William Switalla
William Switalla (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Wisconsin State Assembly to represent District 87. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 87
Brent Jacobson defeated William Switalla in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 87 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brent Jacobson (R) | 66.0 | 23,885 |
| William Switalla (D) | 33.9 | 12,273 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 34 | ||
| Total votes: 36,192 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 87
William Switalla advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 87 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | William Switalla | 99.8 | 4,402 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 4,411 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 87
Brent Jacobson defeated Cory Sillars in the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 87 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brent Jacobson | 73.9 | 6,065 |
| Cory Sillars | 25.7 | 2,107 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 33 | ||
| Total votes: 8,205 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 6
Peter Schmidt defeated William Switalla and Dean Neubert in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Peter Schmidt (R) | 55.6 | 14,710 |
| William Switalla (D) | 29.1 | 7,694 | ||
 | Dean Neubert (R) (Write-in) | 15.3 | 4,050 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 26,457 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 6
William Switalla advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 6 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | William Switalla | 99.9 | 2,125 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 2,127 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 6
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 6 on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Schmidt | 23.4 | 2,155 |
| Dean Neubert | 22.6 | 2,084 | |
| Nathan Michael | 19.7 | 1,813 | ||
| David Kohn | 13.6 | 1,255 | ||
| Craig Arrowood | 11.7 | 1,076 | ||
| Matthew Albert | 9.1 | 836 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 9,221 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
- See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2018
General election
General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 6
Incumbent Gary Tauchen defeated Richard Sarnwick and Mike Hammond in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 6 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gary Tauchen (R) | 61.6 | 15,028 |
 | Richard Sarnwick (D) | 31.5 | 7,693 | |
 | Mike Hammond (L) | 6.9 | 1,675 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 2 | ||
| Total votes: 24,398 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 6
Richard Sarnwick defeated William Switalla in the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 6 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Richard Sarnwick | 61.0 | 1,453 |
| William Switalla | 39.0 | 929 | ||
| Total votes: 2,382 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 6
Incumbent Gary Tauchen advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 6 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gary Tauchen | 100.0 | 6,564 |
| Total votes: 6,564 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 6
Mike Hammond advanced from the Libertarian primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 6 on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Hammond | 100.0 | 29 |
| Total votes: 29 | |||
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2016
- See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2016
Elections for the Wisconsin State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.
Incumbent Gary Tauchen defeated William Switalla in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 6 general election.[1][2]
| Wisconsin State Assembly, District 6 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Gary Tauchen Incumbent |
70.17% | 18,690 | |
| Democratic | William Switalla | 29.83% | 7,944 | |
| Total Votes | 26,634 | |||
| Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission | ||||
William Switalla ran unopposed in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 6 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| Wisconsin State Assembly, District 6 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | William Switalla (unopposed) | |
Incumbent Gary Tauchen ran unopposed in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 6 Republican primary.[3][4]
| Wisconsin State Assembly, District 6 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Gary Tauchen Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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William Switalla did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
William Switalla did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidates on Ballot by Election - 2016 General Election - 11/8/2016," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin Elections Commission, "2016 Fall General Election Results," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, "Candidate Tracking by Office," accessed June 20, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wisconsin Elections and Ethics Commission, "2016 Partisan Primary," accessed September 16, 2016
