Wisconsin's 14th Senate district

The 14th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.[1] Located in central Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Richland and Sauk counties, along with most of Columbia County and parts of southern Adams County, southern Juneau County, and northern Dane County. It contains the cities of Baraboo, Columbus, Portage, Reedsburg, Richland Center, and Wisconsin Dells, and the villages of DeForest, Lake Delton, Poynette, Prairie du Sac, and Sauk City, and part of the city of Madison. The district also contains landmarks such as Devil's Lake State Park, Dane County Regional Airport, Mirror Lake State Park, Lake Wisconsin and the Kilbourn Dam.[2]

Wisconsin's 14th
State Senate district
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2024 map defined in 2023 Wisc. Act 94
2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
composed of Assembly districts 40, 41, and 42
Senator
  Joan Ballweg
RMarkesan
since January 4, 2021 (3 years)
Demographics89.68% White
2.04% Black
4.19% Hispanic
1.53% Asian
1.92% Native American
0.11% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
 • Voting age
178,351
139,260
WebsiteOfficial website
NotesCentral Wisconsin

Current elected officials

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Joan Ballweg is the senator representing the 14th district. She was first elected in the 2020 general election. Before serving as a senator, she was a member of the State Assembly from 2015 to 2021.[3] After the 2024 redistricting, Ballweg no longer resides in the new district.

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 14th Senate district comprises the 40th, 41st, and 42nd Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:[4]

The 14th Senate district crosses five congressional districts. The portion of the district within Waupaca and Outagamie counties falls within Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher; the portion of the district in Adams County is within Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, represented by U.S. Representative Ron Kind; the portions of the district in Dane and Sauk counties are within Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, represented by U.S. Representative Mark Pocan; the counties of Columbia, Waushara, Green Lake, and Marquette, as well as the northern part of Dodge County are within Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, represented by U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman; the last piece of the district, the town of Calamus, in Dodge County, falls within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, represented by Scott L. Fitzgerald.[5]

Past senators

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Previous senators include:[6]

Note: the boundaries of districts have changed repeatedly over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a completely different geographic area, due to redistricting.

Senator Party Notes Session Years District Definition
--District created-- 1848
 
Walworth County
John W. Boyd Dem. 1st
2nd 1849
George Gale Free Soil 3rd 1850
4th 1851
Eleazer Wakeley Dem. Redistricted to 12th district. 5th 1852
Alva Stewart Whig Redistricted from 12th district. 6th 1853
 
Jefferson County
Daniel Howell Dem. 7th 1854
8th 1855
S. W. Barnes Dem. 9th 1856
10th 1857
 
Southern Dodge County
& northern Jefferson County
William Chappell Dem. 11th 1858
12th 1859
Charles R. Gill Rep. 13th 1860
14th 1861
Smith S. Wilkinson Rep. 15th 1862
 
1861–1865

 
1866–1870

 
1871–1875
Sauk County
16th 1863
Natl. Union 17th 1864
18th 1865
Argalus Starks Natl. Union 19th 1866
20th 1867
Stephen S. Barlow Rep. 21st 1868
22nd 1869
Bennett Strong Rep. 23rd 1870
24th 1871
John B. Quimby Rep. 25th 1872
26th 1873
27th 1874
28th 1875
David E. Welch Rep. 29th 1876
30th 1877
 
1876–1881

 
1882–1887

 
1888–1891
Juneau & Sauk counties
31st 1878
32nd 1879
Edwin E. Woodman Rep. 33rd 1880
34th 1881
John T. Kingston Rep. 35th 1882
36th 1883–1884
David B. Hulburt Rep. 37th 1885–1886
38th 1887–1888
Frank Avery Rep. 39th 1889–1890
40th 1891–1892
Dayne Wescott Dem. 41st 1893–1894
 
Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, and Shawano counties
42nd 1895–1896
Alexander B. Whitman Rep. 43rd 1897–1898
 
1896–1901

 
1902–1911

 
1912–1921

 
1922–1953
Outagamie & Shawano counties
44th 1899–1900
Theophilus A. Willy Rep. 45th 1901–1902
46th 1903–1904
Fred M. Wilcox Rep. 47th 1905–1906
48th 1907–1908
J. Elmer Lehr Rep. Disqualified Mar. 1912.[note 1] 49th 1909–1910
50th 1911–1912
Henry N. Culbertson Rep. Won 1912 special election.
51st 1913–1914
52nd 1915–1916
Antone Kuckuk Rep. 53rd 1917–1918
54th 1919–1920
55th 1921–1922
56th 1923–1924
John Englund Rep. 57th 1925–1926
58th 1927–1928
Anton M. Miller Rep. 59th 1929–1930
60th 1931–1932
Mike Mack Rep. Resigned 1942 after appointed to Wisconsin Highway Commission. 61st 1933–1934
62nd 1935–1936
63rd 1937–1938
64th 1939–1940
65th 1941–1942
John F. Lappen Rep. Won 1942 special election. 66th 1943–1944
Gordon A. Bubolz Rep. Resigned 1954. 67th 1945–1946
68th 1947–1948
69th 1949–1950
70th 1951–1952
71st 1953–1954
Gerald D. Lorge Rep. Won 1954 special election. 72nd 1955–1956
 
1954–1963

 
1964–1971
Outagamie & Waupaca counties
73rd 1957–1958
74th 1959–1960
75th 1961–1962
76th 1963–1964
77th 1965–1966
78th 1967–1968
79th 1969–1970
80th 1971–1972
81st 1973–1974
 
Waupaca County &
82nd 1975–1976
83rd 1977–1978
84th 1979–1980
85th 1981–1982
86th 1983–1984
 
Adams, Green Lake, Juneau, Marquette, & Waushara counties, &
Joseph Leean Rep. Resigned Jul. 1995. 87th 1985–1986
 
Green Lake, Marquette, & Waushara counties, &
88th 1987–1988
89th 1989–1990
90th 1991–1992
91st 1993–1994
 
Green Lake & Marquette counties, &
92nd 1995–1996
--Vacant--
Robert T. Welch Rep. Won 1995 special election.
93rd 1997–1998
94th 1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
96th 2003–2004 Green Lake County and
Most of Marquette County
Most of Waupaca County
Most of Waushara County
Northern Columbia County
Northeast Sauk County
Part of Adams County
Part of Fond du Lac County
Part of Outagamie County
Luther Olsen Rep. 97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
101st 2013–2014
 
Green Lake and Marquette counties and
Most of Columbia County
Most of Waupaca County
Southern Adams County
Northeast Dodge County
Eastern Waushara County
Part of Dane County
Part of Fond du Lac County
Part of Outagamie County
Part of Sauk County
102nd 2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
Joan Ballweg Rep. 105th 2021–2022
106th 2023–2024
 
Green Lake & Marquette counties,
southern Adams County,
most of Columbia County,
northwest Dodge County,
part of Fond du Lac County,
part of Outagamie County,
part of Sauk County,
most of Waupaca County,
eastern Waushara County

Notes

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  1. ^ Lehr moved from Outagamie County to Milwaukee in February 1911, and did not return to the Legislature. In March 1912, the Attorney General and Governor ruled that his seat was vacant and a special election should be called.

References

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  1. ^ "Senate District 14". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 14 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Senator Joan Ballweg". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  4. ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 46. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
  5. ^ "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  6. ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.
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