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  WI State Senate 27
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Parents > United States > Wisconsin > WI State Senate > WI State Senate 27
OfficeState Senate
HonorificState Senate - Abbr: St. Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline March 01, 1982 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 02, 1982 - 07:00am Central
Polls Close November 02, 1982 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start January 04, 1983 - 12:00pm
Term End January 05, 1987 - 12:00pm
ContributorSarnstrom
Last ModifiedMr. Matt October 04, 2020 02:02pm
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Description Bidwell was declared the winner by a 19 vote margin on election night. The recount started the day after the election and continued for three weeks. Two days after the election, Sauk County uncovered 64 votes for Feingold that had not been counted on election night. The lead see-sawed back in forth until the very end. When all the votes had been recounted Feingold defeated Bidwell by just 31 votes.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/07/1978
NameEverett V. "Cy" Bidwell Votes32,209 (100.00%)
Term01/01/1979 - 01/03/1983 Margin32,209 (+100.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/1986
NameRuss Feingold Votes31,810 (62.55%)
Term01/03/1987 - 01/03/1991 Margin12,763 (+25.10%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Sep 14, 1982 WI State Senate 27 - D Primary
Russ Feingold
D 11,272
Sep 14, 1982 WI State Senate 27 - R Primary
Everett V. "Cy" Bidwell
R 15,146

CANDIDATES
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Name Russ Feingold (I) St. Sen. Everett V. "Cy" Bidwell  
PartyDemocratic Republican  
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Certified Votes 23,346 (50.03%) 23,316 (49.97%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -30 (-0.06%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00%  
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