He led with 11,010 votes ( 49.4 percent ) , just short of the required 50 percent plus one vote .
In the 2007 primary to choose a successor to his brother , the term - limited Senator Francis C. Heitmeier , David Heitmeier nearly won the position outright .
David Heitmeier led with 11,010 votes ( 49.4 percent ) , just short of the required 50 percent plus one vote .
In the 2007 primary to choose a successor to his brother , the term - limited Senator Francis C. Heitmeier , David Heitmeier nearly won the position outright .