Wisconsin Senate, District 11

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Wisconsin's 11th
State Senate District
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Wisconsin Senate District 11, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Senator
  Stephen Nass
R Whitewater
since January 3, 2015 (6 years)
Demographics88.2%  White
1.1%  Black
8.9%  Hispanic
0.8%  Asian
0.2%  Native American
0.8% Other
Population (2010)
  Voting age
172,329 [1] [2]
129,517

The 11th Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate. [3] Located in southern Wisconsin, the district comprises most of Walworth County, the eastern half of Rock County, parts of the southern half of Jefferson County, southwest Waukesha County, and western Kenosha County. [4]

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Current elected officials

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. [5]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 11th Senate district comprises the 31st, 32nd, and 33rd Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: [6]

The 11th Senate district, in its current borders, crosses three different congressional districts. The Jefferson County portions of the district fall within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Scott L. Fitzgerald; the areas of Rock County around Beloit fall within Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, represented by U.S. Representative Mark Pocan; the remainder of the district falls within Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, represented by Bryan Steil. [7]

Past senators

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: [8]

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
District created1848 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
11th 1858
William Robert Taylor Dem. 12th 1859
13th 1860
Samuel C. Bean Rep. 14th 1861
15th 1862
Eastern Dane County
Willard H. Chandler Rep. 16th 1863
17th 1864
Natl. Union 18th1865
19th1866
Clement Warner Natl. Union 20th1867
Rep. 21st1868
Nelson Williams Rep. 22nd1869
23rd1870
William M. Colladay Rep. Redistricted to 7th district.24th1871
Henry S. Magoon Rep. Redistricted from 13th district.25th1872 Lafayette County
Francis Campbell Rep. 26th1873
27th1874
28th1875
29th1876
Thomas B. Scott Rep. Redistricted from 29th district.30th1877 Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Taylor, Wood counties
31st1878
32nd1879
33rd1880
34th1881
35th1882 Ashland, Clark, Lincoln, Price, Taylor, Wood counties
Charles M. Webb Rep. Resigned Apr. 1883, appointed Wisconsin circuit court judge.36th1883–1884
—Vacant--
Merritt C. Ring Rep. Won 1884 special election.37th1885–1886
George F. Merrill Rep. 38th1887–1888 Ashland, Clark, Lincoln, Oneida, Price, Sawyer, Taylor, Wood counties
39th1889–1890 Ashland, Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Price, Taylor counties
John T. Kingston Dem. 40th1891–1892
41st1893–1894 Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn counties
Thomas B. Mills Rep. 42nd1895–1896
43rd1897–1898 Burnett, Douglas, Polk counties
Edgar G. Mills Rep. 44th1899–1900
45th1901–1902
George Hudnall Rep. 46th1903–1904
47th1905–1906
48th1907–1908
49th1909–1910
Victor Linley Rep. 50th1911–1912
51st1913–1914 Burnett, Douglas, Washburn counties
Fred A. Baxter Rep. 52nd1915–1916
53rd1917–1918
Ray J. Nye Rep. 54th1919–1920
55th1921–1922
—Vacant-- [note 1] 56th1923–1924 Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Washburn counties
Marcus A. Kemp Rep. Won 1923 special election.
57th1925–1926
R. Bruce Johnson Rep. 58th1927–1928
59th1929–1930
Philip E. Nelson Rep. 60th1931–1932
61st1933–1934
62nd1935–1936
63rd1937–1938
64th1939–1940
65th1941–1942
Elmer Peterson Prog. 66th1943–1944
67th1945–1946
Arthur Lenroot Jr. Rep. 68th1947–1948
69th1949–1950
70th1951–1952
71st1953–1954
Richard J. Zaborski Dem. 72nd1955–1956
73rd1957–1958
74th1959–1960
75th1961–1962
76th1963–1964
77th1965–1966
Wayne F. Whittow Dem. Resigned in 1976.78th1967–1968
79th1969–1970
80th1971–1972
81st1973–1974
    • Assembly districts 31, 32, 33
82nd1975–1976
Warren Braun Dem. Won 1976 special election.83rd1977–1978
84th1979–1980
85th1981–1982
J. Mac Davis Rep. Resigned July 1990, appointed Wisconsin circuit court judge.86th1983–1984
southeast Jefferson County
part of northern Walworth County
part of southern Washington County
87th1985–1986
southeast Jefferson County
part of southern Washington County
88th1987–1988
89th1989–1990
Joanne Huelsman Rep. 90th1991–1992
91st1993–1994Western Waukesha County
Eastern Jefferson County
part of southern Washington County
part of northeast Rock County
part of northwest Walworth County
92nd1995–1996
93rd1997–1998
94th1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
Neal Kedzie Rep. 96th 2003–2004Most of Walworth County
Western Waukesha County
Eastern Jefferson County
part of western Kenosha County
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
101st2013–2014Most of Walworth County
Southwest Waukesha County
Southern Jefferson County
Eastern Rock County
part of western Kenosha County
Stephen Nass Rep. 102nd2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
105th 2021–2022

Notes

  1. Republican Ole G. Kinney was elected in 1922 but died before taking office.

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References

  1. 2011 Wisconsin Act 43 and 44 with Baldus et al vs. Brennan et al by Municipal Ward (PDF) (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. October 18, 2012. pp. 53–61. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Senate District 11 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. "Senate District 11". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  4. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 11 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  5. "Senator Stephen L. Nass". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  6. District Map
  7. "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  8. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.