Wisconsin's 14th Senate district

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Wisconsin's 14th
State Senate district
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Wisconsin's 14th Senate district
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Wisconsin's 14th Senate district
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Wisconsin's 14th 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 40, 41, and 42
Senator
  Joan Ballweg
R Markesan
since January 4, 2021 (3 years)
Demographics89.68%  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
NotesCentral Wisconsin

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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Current elected officials

Joan 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]

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]

Past senators

Previous 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.

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
--District created--1848
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Walworth County
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
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Jefferson County
Daniel Howell Dem. 7th 1854
8th 1855
S. W. Barnes Dem. 9th 1856
10th 1857
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Southern Dodge County
& northern Jefferson County
William Chappell Dem. 11th 1858
12th 1859
Charles R. Gill Rep. 13th 1860
14th 1861
Smith S. Wilkinson Rep. 15th 1862
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18611865

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18661870

1871 WI Sen 14.svg
18711875
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
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18761881

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18821887

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18881891
Juneau & Sauk counties
31st 1878
32nd 1879
Edwin E. Woodman Rep. 33rd 1880
34th 1881
John T. Kingston Rep. 35th 1882
36th 18831884
David B. Hulburt Rep. 37th 18851886
38th 18871888
Frank Avery Rep. 39th 18891890
40th 18911892
Dayne Wescott Dem. 41st 18931894
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Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, and Shawano counties
42nd 18951896
Alexander B. Whitman Rep. 43rd 18971898
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18961901

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19021911

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19121921

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19221953
Outagamie & Shawano counties
44th 18991900
Theophilus A. Willy Rep. 45th 19011902
46th 19031904
Fred M. Wilcox Rep. 47th 19051906
48th 19071908
J. Elmer Lehr Rep. Disqualified Mar. 1912. [note 1] 49th 19091910
50th 19111912
Henry N. Culbertson Rep. Won 1912 special election.
51st 19131914
52nd 19151916
Antone Kuckuk Rep. 53rd 19171918
54th 19191920
55th 19211922
56th 19231924
John Englund Rep. 57th 19251926
58th 19271928
Anton M. Miller Rep. 59th 19291930
60th 19311932
Mike Mack Rep. Resigned 1942 after appointed to Wisconsin Highway Commission. 61st 19331934
62nd 19351936
63rd 19371938
64th 19391940
65th 19411942
John F. Lappen Rep. Won 1942 special election. 66th 19431944
Gordon A. Bubolz Rep. Resigned 1954. 67th 19451946
68th 19471948
69th 19491950
70th 19511952
71st 19531954
Gerald D. Lorge Rep. Won 1954 special election. 72nd 19551956
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19541963

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19641971
Outagamie & Waupaca counties
73rd 19571958
74th 19591960
75th 19611962
76th 19631964
77th 19651966
78th 19671968
79th 19691970
80th 19711972
81st 19731974
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Waupaca County &
most of Outagamie County
& southern Shawano County
82nd 19751976
83rd 19771978
84th 19791980
85th 19811982
86th 19831984
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Adams, Green Lake, Juneau, Marquette, & Waushara counties, &
eastern Waupaca County ,
part of Fond du Lac County ,
western of Outagamie County
& part of Winnebago County
Joseph Leean Rep. Resigned Jul. 1995. 87th 19851986
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Green Lake, Marquette, & Waushara counties, &
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
88th 19871988
89th 19891990
90th 19911992
91st 19931994
1992 WI Sen 14.svg
Green Lake & Marquette counties, &
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
92nd 19951996
--Vacant--
Robert T. Welch Rep. Won 1995 special election.
93rd 19971998
94th 19992000
95th 20012002
96th 20032004Green 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 20052006
98th 20072008
99th 20092010
100th 20112012
101st 20132014
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Green Lake and Marquette counties and
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 20152016
103rd 20172018
104th 20192020
Joan Ballweg Rep. 105th 20212022
106th 2023–2024
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Green Lake & Marquette counties,
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

  1. 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.

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References

  1. "Senate District 14". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  2. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 14 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  3. "Senator Joan Ballweg". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  4. Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 46. ISBN   978-0-9752820-1-4.
  5. "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 8, 2021.
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