89th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
Term | January 2, 1989 – January 7, 1991 | ||||
Election | November 8, 1988 | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 33 | ||||
Senate President | Fred Risser (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||
Assembly | |||||
Members | 99 | ||||
Assembly Speaker | Thomas A. Loftus (D) | ||||
Speaker pro tempore | David Clarenbach (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||
Sessions | |||||
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Special sessions | |||||
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The Eighty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 3, 1989, to January 7, 1991, in regular session, and also convened in two special sessions. [1]
Senators representing even-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first two years of a four-year term. Assembly members were elected to a two-year term. Assembly members and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 8, 1988. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 4, 1986. [1]
The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Tommy Thompson, of Juneau County, serving the second two years of a four-year term, having won election in the 1986 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
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Dem. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 19 | 14 | 33 | 0 |
Start of Reg. Session | 20 | 13 | 33 | 0 |
From Apr. 20, 1989 [note 1] | 12 | 32 | 1 | |
From Jul. 11, 1989 [note 2] | 13 | 33 | 0 | |
From Sep. 1, 1989 [note 3] | 19 | 32 | 1 | |
From Oct. 2, 1989 [note 4] | 18 | 31 | 2 | |
From Dec. 13, 1989 [note 5] | 19 | 14 | 33 | 0 |
From Jul. 12, 1990 [note 6] | 18 | 32 | 1 | |
From Aug. 1, 1990 [note 7] | 13 | 31 | 2 | |
From Nov. 28, 1990 [note 8] | 19 | 32 | 1 | |
Final voting share | 59.38% | 40.63% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 19 | 14 | 33 | 0 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
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Dem. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 54 | 44 | 98 | 1 |
Start of Reg. Session | 56 | 43 | 99 | 0 |
From Jul. 11, 1989 [note 9] | 42 | 98 | 1 | |
From Jul. 31, 1989 [note 10] | 55 | 42 | 97 | 2 |
From Sep. 22, 1989 [note 11] | 43 | 98 | 1 | |
From Oct. 26, 1989 [note 12] | 56 | 99 | 0 | |
From Dec. 13, 1989 [note 13] | 55 | 98 | 1 | |
From Jan. 12, 1990 [note 14] | 42 | 97 | 2 | |
From May 15, 1990 [note 15] | 56 | 43 | 99 | 0 |
From May 28, 1990 [note 16] | 42 | 98 | 1 | |
From Jul. 1, 1990 [note 17] | 55 | 97 | 2 | |
Final voting share | 56.7% | 43.3% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 58 | 41 | 99 | 0 |
Members of the Senate for the Eighty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature: [2]
Members of the Assembly for the Eighty-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature: [2]