Wisconsin's 25th Senate district

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Wisconsin's 25th
State Senate district
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Wisconsin's 25th Senate district
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Wisconsin's 25th Senate district
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Wisconsin's 25th 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 73, 74, and 75
Senator
  Romaine Quinn
R Cameron
since January 3, 2023 (1 years)
Demographics89.83%  White
0.91%  Black
1.41%  Hispanic
0.68%  Asian
6.42%  Native American
0.1%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
  Voting age
178,879
144,476
Website Official website
NotesFar northwest Wisconsin

The 25th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. [1] Located in northwest Wisconsin, where Wisconsin meets Lake Superior, the district comprises all of Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Polk, Sawyer, and Washburn counties. It contains the cities of Superior, Ashland, Bayfield, Hayward, Spooner, and Washburn. The district also includes the Bad River Indian reservation and the Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest. [2]

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Current elected officials

Romaine Quinn is the senator representing the 25th district since January 2023. He previously served in the State Assembly, representing the 75th Assembly district from 2015 to 2021, and was mayor of Rice Lake from 2010 through 2012. [3] After the 2024 redistricting, Quinn no longer resides in the new district.

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 25th Senate district comprises the 73rd, 74th, and 75th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:

The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 7th congressional district, which is currently represented by U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany. [4]

History

The boundaries of districts have changed over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district have represented a different geographic area, due to redistricting.

After the fifth (1852) session of the state legislature, the Wisconsin Senate was expanded to 25 members. The first member for the 25th District was James T. Lewis, of Columbus (later a Governor of Wisconsin). The district at that time consisted of Columbia County. [5] This was true until 1872, when the district became the counties of the counties of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara (Columbia County was now the Twenty-Seventh District).

In 1876, the Senate was again redistricted: the Twenty-Fifth now consisted of the City of Madison, and various other Towns and Villages in Dane County, Wisconsin (more or less the previous Seventh District); while what had been the 25th was now the Ninth District. [6]

In 1883, the Twenty-Fifth now consisted of Eau Claire, Pepin and Pierce Counties (three of the eleven counties which had made up the Seventh District); Dane County became the Twenty-Sixth District.

From 1887-1891, the district consisted of Clark and Eau Claire Counties. The short-lived redistricting of 1891 left the district consisting of Clark, Price, Taylor, and Wood Counties. From 1892-1895, the district once again consisted of Clark and Eau Claire Counties. From 1896-1910, the district consisted of Clark and Marathon Counties. From 1911-1922, the district consisted of Langlade and Marathon Counties. From 1923-1954, the district consisted of Lincoln and Marathon Counties.

After the 1954 redistricting, the district had completely changed, and now consisted of Ashland, Bayfield, and Douglas Counties (Lincoln and Marathon Counties had been split between the new 12th and 29th Districts). The 1960 federal census showed that this district, at 74,293 people, was the least populous of Wisconsin's 33 districts, 38.0% below the average; [7] in the wake of Baker v. Carr , a redistricting would be necessary. After a great deal of litigation, the Wisconsin Supreme Court created a redistricting map promulgated on May 14, 1964. The new Twenty-Fifth District added Iron, Price, Rusk and Sawyer Counties to the district. [8] The 1972 redistricting took away Rusk County and a southern portion of Price County, adding the eastern part of Barron County instead; but left the district mostly unchanged. [9] The 1982 redistricting removed Price County entirely, and modified the Barron County portion, as well as adding one Rusk County township. In 1992, the latest court-ordered redistricting added the remainder of Barron County, while dropping the Rusk County township once more. The 2002 court-ordered redistricting added part of Burnett County for the first time, while taking away segments of Sawyer and Barron Counties. The new 2011 redistricting bill took away most of Sawyer, but added for the first time a single township in Vilas County, and a township from both Dunn and Saint Croix Counties, and Price County in whole.

