PROXMIRE, WILLIAM
D Β· senate Β· bioguide P000553
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- FEC candidate id
S2WI00078- Internal id
688b9925-c7d1-479d-8dfa-b20b402cb3a6- Status
- incumbent
Who this candidate represents (statewide)
Who lives here β American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), Wisconsin. Source.
| Category | Metric | Value |
|---|---|---|
| People | Population | 5,914,872 |
| People | Median age | 40 |
| Income | Median household income | $77,485 |
| Income | Per-capita income | $43,373 |
| Income | In poverty | 10.6% |
| Income | Unemployed | 3.2% |
| Income | Gini inequality index | 0.444 |
| Race | White alone | 80.1% |
| Race | Black alone | 6.1% |
| Race | Asian alone | 3.0% |
| Race | Hispanic or Latino | 8.0% |
| Race | Two or more races | 7.6% |
| Origin | Foreign-born | 5.2% |
| Language | Speaks English only at home | 91.0% |
| Language | Speaks Spanish at home | 4.9% |
| Education | High school or higher | 62.8% |
| Education | Bachelor's or higher | 33.4% |
| Education | Advanced degree | 11.4% |
| Household | Family households | 60.5% |
| Household | Avg household size | 2.33 |
| Household | Never married (15+) | 33.5% |
| Housing | Median home value | $266,500 |
| Housing | Median gross rent | $1,087 |
| Housing | Single-family detached | 66.2% |
| Housing | Built before 1940 | 5.3% |
| Housing | Overcrowded (>1 per room) | 1.6% |
| Housing | Vacant units | 10.8% |
| Service | Veterans (18+) | 6.2% |
| Health | With a disability | 12.3% |
| Connectivity | Households with broadband | 90.3% |
| Connectivity | Households with no internet | 6.9% |
| Commute | Drove alone | 74.4% |
| Commute | Public transit | 1.1% |
| Commute | Worked from home | 13.1% |
Elections
- 1982 general senate Β· WI-S β won
- 1982 general senate Β· WI-S β won
- 1982 general senate Β· WI-S β won
- 1982 general senate Β· WI-S β won
Committees
No committees on file.
Recent votes
No votes on file.
Sponsored & cosponsored bills
No sponsorships on file.
Election prediction
Cycle 2026 Β· model baseline-v1 Β· base rate 15.1%
P(win) = 99.0%
| Feature | Ξ P(win) |
|---|---|
| Base rate (historical) | 15.1% |
| incumbent | +78.0% |
| D (major party) | +10.0% |
| senate race | -2.0% |
Baseline model (incumbency Γ party Γ office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.
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| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | held_position | member of the Wisconsin State Assembly | β | wikidata | |
| β | educated_at | Yale University | β | wikidata | |
| β | educated_at | Harvard Business School | β | wikidata | |
| β | educated_at | John F. Kennedy School of Government | β | wikidata | |
| 1987-01-03 | held_position | United States senator | β | wikidata | |
| 1985-01-03 | held_position | United States senator | β | wikidata | |
| 1983-01-03 | held_position | United States senator | β | wikidata | |
| 1981-01-03 | held_position | United States senator | β | wikidata | |
| 1979-01-03 | held_position | United States senator | β | wikidata | |
| 1977-01-03 | held_position | United States senator | β | wikidata | |
| 1975-01-03 | held_position | United States senator | β | wikidata | |
| 1973-01-03 | held_position | United States senator | β | wikidata | |
| 1971-01-03 | held_position | United States senator | β | wikidata | |
| 1969-01-03 | held_position | United States senator | β | wikidata | |
| 1967-01-03 | held_position | United States senator | β | wikidata | |
| 1965-01-03 | held_position | United States senator | β | wikidata | |
| 1963-01-03 | held_position | United States senator | β | wikidata | |
| 1961-01-03 | held_position | United States senator | β | wikidata | |
| 1959-01-03 | held_position | United States senator | β | wikidata | |
| 1957-08-28 | held_position | United States senator | β | wikidata |