Wisconsin's 33rd Senate district

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Wisconsin's 33rd
State Senate district
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Wisconsin's 33rd Senate district
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Wisconsin's 33rd Senate district
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Wisconsin's 33rd 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 97, 98, and 99
Senator
  Chris Kapenga
R Delafield
since August 6, 2015 (8 years)
Demographics93.27%  White
0.79%  Black
2.59%  Hispanic
1.49%  Asian
1.1%  Native American
0.08%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
  Voting age
177,842
138,561
Website Official website
NotesSoutheast Wisconsin

The 33rd Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate. [1] Located in southeastern Wisconsin, the district comprises most of western Waukesha County along with parts of eastern Jefferson County, southwest Washington County, and southeast Dodge County. It includes the cities of Delafield, Hartford, and Oconomowoc, and the villages of Chenequa, Dousman, Eagle, Hartland, Lac La Belle, Merton, Neosho, North Prairie, Palmyra, Sussex, and Wales. [2]

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Current elected officials

Chris Kapenga is the senator representing the 33rd district. He was first elected to the Senate in a 2015 special election. Before becoming a state senator, he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2011 through 2015. [3]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three State Assembly districts. The 33rd Senate district comprises the 97th, 98th, and 99th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:

The district is located entirely within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Scott L. Fitzgerald. [4]

Past senators

Previous senators include: [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.

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
District created by 1861 Wisc. Act 216. 1861
Eastern Dodge County
Satterlee Clark Dem. 15th 1862
16th 1863
17th 1864
18th 1865
19th 1866
20th 1867
Eastern Dodge County
21st 1868
22nd 1869
23rd 1870
24th 1871
Lyman Morgan Dem. Redistricted from the 3rd district. 25th 1872 Ozaukee and Washington counties
1870 population: 39,483
1875 population: 40,407
1880 population: 38,904
1885 population: 39,489
Adam Schantz Dem. 26th 1873
27th 1874
Gilead J. Wilmot Dem. 28th 1875
29th 1876
Philip Schneider Dem. 30th 1877
31st 1878
Lyman Morgan Dem. 32nd 1879
33rd 1880
George F. Hunt Dem. 34th 1881
35th 1882
Edward Reed Blake Dem. 36th 18831884
37th 18851886
Peter Lochen Dem. 38th 18871888
39th 18891890 Ozaukee and Washington counties and

1885 population: 55,580
Frederick W. Horn Dem. Died January 1893 40th 18911892
--Vacant-- 41st 18931894 Ozaukee and Washington counties and
Eastern Dodge County

1890 population: 52,778
Stephen F. Mayer Dem. 42nd 18951896
43rd 18971898 Washington and Waukesha counties
1895 population: 60,639
1900 population: 58,818
Alfred M. Jones Rep. 44th 18991900
45th 19011902
Ernst Merton Dem. 46th 19031904
47th 19051906
Henry Lockney Rep. 48th 19071908
49th 19091910
George E. Hoyt Rep. 50th 19111912
51st 19131914 Jefferson and Waukesha counties
1910 population: 71,406
Charles Mülberger Dem. 52nd 19151916
53rd 19171918
54th 19191920
55th 19211922
John C. Schuman Rep. 56th 19231924
57th 19251926
58th 19271928
59th 19291930
William H. Edwards Rep. 60th 19311932
61st 19331934
Chester Dempsey Dem. 62nd 19351936
63rd 19371938
William A. Freehoff Rep. 64th 19391940
65th 19411942
66th 19431944
67th 19451946
Chester Dempsey Rep. Died October 1969. 68th 19471948
69th 19491950
70th 19511952
71st 19531954
72nd 19551956
73rd 19571958
74th 19591960
75th 19611962
76th 19631964
77th 19651966Northern Waukesha County
78th 19671968
79th 19691970
--Vacant--
Roger P. Murphy Rep. Resigned February 1980 to become a Wisconsin circuit court judge. 80th 19711972
81st 19731974Northern Waukesha County
82nd 19751976
83rd 19771978
84th 19791980
--Vacant--
Susan Engeleiter Rep. Won 1980 special election.
Resigned April 1989 to become Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
85th 19811982
86th 19831984
87th 19851986Eastern Waukesha County
Part of Milwaukee County
88th 19871988
89th 19891990
--Vacant--
Margaret Farrow Rep. Won 1989 special election.
Resigned May 2001 to become Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.
90th 19911992
91st 19931994Eastern Waukesha County
Part of Milwaukee County
92nd 19951996
93rd 19971998
94th 19992000
95th 20012002
--Vacant--
Theodore Kanavas Rep.
96th 20032004Northern Waukesha County
Southeast Washington County
97th 20052006
98th 20072008
99th 20092010
Rich Zipperer Rep. Resigned Aug. 2012. 100th 20112012
--Vacant--
Paul Farrow Rep. Resigned July 2015. 101st 20132014
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Central Waukesha County
102nd 20152016
--Vacant--
Chris Kapenga Rep. Won 2015 special election.
103rd 20172018
104th 20192020
105th 20212022
106th 20232024
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Central Waukesha County

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References

  1. "Senate District 33". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  2. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 33 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  3. "Senator Chris Kapenga". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  4. "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  5. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.