Past senators

The district has previously been represented by:

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 1852 Wisc. Act 499. 1852
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WI Senate District 25, 1852-1871
Columbia County
James T. Lewis Dem. Resigned 1853 after elected Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin. 6th 1853
John Q. Adams Dem. Won 1853 special election. 7th 1854
Rep. 8th 1855
9th 1856
Moses M. Davis Rep. 10th 1857
11th 1858
12th 1859
13th 1860
G. W. Hazelton Rep. 14th 1861
15th 1862
Jonathan Bowman Rep. 16th 1863
17th 1864
Natl. Union 18th 1865
19th 1866
Robert B. Sanderson Natl. Union 20th 1867
Rep. 21st 1868
William M. Griswold Rep. Redistricted to 27th district. 22nd 1869
23rd 1870
24th 1871
Waldo Flint Rep. Redistricted from 29th district. 25th 1872 Green Lake, Marquette, and Waushara counties
Robert L. D. Potter Rep. 26th 1873
27th 1874
28th 1875
29th 1876
George B. Burrows Rep. 30th 1877Eastern Dane County
31st 1878
32nd 1879
33rd 1880
34th 1881
35th 1882 Eau Claire, Pepin, and Pierce counties
1880 population: 43,962
Hans Warner Rep. 36th 18831884
37th 18851886
William A. Rust Rep. 38th 18871888
39th 18891890 Clark and Eau Claire counties
1890 population: 48,331
Robert MacBride Rep. 40th 18911892
41st 18931894
Clarion A. Youmans Rep. 42nd 18951896
43rd 18971898 Clark and Marathon counties
1895 population: 57,940
1900 population: 69,104
Andrew L. Kreutzer Rep. 44th 18991900
45th 19011902
46th 19031904
47th 19051906
Spencer M. Marsh Rep. 48th 19071908
49th 19091910
W. W. Albers Dem. 50th 19111912
51st 19131914 Langlade and Marathon counties
1910 population: 72,116
52nd 19151916
53rd 19171918
Claire B. Bird Rep. 54th 19191920
55th 19211922
Joseph L. Barber Rep. 56th 19231924 Lincoln and Marathon counties
57th 19251926
Otto Mueller Rep. 58th 19271928
59th 19291930
60th 19311932
61st 19331934
Roland E. Kannenberg Prog. 62nd 19351936
63rd 19371938
Otto Mueller Rep. 64th 19391940
65th 19411942
William McNeight Rep. 66th 19431944
67th 19451946
Clifford Krueger Rep. 68th 19471948
69th 19491950
70th 19511952
71st 19531954
Carl Lauri Dem. 72nd 19551956 Ashland, Bayfield, and Douglas counties
73rd 19571958
74th 19591960
75th 19611962
Frank Christopherson Jr. Dem. 76th 19631964
77th 19651966 Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Price, Rusk, and Sawyer counties
Arthur Cirilli Rep. Resigned July 1972 after appointed Wisconsin circuit court judge. 78th 19671968
79th 19691970
80th 19711972
--Vacant--
Daniel O. Theno Rep. Won 1972 special election. 81st 19731974 Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and
Eastern Barron County
Northern Price County
82nd 19751976
83rd 19771978
84th 19791980
85th 19811982
86th 19831984 Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and
Most of Barron County
87th 19851986 Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and
Most of Barron County
Part of Rusk County
Robert Jauch Dem. Won 1986 election.
Re-elected 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010.
88th 19871988
89th 19891990
90th 19911992
91st 19931994 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer, Washburn counties and
Part of Polk County
92nd 19951996
93rd 19971998
94th 19992000
95th 20012002
96th 20032004 Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Washburn counties and
Most of Barron County
Most of Sawyer County
Eastern Burnett County
Part of Polk County
97th 20052006
98th 20072008
99th 20092010
100th 20112012
101st 20132014
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Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Price, Washburn counties and
Part of Sawyer County
Eastern Burnett County
Part of Dunn County
Part of Polk County
Part of St. Croix County
Part of Vilas County
Janet Bewley Dem. Won 2014 election.
Re-elected 2018.
102nd 20152016
103rd 20172018
104th 20192020
105th 20212022
Romaine Quinn Rep. Elected 2022. 106th 20232024
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Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price, Washburn counties,
part of Polk County,
northern Sawyer County

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