Wisconsin Senate, District 24

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Wisconsin's 24th
State Senate District
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Wisconsin Senate District 24, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Senator
  Patrick Testin
R Stevens Point
since January 3, 2017 (4 years)
Demographics93.0%  White
0.8%  Black
3.3%  Hispanic
1.8%  Asian
0.6%  Native American
0.5% Other
Population (2010)
  Voting age
172,520 [1] [2]
134,718
NotesCentral Wisconsin

The 24th Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate. [3] Located in central Wisconsin, the district comprises all of Portage County and most of Wood County, as well as the northern half of Adams County, the western half of Waushara County, eastern Jackson County, and northern Monroe County. It contains the cities of Stevens Point and Wisconsin Rapids, and the U.S. Army base Fort McCoy. [4]

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Current elected officials

Patrick Testin is the senator representing the 24th district, and is the current President pro tempore of the Wisconsin Senate. He was first elected in the 2016 general election and is now in his second four-year term. [5]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 24th Senate district comprises the 70th, 71th, and 72nd Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:

The 23rd Senate district crosses two congressional districts. The portion of the district in eastern Jackson County, northeast Monroe County, and western Wood County fall within Wisconsin's 7th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany; the remainder of the district in central Jackson County, northwest Monroe County, eastern Wood County, and Adams and Portage counties fall within Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Ron Kind. [9]

Past senators

Previous senators include: [10]

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
WI Senate District 24, 1853-1862 Map of Wisconsin highlighting Green County.svg
WI Senate District 24, 1853-1862

Green County
Thomas Bowen Dem. Redistricted from the 8th district. 6th 1853
Francis H. West Dem. 7th 1854
Rep. 8th 1855
George E. Dexter Rep. 9th 1856
10th 1857
John H. Warren Rep. 11th 1858
12th 1859
John W. Stewart Rep. 13th 1860
14th 1861
Edmund A. West Rep. 15th 1862
16th 1863
Walter S. Wescott Natl. Union 17th 1864
18th1865
Henry Adams Natl. Union 19th1866
20th1867
Rep. 21st1868
22nd1869
John C. Hall Rep. 23rd1870
24th1871
Joseph E. Irish Rep. 25th1872 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix counties
26th1873
Henry D. Barron Rep. Resigned Dec. 1876 after elected Wisconsin circuit court judge.27th1874
28th1875
29th1876
Sam Fifield Rep. Won 1876 special election.30th1877 Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, and St. Croix counties
1875 population: 29,389
1880 population: 41,915
Dana Reed Bailey Rep. 31st1878
32nd1879
Sam Fifield Rep. 33rd1880
34th1881
James Hill Rep. 35th1882
36th1883–1884 Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, St. Croix , and Washburn counties
1880 population: 40,856
Joel F. Nason Rep. 37th1885–1886
38th1887–1888 Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk, Sawyer , and Washburn counties
1885 population: 41,321
Charles S. Taylor Rep. 39th1889–1890
40th1891–1892
Thompson Weeks Rep. 41st1893–1894 Walworth County and eastern Rock County
42nd1895–1896
John W. Whelan Rep. 43rd1897–1898 Buffalo, Eau Claire, and Pepin counties
1895 population: 57,670
1900 population: 56,362
44th1899–1900
Frank McDonough Rep. 45th1901–1902
46th1903–1904 Chippewa, Eau Claire, and Gates counties
1900 population: 64,729
James H. Noble Rep. 47th1905–1906
48th1907–1908
John W. Thomas Rep. 49th1909–1910
50th1911–1912
Robert W. Monk Rep. 51st1913–1914 Clark and Wood counties
1910 population: 60,657
52nd1915–1916
Isaac P. Witter Rep. 53rd1917–1918
54th1919–1920
William L. Smith Rep. 55th1921–1922
56th1923–1924 Clark, Taylor, and Wood counties
57th1925–1926
58th1927–1928
Walter J. Rush Rep. 59th1929–1930
60th1931–1932
61st1933–1934
62nd1935–1936
Prog. 63rd1937–1938
64th1939–1940
Melvin R. Laird Rep. Died March 1946.65th1941–1942
66th1943–1944
67th1945–1946
--Vacant--
Melvin R. Laird Jr. Rep. Won 1946 special election.
Re-elected 1948.
Elected to U.S. House in 1952.
68th1947–1948
69th1949–1950
70th1951–1952
William W. Clark Rep. 71st1953–1954
72nd1955–1956 Clark, Portage, and Wood counties
73rd1957–1958
74th1959–1960
John M. Potter Rep. 75th1961–1962
76th1963–1964
William C. Hansen Dem. 77th1965–1966 Green Lake, Portage, Waushara, and Wood counties
78th1967–1968
Raymond F. Heinzen Rep. 79th1969–1970
80th1971–1972
William A. Bablitch Dem. Resigned July 1983 after election to Wisconsin Supreme Court.81st1973–1974 Portage and Green Lake counties, and
Most of Waushara County
Northern Wood County
Southern Marathon County
Eastern Clark County
Part of Fond du Lac County
Part of Dodge County
Part of Winnebago County
82nd1975–1976
83rd1977–1978
84th1979–1980
85th1981–1982
86th1983–1984 Portage and Wood counties, and
Western Waupaca County
Part of Marathon County
David Helbach Dem. Won 1983 special election.
Resigned Feb. 1995.
87th1985–1986 Portage and Wood counties, and
Northwest Adams County
Part of Waupaca County
Part of Marathon County
88th1987–1988
89th1989–1990
90th1991–1992
91st1993–1994Most of Adams County
Most of Portage County
Most of Wood County
92nd1995–1996
Kevin Shibilski Dem. Won 1995 special election.
Resigned Dec. 2002.
93rd1997–1998
94th1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
--Vacant-- 96th 2003–2004Most of Adams County
Most of Portage County
Most of Wood County


Julie Lassa Dem. Won 2003 special election.
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
101st2013–2014 Portage County and
Most of Wood County
Northern Adams County
Westerm Waushara County
Eastern Jackson County
Northern Monroe County
102nd2015–2016
Patrick Testin Rep. 103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
105th 2021–2022

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