteen	2,926	0.20%
	Third Party	Eugene Hem	2,234	0.15%
Total votes			1,481,962	100.00%

See also

• United States Senate elections, 1986

References

1. "WI US Senate - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 2, 2020.