Wisconsin's 30th Senate district

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Wisconsin's 30th
State Senate district
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Wisconsin's 30th Senate district
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Wisconsin's 30th Senate district
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Wisconsin's 30th Senate district
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 88, 89, and 90
Senator
  Eric Wimberger
R De Pere
since January 4, 2021 (3 years)
Demographics77.1%  White
4.65%  Black
10.42%  Hispanic
3.71%  Asian
4.38%  Native American
0.14%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
  Voting age
179,103
138,446
Website Official website
Notes Green Bay metro area

The 30th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. [1] Located in northeast Wisconsin, the district comprises part of central Brown County. It includes most of the city of Green Bay, along with the city of De Pere and the villages of Allouez, Ashwaubenon, and Bellevue. [2]

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Current elected officials

Eric Wimberger is the senator representing the 30th district. He was first elected to the senate in the 2020 general election. [3]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 30th Senate district comprises the 88th, 89th, and 90th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:

The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher. [7]

Past senators

Previous senators from the district include: [8]

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.

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
District created by 1856 Wisc. Act 109. 1856 Buffalo, Bad Ax, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, and Trempealeau counties
William T. Price Rep. 10th 1857
William H. Tucker Dem. 11th 1858
12th 1859
Buel Hutchinson Rep. 13th 1860
14th 1861
Norman S. Cate Natl. Union Resigned May 1862. 15th 1862 Bad Ax, Crawford, and Richland counties
--Vacant--
William S. Purdy Rep. Won 1862 special election. 16th 1863
William Ketcham Natl. Union 17th 1864
18th 1865
Benjamin Bull Natl. Union 19th 1866
20th 1867 Crawford and Richland counties
William Ketcham Rep. 21st 1868
22nd 1869
George Krouskop Dem. 23rd 1870
24th 1871
Joseph G. Thorp Rep. 25th 1872 Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, and Pepin counties
1870 population: 33,327
26th 1873
Hiram P. Graham Dem. 27th 1874
28th 1875
Rockwell J. Flint Rep. 29th 1876
30th 1877 Dunn, Eau Claire, and Pierce counties
1875 population: 44,519
1880 population: 54,584
Abraham D. Andrews Rep. 31st 1878
32nd 1879
Michael Griffin Rep. 33rd 1880
34th 1881
Rockwell J. Flint Rep. 35th 1882
36th 1883–1884 Chippewa and Dunn counties
1880 population: 32,310
1885 population: 47,086
George C. Ginty Rep. 37th 1885–1886
38th 1887–1888
William Millar Rep. 39th 1889–1890
40th 1891–1892
Levi F. Martin Dem. 41st 1893–1894 Chippewa, Oneida, Price, and Taylor counties
1890 population: 42,142
42nd 1895–1896
Daniel E. Riordan Rep. 43rd 1897–1898 Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Price, Taylor, and Vilas counties
1895 population: 56,611
44th 1899–1900
45th 1901–1902
46th 1903–1904 Florence, Forest, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas counties
1900 population: 53,835
James A. Wright Rep. Died Dec. 1911. 47th 1905–1906
48th 1907–1908
49th 1909–1910
50th 1911–1912
--Vacant--
Willard T. Stevens Rep. Won 1912 special election.
51st 1913–1914 Florence, Forest, Iron, Lincoln, Oneida, Taylor, and Vilas counties
1910 population: 68,626
52nd 1915–1916
53rd 1917–1918
54th 1919–1920
Bernard N. Moran Rep. 55th 1921–1922
56th 1923–1924 Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, and Oneida counties
James A. Barker Rep. 57th 1925–1926
58th 1927–1928
59th 1929–1930
60th 1931–1932
Sherman W. Wade Dem. 61st 1933–1934
62nd 1935–1936
Ernest Sauld Dem. 63rd 1937–1938
64th 1939–1940
Philip Downing Rep. 65th 1941–1942
66th 1943–1944
67th 1945–1946
68th 1947–1948
69th 1949–1950
70th 1951–1952
71st 1953–1954
72nd 1955–1956 Florence, Forest, Langlade, Marinette, and Oconto counties
Reuben La Fave Rep. 73rd 1957–1958
74th 1959–1960
75th 1961–1962
76th 1963–1964
77th 1965–1966 Florence, Langlade, Marinette, and Oconto counties and
Northwest Brown County
78th 1967–1968
79th 1969–1970
80th 1971–1972
81st 1973–1974Northwest Brown County
Eastern Oconto County
Southern Marinette County
82nd 1975–1976
Jerome Van Sistine Dem. 83rd 1977–1978
84th 1979–1980
85th 1981–1982
86th 1983–1984
87th 1985–1986
88th 1987–1988
89th 1989–1990
90th 1991–1992
Gary Drzewiecki Rep. 91st 1993–1994Northwest Brown County
Eastern Oconto County
Southern Marinette County
92nd 1995–1996
93rd 1997–1998
94th 1999–2000
Dave Hansen Dem. 95th 2001–2002
96th 2003–2004Northern Brown County
Eastern Oconto County
Southern Marinette County
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
101st 2013–2014
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Central Brown County
Eastern Oconto County
Southern Marinette County
102nd 2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
Eric Wimberger Rep. 105th 2021–2022
106th 20232024
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Central Brown County,
eastern Oconto County,
southern Marinette County

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References

  1. "Senate District 30". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  2. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 30 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  3. "Senator Eric Wimberger". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  4. "Representative John Macco". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  5. "Representative Elijah Behnke". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  6. "Representative Kristina M. Shelton". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  7. "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  8. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.