The 11th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.[1] Located in southern Wisconsin, the district comprises most of Walworth County, most of Kenosha County, and southwest Racine County, along with parts of southeast Rock County. It contains the cities of Burlington, Delavan, Elkhorn, and Lake Geneva, and the villages of Clinton, Darien, East Troy, Genoa City, Paddock Lake, Sharon, Union Grove, Walworth, along with most of the village of Pleasant Prairie and part of the city of Kenosha.[2]
| Wisconsin's 11th 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 31, 32, and 33 | |||||
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| Demographics | 87.9% White 1.19% Black 7.41% Hispanic 1.19% Asian 1.7% Native American 0.08% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | ||||
| Population (2020) • Voting age | 177,921 139,936 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| Notes | Southeast Wisconsin | ||||
Current elected officials
editStephen Nass is the senator representing the 11th district. He was first elected in the 2014 general election, and is now serving in his second term. Before his election as senator, he was a member of the State Assembly from 1991 to 2015.[3]
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three State Assembly districts. The 11th Senate district comprises the 31st, 32nd, and 33rd Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:[4]
- Assembly District 31: Ellen Schutt (R–Clinton)
- Assembly District 32: Tyler August (R–Lake Geneva)
- Assembly District 33: Scott Johnson (R–Hebron)
The 11th Senate district is almost entirely contained within Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Bryan Steil. The part of the district containing the northeast corner of Walworth County falls within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, represented by Scott L. Fitzgerald.[5]
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Downtown Delavan -
Downtown Elkhorn -
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Camp Lake community in the village of Salem Lakes -
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Lake Beulah near East Troy -
Downtown Lake Geneva -
Past senators
editNote: 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.
Previous senators from the district include:[6]
| Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
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| District created | 1848 |  | |||
| Frederick W. Horn | Dem. | 1st | |||
| 2nd | 1849 | ||||
| 3rd | 1850 | ||||
| Harvey G. Turner | Dem. | 4th | 1851 | ||
| 5th | 1852 | ||||
| Thomas T. Whittlesey | Dem. | 6th | 1853 |  | |
| 7th | 1854 | ||||
| Hiram Giles | Rep. | 8th | 1855 | ||
| 9th | 1856 | ||||
| 10th | 1857 |  Eastern Dane County
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| 11th | 1858 | ||||
| William Robert Taylor | Dem. | 12th | 1859 | ||
| 13th | 1860 | ||||
| Samuel C. Bean | Rep. | 14th | 1861 | ||
| 15th | 1862 |   Eastern Dane County
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| Willard H. Chandler | Rep. | 16th | 1863 | ||
| 17th | 1864 | ||||
| Natl. Union | 18th | 1865 | |||
| 19th | 1866 | ||||
| Clement Warner | Natl. Union | 20th | 1867 | ||
| Rep. | 21st | 1868 | |||
| Nelson Williams | Rep. | 22nd | 1869 | ||
| 23rd | 1870 | ||||
| William M. Colladay | Rep. | Redistricted to 7th district. | 24th | 1871 | |
| Henry S. Magoon | Rep. | Redistricted from 13th district. | 25th | 1872 |  |
| Francis Campbell | Rep. | 26th | 1873 | ||
| 27th | 1874 | ||||
| 28th | 1875 | ||||
| 29th | 1876 | ||||
| Thomas B. Scott | Rep. | Redistricted from 29th district. | 30th | 1877 |  |
| 31st | 1878 | ||||
| 32nd | 1879 | ||||
| 33rd | 1880 | ||||
| 34th | 1881 | ||||
| 35th | 1882 | ||||
| Charles M. Webb | Rep. | Resigned Apr. 1883, appointed Wisconsin circuit court judge. | 36th | 1883–1884 |  |
| Vacant | |||||
