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]
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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 | |||||
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| Demographics | 89.68% 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 | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| Notes | Central Wisconsin | ||||
Current elected officials
editJoan 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]
- Assembly District 40: Kevin David Petersen (R–Waupaca)
- Assembly District 41: Alex Dallman (R–Green Lake)
- Assembly District 42: Jon Plumer (R–Lodi)
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]
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Historic City Hall, in Columbus
Past senators
editPrevious 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 |
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| --District created-- | 1848 |  | |||
| 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 |  |
| Daniel Howell | Dem. | 7th | 1854 | ||
| 8th | 1855 | ||||
| S. W. Barnes | Dem. | 9th | 1856 | ||
| 10th | 1857 |  | |||
| William Chappell | Dem. | 11th | 1858 | ||
| 12th | 1859 | ||||
| Charles R. Gill | Rep. | 13th | 1860 | ||
| 14th | 1861 | ||||
| Smith S. Wilkinson | Rep. | 15th | 1862 |    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 |    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 |  | |
| 42nd | 1895–1896 | ||||
| Alexander B. Whitman | Rep. | 43rd | 1897–1898 |     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 |   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 | 
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| 82nd | 1975–1976 | ||||
| 83rd | 1977–1978 | ||||
| 84th | 1979–1980 | ||||
| 85th | 1981–1982 | ||||
| 86th | 1983–1984 |  eastern Waupaca County, part of Fond du Lac County, western of Outagamie County & part of Winnebago County
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| Joseph Leean | Rep. | Resigned Jul. 1995. | 87th | 1985–1986 |  southern Adams County, part of Columbia County, part of Fond du Lac County, most of Juneau County, part of Monroe County, northwest Outagamie County, part of Sauk County, most of Waupaca County, & western Winnebago County
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| 88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
| 89th | 1989–1990 | ||||
| 90th | 1991–1992 | ||||
| 91st | 1993–1994 |  southern Adams County, northwest Columbia County, part of Fond du Lac County, part of Outagamie County, part of Sauk County, most of Waupaca County, most of Waushara County, & part of Winnebago County
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| 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 |  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 |  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
edit- ^ 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
edit- ^ "Senate District 14". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 14 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Joan Ballweg". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 46. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
- ^ "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.