Retiring Guy's Digest: Wisconsin 2026 elections: GOP transphobia queen and 4-tern incumbent Barbara Dittrich is running unopposed in 99th Assembly District

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Wisconsin 2026 elections: GOP transphobia queen and 4-tern incumbent Barbara Dittrich is running unopposed in 99th Assembly District

Prior to redistricting, the GOP gerrymandered 99th Assembly District included a portion of northwest Waukesha County that included the Village of Hartland and City of Delafield but not the City of Oconomowoc.

Redistricting shifted the district to the northwest, its boundaries straddling three counties. The district now include a portion of northwest Waukesha County that includes the Village of Hartland and City of Oconomowoc but not the City of Delafield, the Town of Ixonia in the northeast corner of Jefferson County, and the towns of Lebanon, Ashippun, and Rubicon in southeast Dodge County.

Maps and election results: Ballotpedia

Based on these most recent election results, you can understand why Babs is running unopposed.

Dittrich transphobia:

2025

Wisconsin transphobe queen Barbara Dittrich banned from Oconomowoc 4th of July parade. (6/11)

Far-right Republican Barbara Dittrich gets a lot of pushback with latest transgender assault. (3/8)

Far-right Wisconsin legislator Barbara "Babs" Dittrich kicks off another GOP transphobia feeding frenzy. (3/5)

2023

Wisconsin transphobe queen Barbara Dittrich leads the charge to pass harmful legislation. (10/17)

Wisconsin GOP clown show applies to join 20 other members in National State Legislators Transphobia Association. (9/28)

Transphobe queen Barbara Dittrich is at it again. (8/18)

Nazi-lovin' homophobe deletes tweet. (8/2)

Wisconsin transphobe queen Barbara Dittrich is at it again. (7/14)

Related reading:

Wisconsin Applied Population Lab, 6/18/2018

Malia Jones explains:

Two core concepts of gerrymandering were central to the arguments presented to the high court: cracking and packing. A third process, known as stacking, also crops up in gerrymandered political maps, but was not the focus of Gill v. Whitford.

Cracking and packing both refer to specific ways of drawing legislative boundaries with the outcomes of elections in mind. These two processes operate in tension with one another, but both can be implemented by a party in power seeking to maximize its electoral chances through gerrymandering.

Packing refers to the practice of drawing particular districts in such a way as to ensure that another party's candidate wins that seat by a tremendous margin. Although the opposing party is all but guaranteed the seat, packing makes surrounding districts less competitive, and thus tips the balance of power in the legislative body overall toward the ruling party.

Cracking involves drawing districts in such a way as to divide a concentration of specific types of voters across several districts such that they are a minority in each one, with practically no hope of achieving representation in any of the districts. This practice also helps make districts less competitive. [emphasis added]

Other Wisconsin 2026 election posts:

1st Assembly District. (6/11/2026)

2nd Assembly District. (6/14/2026)

3rd Assembly District. (6/15/2026)

4th Assembly District. (6/17/2026)

5th Assembly District. (6/18/2026)

6th Assembly District. (6/20/2026)

7th Assembly District. (6/21/2026)

8th Assembly District. (6/21/2026)

9th Assembly District. (6/22/2026)

10th Assembly District. (6/23/2026)

11th Assembly District. (6/23/2026)