Wisconsin's 27th State Senate District | |||||
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Wisconsin Senate District 27, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43 | |||||
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Demographics | 92.5% White 2.0% Black 3.5% Hispanic 1.5% Asian 0.5% Native American | ||||
Population (2010) • Voting age | 172,449 [1] [2] 129,390 | ||||
Notes | South-central Wisconsin |
The 27th Senate District of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin State Senate. [3] Located in south-central Wisconsin, the district comprises most of western Dane County, northern Green County, eastern Iowa County, eastern Sauk County, and parts of western Columbia County. It includes the cities of Baraboo, Middleton, Portage, and Verona, and the southern half of the city of Fitchburg. The district also contains landmarks such as Blue Mound State Park, Devil's Lake State Park, and Mirror Lake State Park. [4]
Jon Erpenbach is the senator representing the 27th district. He was first elected to the senate in the 1998 general election, and is now in his sixth four-year term. [5]
Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three Wisconsin State Assembly districts. The 27th Senate district comprises the 79th, 80th, and 81st Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:
The district is located almost entirely Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Mark Pocan. The area of the district in Columbia County, however, falls within Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman. [9]
The district has previously been represented by: [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.
Senator | Party | Notes | Session | Years | District Definition |
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District created by 1856 Wisc. Act 109. | 1856 | Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, Waushara, and Wood counties | |||
Luther Hanchett | Rep. | 10th | 1857 | ||
11th | 1858 | ||||
12th | 1859 | ||||
13th | 1860 | ||||
Edward L. Browne | Rep. | 14th | 1861 | ||
15th | 1862 | Marathon, Portage, Waupaca, and Wood counties | |||
Alexander S. McDill | Rep. | 16th | 1863 | ||
Natl. Union | 17th | 1864 | |||
Milan H. Sessions | Natl. Union | 18th | 1865 | ||
19th | 1866 | ||||
Edward L. Browne | Natl. Union | 20th | 1867 | ||
21st | 1868 | ||||
Charles M. Webb | Rep. | 22nd | 1869 | ||
23rd | 1870 | ||||
Myron Reed | Rep. | Redistricted to 21st district. | 24th | 1871 | |
William M. Griswold | Rep. | Redistricted from 25th district. | 25th | 1872 | Columbia County |
Evan O. Jones | Rep. | 26th | 1873 | ||
27th | 1874 | ||||
Levi W. Barden | Rep. | 28th | 1875 | ||
29th | 1876 | ||||
30th | 1877 | Adams and Columbia counties | |||
31st | 1878 | ||||
Charles L. Dering | Rep. | 32nd | 1879 | ||
33rd | 1880 | ||||
Gilbert E. McKeeby | Rep. | 34th | 1881 | ||
35th | 1882 | Adams, Columbia, and Marquette counties 1880 population: 43,713 1885 population: 46,263 | |||
William T. Parry | Rep. | 36th | 1883–1884 | ||
37th | 1885–1886 | ||||
Levi E. Pond | Rep. | 38th | 1887–1888 | ||
39th | 1889–1890 | ||||
Russell C. Falconer | Dem. | 40th | 1891–1892 | ||
41st | 1893–1894 | Sauk County and Western Columbia County 1890 population: 44,629 | |||
William F. Conger | Rep. | 42nd | 1895–1896 | ||
43rd | 1897–1898 | Columbia and Sauk counties 1895 population: 63,787 1900 population: 64,127 1910 population: 63,998 | |||
William G. Bissell | Rep. | 44th | 1899–1900 | ||
45th | 1901–1902 | ||||
George Wylie | Rep. | 46th | 1903–1904 | ||
47th | 1905–1906 | ||||
Charles L. Pearson | Dem. | 48th | 1907–1908 | ||
49th | 1909–1910 | ||||
John M. True | Rep. | 50th | 1911–1912 | ||
51st | 1913–1914 | ||||
George Staudenmayer | Dem. | 52nd | 1915–1916 | ||
53rd | 1917–1918 | ||||
Rep. | 54th | 1919–1920 | |||
55th | 1921–1922 | ||||
56th | 1923–1924 | Columbia, Richland, and Sauk counties | |||
57th | 1925–1926 | ||||
Robert Caldwell | Rep. | 58th | 1927–1928 | ||
59th | 1929–1930 | ||||
Fred W. Zantow | Rep. | 60th | 1931–1932 | ||
61st | 1933–1934 | ||||
E. Myrwyn Rowlands | Prog. | 62nd | 1935–1936 | ||
63rd | 1937–1938 | ||||
Jess Miller | Rep. | Died Dec. 1965. | 64th | 1939–1940 | |
65th | 1941–1942 | ||||
66th | 1943–1944 | ||||
67th | 1945–1946 | ||||
68th | 1947–1948 | ||||
69th | 1949–1950 | ||||
70th | 1951–1952 | ||||
71st | 1953–1954 | ||||
72nd | 1955–1956 | Columbia, Crawford, Richland, and Sauk counties | |||
73rd | 1957–1958 | ||||
74th | 1959–1960 | ||||
75th | 1961–1962 | ||||
76th | 1963–1964 | ||||
77th | 1965–1966 | Adams, Columbia, Juneau, Marquette, and Sauk counties | |||
--Vacant-- | |||||
Walter Terry | Rep. | 78th | 1967–1968 | ||
79th | 1969–1970 | ||||
Everett Bidwell | Rep. | 80th | 1971–1972 | ||
81st | 1973–1974 | Columbia, Marquette, and Sauk counties and Southern Adams County Western Dodge County Southern Juneau County Part of Jefferson County | |||
82nd | 1975–1976 | ||||
83rd | 1977–1978 | ||||
84th | 1979–1980 | ||||
85th | 1981–1982 | ||||
Russ Feingold | Dem. | Resigned 1992 after elected to United States Senate. | 86th | 1983–1984 | Columbia County and Most of Sauk County Most of Richland County Northwest Dane County Western Dodge County |
87th | 1985–1986 | Columbia County and Western Dane County Part of Dodge County Part of Green County Part of Rock County Part of Sauk County | |||
88th | 1987–1988 | ||||
89th | 1989–1990 | ||||
90th | 1991–1992 | ||||
--Vacant-- | 91st | 1993–1994 | Green County and Western Dane County Western Rock County | ||
Joe Wineke | Dem. | Won 1993 special election. | |||
92nd | 1995–1996 | ||||
93rd | 1997–1998 | ||||
Jon Erpenbach | Dem. | 94th | 1999–2000 | ||
95th | 2001–2002 | ||||
96th | 2003–2004 | Green County and Western Dane County Part of Lafayette County Part of Rock County | |||
97th | 2005–2006 | ||||
98th | 2007–2008 | ||||
99th | 2009–2010 | ||||
100th | 2011–2012 | ||||
101st | 2013–2014 | Western Dane County Most of Sauk County Eastern Iowa County Part of Columbia County Part of Green County | |||
102nd | 2015–2016 | ||||
103rd | 2017–2018 | ||||
104th | 2019–2020 | ||||
105th | 2021–2022 |
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