Wisconsin Senate, District 27

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Wisconsin's 27th
State Senate District
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Wisconsin Senate District 27, defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
Senator
  Jon Erpenbach
D West Point
since January 3, 1999 (22 years)
Demographics92.5%  White
2.0%  Black
3.5%  Hispanic
1.5%  Asian
0.5%  Native American
Population (2010)
  Voting age
172,449 [1] [2]
129,390
NotesSouth-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]

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Current elected officials

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]

Past senators

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.

SenatorPartyNotesSessionYearsDistrict Definition
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 18th1865
19th1866
Edward L. Browne Natl. Union 20th1867
21st1868
Charles M. Webb Rep. 22nd1869
23rd1870
Myron Reed Rep. Redistricted to 21st district.24th1871
William M. Griswold Rep. Redistricted from 25th district.25th1872 Columbia County
Evan O. Jones Rep. 26th1873
27th1874
Levi W. Barden Rep. 28th1875
29th1876
30th1877 Adams and Columbia counties
31st1878
Charles L. Dering Rep. 32nd1879
33rd1880
Gilbert E. McKeeby Rep. 34th1881
35th1882 Adams, Columbia, and Marquette counties
1880 population: 43,713
1885 population: 46,263
William T. Parry Rep. 36th18831884
37th18851886
Levi E. Pond Rep. 38th18871888
39th18891890
Russell C. Falconer Dem. 40th18911892
41st18931894 Sauk County and
Western Columbia County
1890 population: 44,629
William F. Conger Rep. 42nd18951896
43rd18971898 Columbia and Sauk counties
1895 population: 63,787
1900 population: 64,127
1910 population: 63,998
William G. Bissell Rep. 44th18991900
45th19011902
George Wylie Rep. 46th19031904
47th19051906
Charles L. Pearson Dem. 48th19071908
49th19091910
John M. True Rep. 50th19111912
51st19131914
George Staudenmayer Dem. 52nd19151916
53rd19171918
Rep. 54th19191920
55th19211922
56th19231924 Columbia, Richland, and Sauk counties
57th19251926
Robert Caldwell Rep. 58th19271928
59th19291930
Fred W. Zantow Rep. 60th19311932
61st19331934
E. Myrwyn Rowlands Prog. 62nd19351936
63rd19371938
Jess Miller Rep. Died Dec. 1965.64th19391940
65th19411942
66th19431944
67th19451946
68th19471948
69th19491950
70th19511952
71st19531954
72nd19551956 Columbia, Crawford, Richland, and Sauk counties
73rd19571958
74th19591960
75th19611962
76th19631964
77th19651966 Adams, Columbia, Juneau, Marquette, and Sauk counties
--Vacant--
Walter Terry Rep. 78th19671968
79th19691970
Everett Bidwell Rep. 80th19711972
81st19731974 Columbia, Marquette, and Sauk counties and
Southern Adams County
Western Dodge County
Southern Juneau County
Part of Jefferson County
82nd19751976
83rd19771978
84th19791980
85th19811982
Russ Feingold Dem. Resigned 1992 after elected to United States Senate.86th19831984 Columbia County and
Most of Sauk County
Most of Richland County
Northwest Dane County
Western Dodge County
87th19851986 Columbia County and
Western Dane County
Part of Dodge County
Part of Green County
Part of Rock County
Part of Sauk County
88th19871988
89th19891990
90th19911992
--Vacant--91st19931994 Green County and
Western Dane County
Western Rock County
Joe Wineke Dem. Won 1993 special election.
92nd19951996
93rd19971998
Jon Erpenbach Dem. 94th19992000
95th 20012002
96th 20032004 Green County and
Western Dane County
Part of Lafayette County
Part of Rock County
97th 20052006
98th 20072008
99th 20092010
100th 20112012
101st20132014Western Dane County
Most of Sauk County
Eastern Iowa County
Part of Columbia County
Part of Green County
102nd20152016
103rd 20172018
104th 20192020
105th 20212022

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. 193–202. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  2. Wisconsin Legislative District Health Profile - Senate District 27 (PDF) (Report). University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. "Senate District 27". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  4. "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 27 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  5. "Senator Jon Erpenbach". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  6. "Representative Dianne Hesselbein". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  7. "Representative Sondy Pope". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  8. "Representative Dave Considine". Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  9. "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature . Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  10. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.


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