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1996 Wisconsin U.S. House District 6 Election

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Who won the 1996 Wisconsin U.S. House District 6 Election?

Tom Petri won the 1996 Wisconsin U.S. House District 6 Election. Tom Petri received 169,213 popular votes (73.03%). The main challenger was Al Lindskoog (23.9%).

See the full head-to-head between Petri and Lindskoog

Petri +49.1 pts · won by 113,836 votes
Tom PetriRepublicanWINNER73.03%
169,213 votes
Al LindskoogDemocratic23.9%
55,377 votes
James DeanLibertarian1.94%
4,494 votes
Timothy J. Farnessu.s. taxpayers1.09%
2,532 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.