9 seats: 4R, 5D     50-50

As predicted in our 1997 report, each party suffered a seat change. Tammy Baldwin became the state's first-ever woman member of Congress in an open seat leaning Democrat, while Mark Green was the only Republican in the nation to defeat a Democratic incumbent. If all incumbents seek re-election, Democrats should maintain their majority, and could add to it – Paul Ryan (who won a surprisingly easy open seat win in a Democratic-leaning district) is at risk.
 

1. Paul Ryan (R), 1998					Vulnerable
	'98: 57	['96: R 51	'94: R 49	'92: D 50]		D 51
2. Tammy Baldwin (D), 1998					Win
	'98: 53	['96: R 57	'94: R 69	'92: R 63]		D 56
3. Ron Kind (D), 1996					Comfortable*
	'98: 72	'96: 52	['94: R 56	'92: R 56]		D 51
4. Gerald Kleczka (D), 1984					Comfortable*
	'98: 58	'96: 58	'94: 54	'92: 66		50-50
5. Thomas Barrett (D), 1992					Landslide
	'98: 78	'96: 73	'94: 62	'92: 69		D 64
6. Thomas Petri (R), 1979					Landslide
	'98: 93 U	'96: 73	'94: 100	'92: 53		R 54
7. David Obey (D), 1968					Comfortable*
	'98: 61	'96: 57	'94: 54	'92: 64		50-50
8. Mark Green (R), 1998					Win
	'98: 55	'96: D 52	'94: R 64	'92: R 70]		R 53
9. J. Sensenbrenner (R), 1978					Landslide
	'98: 91 U	'96: 74	'94: 100	'92: 70		R 62