Wisconsin Senate, District 5

Senate District 5
Type District of the Upper House
Location South-eastern Wisconsin
Region served Milwaukee area
Senator Leah Vukmir (R)
Parent organization Wisconsin Legislature
Website Official Site

The 5th District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in Southern Wisconsin, and is composed of parts of Milwaukee County, and Waukesha County.[1]

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Current elected officials

Leah Vukmir is the senator serving the 5th district. She was elected in 2010 to a four year term. Before serving as a senator, she held an office in the State Assembly, serving the 14th District from 2003 to 2011.[2]

The area of the 5th Senate District contains three State Assembly Districts:[3]

The district is also located mostly within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Jim Sensenbrenner.[4]

Past senators

The district has previously been represented by:[5]

Note: the boundaries of districts have sometimes changed over history. Previous politicians of a specific numbered district may have represented a slightly different geographic area, due to redistricting.

See also

Political subdivisions of Wisconsin

Notes

  1. ^ District Map
  2. ^ Vukmir Biography
  3. ^ District Map
  4. ^ Congressional District Map
  5. ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.

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