| Merritt C. Ring | Rep. | Won 1884 special election. | 37th | 1885–1886 | |
| George F. Merrill | Rep. | 38th | 1887–1888 | ||
| 39th | 1889–1890 |  | |||
| John T. Kingston | Dem. | 40th | 1891–1892 | ||
| 41st | 1893–1894 |  | |||
| Thomas B. Mills | Rep. | 42nd | 1895–1896 | ||
| 43rd | 1897–1898 |   Burnett, Douglas, Polk counties | |||
| Edgar G. Mills | Rep. | 44th | 1899–1900 | ||
| 45th | 1901–1902 | ||||
| George Hudnall | Rep. | 46th | 1903–1904 | ||
| 47th | 1905–1906 | ||||
| 48th | 1907–1908 | ||||
| 49th | 1909–1910 | ||||
| Victor Linley | Rep. | 50th | 1911–1912 | ||
| 51st | 1913–1914 |  | |||
| Fred A. Baxter | Rep. | 52nd | 1915–1916 | ||
| 53rd | 1917–1918 | ||||
| Ray J. Nye | Rep. | 54th | 1919–1920 | ||
| 55th | 1921–1922 | ||||
| Vacant[note 1] | 56th | 1923–1924 |  | ||
| Marcus A. Kemp | Rep. | Won 1923 special election. | |||
| 57th | 1925–1926 | ||||
| R. Bruce Johnson | Rep. | 58th | 1927–1928 | ||
| 59th | 1929–1930 | ||||
| Philip E. Nelson | Rep. | 60th | 1931–1932 | ||
| 61st | 1933–1934 | ||||
| 62nd | 1935–1936 | ||||
| Prog. | 63rd | 1937–1938 | |||
| 64th | 1939–1940 | ||||
| 65th | 1941–1942 | ||||
| Elmer Peterson | Prog. | 66th | 1943–1944 | ||
| 67th | 1945–1946 | ||||
| Arthur Lenroot Jr. | Rep. | 68th | 1947–1948 | ||
| 69th | 1949–1950 | ||||
| 70th | 1951–1952 | ||||
| 71st | 1953–1954 | ||||
| Richard J. Zaborski | Dem. | 72nd | 1955–1956 |  Central Milwaukee County
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| 73rd | 1957–1958 | ||||
| 74th | 1959–1960 | ||||
| 75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
| 76th | 1963–1964 | ||||
| 77th | 1965–1966 |  Central Milwaukee County
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| Wayne F. Whittow | Dem. | Resigned in 1976. | 78th | 1967–1968 | |
| 79th | 1969–1970 | ||||
| 80th | 1971–1972 | ||||
| 81st | 1973–1974 |  Central Milwaukee County
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| 82nd | 1975–1976 | ||||
| Warren Braun | Dem. | Won 1976 special election. | 83rd | 1977–1978 | |
| 84th | 1979–1980 | ||||
| 85th | 1981–1982 | ||||
| J. Mac Davis | Rep. | Resigned July 1990, appointed Wisconsin circuit court judge. | 86th | 1983–1984 |  Southeast Jefferson County, part of Walworth County, part of Washington County, & western Waukesha County
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| 87th | 1985–1986 | 
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| 88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
| 89th | 1989–1990 | ||||
| Joanne Huelsman | Rep. | 90th | 1991–1992 | ||
| 91st | 1993–1994 |  Southeast Jefferson County, part of Rock County, part of Walworth County, part of Washington County, & western Waukesha County
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| 92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||
| 93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||
| 94th | 1999–2000 | ||||
| 95th | 2001–2002 | ||||
| Neal Kedzie | Rep. | 96th | 2003–2004 | 
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| 97th | 2005–2006 | ||||
| 98th | 2007–2008 | ||||
| 99th | 2009–2010 | ||||
| 100th | 2011–2012 | ||||
| 101st | 2013–2014 |  southwest Waukesha County southern Jefferson County eastern Rock County part of Kenosha County | |||
| Stephen Nass | Rep. | 102nd | 2015–2016 | ||
| 103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
| 104th | 2019–2020 | ||||
| 105th | 2021–2022 | ||||
| 106th | 2023–2024 |  southern Jefferson County, eastern Rock County, part of Kenosha County | |||
Notes
edit- ^ Republican Ole G. Kinney was elected in 1922 but died before taking office.
References
edit- ^ "Senate District 11". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 11 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Stephen L. Nass". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ District Map
- ^ "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.