Wisconsin's 11th State Senate district | |||||
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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 |
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]
Stephen 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]
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]
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.
Previous senators from the district include: [6]
Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
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District created | 1848 | Washington County | |||
Frederick W. Horn | Dem. | 1st | |||
2nd | 1849 | ||||
3rd | 1850 | ||||
Harvey G. Turner | Dem. | 4th | 1851 | ||
5th | 1852 | ||||
Thomas T. Whittlesey | Dem. | 6th | 1853 | Dane County | |
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 | 1862–1865 1866–1870 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 | Lafayette County |
Francis Campbell | Rep. | 26th | 1873 | ||
27th | 1874 | ||||
28th | 1875 | ||||
29th | 1876 | ||||
Thomas B. Scott | Rep. | Redistricted from 29th district. | 30th | 1877 | Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Taylor, Wood counties |
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 | Ashland, Clark, Lincoln, Price, Taylor, Wood counties |
Vacant | |||||
Merritt C. Ring | Rep. | Won 1884 special election. | 37th | 1885–1886 | |
George F. Merrill | Rep. | 38th | 1887–1888 | ||
39th | 1889–1890 | Ashland, Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Price, Taylor counties | |||
John T. Kingston | Dem. | 40th | 1891–1892 | ||
41st | 1893–1894 | Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn counties | |||
Thomas B. Mills | Rep. | 42nd | 1895–1896 | ||
43rd | 1897–1898 | 1896–1901 1902–1911 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 | Burnett, Douglas, Washburn counties | |||
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 | Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Washburn counties | ||
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 | Southeast Jefferson County , part of Kenosha County , most of Walworth County , & western Waukesha County
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97th | 2005–2006 | ||||
98th | 2007–2008 | ||||
99th | 2009–2010 | ||||
100th | 2011–2012 | ||||
101st | 2013–2014 | Most of Walworth County 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 | Most of Walworth County, southern Jefferson County, eastern Rock County, part of Kenosha County |
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