Wisconsin Senate, District 15

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Wisconsin's 15th
State Senate District
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Wisconsin Senate District 15, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Senator
  Janis Ringhand
D – Evansville
since January 3, 2015 (6 years)
Demographics85.1%  White
3.2%  Black
8.0%  Hispanic
1.1%  Asian
0.2%  Native American
2.4% Other
Population (2010)
 • Voting age		172,496 [1] [2]
131,642

The 15th Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate. [3] Located in southern Wisconsin, the district comprises western Rock County, southeast Green County, and parts of southeast Dane County, Southwest Jefferson County, and northwest Walworth County. It includes most of the city of Janesville and the western part of the city of Beloit, as well as the cities of Brodhead, Edgerton, Evansville, Milton, and Whitewater. [4]

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Current elected officials

Janis Ringhand is the senator representing the 15th district. She was first elected in the 2014 general election and is now in her second four-year term. She previously represented Janesville in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2011 to 2015. [5]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 15th Senate district comprises the 43rd, 44th, and 45th Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are: [6]

The 15th Senate district, in it's current borders, crosses three different congressional districts. The portion of the district in Jefferson County, and the city of Whitewater, which is partly in Walworth County, falls within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Scott L. Fitzgerald; the remainder of Walworth County and the cities of Janesville and Milton and the eastern part of Rock County fall within Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Bryan Steil; the remainder of the district, in Dane, Green, and Rock counties, falls within Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mark Pocan. [7]

Past senators

The district has previously been represented by: [8]

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 created1848 Rock County
Otis Norton Whig 1st
2nd 1849
3rd 1850
Andrew Palmer Dem. 4th 1851
5th 1852
Levi Sterling Whig 6th 1853 Iowa and Richland counties
7th 1854
Amasa Cobb Rep. 8th 1855
9th 1856
Lemuel W. Joiner Rep. 10th 1857
11th 1858
Charles Rodolf Dem. 12th 1859
13th 1860
Lemuel W. Joiner Rep. 14th 1861
15th 1862
WI Senate District 15, 1862-1871 Map of Wisconsin highlighting Iowa County.svg
WI Senate District 15, 1862-1871
Iowa County
George L. Frost Dem. 16th 1863
17th 1864
Wyman Lincoln Natl. Union 18th1865
19th1866
Joel Whitman Natl. Union 20th1867
Rep. 21st1868
Lemuel W. Joiner Rep. 22nd1869
23rd1870
Francis Little Rep. 24th1871
25th1872
WI Senate District 15, 1872-1886 Map of Wisconsin highlighting Manitowoc County.svg
WI Senate District 15, 1872-1886
Manitowoc County
Carl H. Schmidt Dem. 26th1873
27th1874
John Schuette Rep. 28th1875
29th1876
Joseph Rankin Dem. 30th1877
31st1878
32nd1879
33rd1880
34th1881
35th1882
John Carey Dem. 36th1883–1884
37th1885–1886
38th1887–1888 Kewaunee and Manitowoc counties
William F. Nash Dem. Won 1888 special election.39th1889–1890
40th1891–1892
41st1893–1894 Calumet and Manitowoc counties
John McMullen Dem. 42nd1895–1896
43rd1897–1898
Norman Knudson Rep. 44th1899–1900
45th1901–1902
Samuel W. Randolph Dem. 46th1903–1904
47th1905–1906
48th1907–1908
49th1909–1910
50th1911–1912
51st1913–1914
Henry Rollman Dem. 52nd1915–1916
53rd1917–1918
Henry Kleist Soc. 54th1919–1920
55th1921–1922
Alva Garey Rep. 56th1923–1924
WI Senate District 15, 1922-1964 Map of Wisconsin highlighting Rock County.svg
WI Senate District 15, 1922-1964
Rock County
57th1925–1926
George W. Blanchard Rep. Resigned 1933 after election to U.S. House.58th1927–1928
59th1929–1930
60th1931–1932
61st1933–1934
--Vacant--
Alexander Paul Dem. Won 1933 special election.
Maurice Coakley Rep. 62nd1935–1936
63rd1937–1938
64th1939–1940
65th1941–1942
Robert P. Robinson Rep. 66th1943–1944
67th1945–1946
68th1947–1948
69th1949–1950
70th1951–1952
71st1953–1954
Peter P. Carr Rep. 72nd1955–1956
73rd1957–1958
74th1959–1960
75th1961–1962
76th1963–1964
77th1965–1966 Walworth County and
Eastern Rock County
George M. Borg Rep. Resigned Aug. 1967.78th1967–1968
--Vacant--
James D. Swan Rep. Won 1967 special election.
79th1969–1970
80th1971–1972
81st1973–1974Most of Walworth County
Eastern Rock County

Western Racine County
Timothy Cullen Dem. Resigned 1987 after appointed Secretary of Wisconsin Department of Health Services.82nd1975–1976
83rd1977–1978
84th1979–1980
85th1981–1982
86th1983–1984Most of Walworth County
Southeast and central Rock County
87th1985–1986Most of Walworth County
South and central Rock County
--Vacant--88th1987–1988
Timothy Weeden Rep. Won 1987 special election.
89th1989–1990
90th1991–1992
91st1993–1994

South and east Rock County
92nd1995–1996
93rd1997–1998
Judy Robson Dem. 94th1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
96th 2003–2004
Most of Rock County

Part of Northwest Walworth County


Part of Dane County
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
Timothy Cullen Dem. 100th 2011–2012
101st2013–2014Most of Rock County
Southeast Green County
Southeast Dane County
Southwest Jefferson County
Part of northwest Walworth County
Janis Ringhand Dem. 102nd2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
105th 2021–2022

Notes

  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. 99–105. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. ↑ Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Senate District 15 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Senate District 15". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 15 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Senator Janis A. Ringhand". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  6. ↑ Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 48. ISBN   978-0-9752820-1-4.
  7. ↑ "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  8. ↑ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.


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