MIDDLETON, Wis. — Voters have elected State Rep. Dianne Hesselbein to serve as the next senator to represent Wisconsin’s 27th Senate District.
Rep. Hesselbein has represented parts of the area since 2013 when she was elected to represent Wisconsin’s 79th Assembly District. Hesselbein beat Republican challenger Robert Relph with 68.7% of the vote to Relph’s 31.3%. The Associated Press called the race at 10:28 p.m. with 69% of votes counted.
Wis. Senate District 27
Wis. Senate District 27
Dianne HesselbeinRobert Relph
Dianne HesselbeinWinnerD68.0%
65,618
Robert Relph R32.0%
30,863
96,481
100.0% precincts reportingLast updated:
Longtime State Senator Jon Erpenbach had held the seat since 1998; he announced in late 2021 that he would not seek reelection in the 2022 midterms. The district covers most of western Dane County and parts of Iowa, Green, Sauk and Columbia counties.
Erpenbach was one of 14 Democrat senators who left Wisconsin for Illinois briefly in 2011 in an attempt to stall Act 10 legislation from passing. Erpenbach spoke with News 3 Now about his time in office on an episode of For the Record shortly after his announcement.
At the time of Erpenbach’s announcement, Hesselbein praised his commitment to the district and called him “one of the finest communicators I have ever met.”
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