Wisconsin Senate, District 24
Type | District of the Upper House |
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Location |
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Senator | Patrick Testin (R) |
Parent organization | Wisconsin Legislature |
Website | District Website |
The 24th District of the Wisconsin Senate is located in central Wisconsin, and is currently composed of parts of Adams, Marathon, Portage, Marquette, Wood, and Waushara counties.[1]
Current elected officials
Patrick Testin is the senator serving the 24th district, elected in November 2016. The previous senator, Julie Lassa, was first elected to the senate in April 2003 in a special election. Before serving as a senator, she was in the State Assembly from 1999 to 2003.[2][3]
The area of the 24th Senate District contains three State Assembly Districts:[4]
- The 70th (represented by Nancy L. VanderMeer)[5]
- The 71st (represented by Katrina Shankland)
- The 72nd (represented by Scott Krug)
The district is located mostly within Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Ron Kind.[6]
Past senators
Previous senators include:[7]
- Thomas Bowen, 1853
- Joseph E. Irish, 1872-1873
- James Hill
- Charles Simeon Taylor, 1889-1893
- John W. Whelan, 1897-1901
- Frank McDonough
- James H. Noble, (1905-1909)
- Robert W. Monk, 1913-1917
- Isaac P. Witter, 1917-1920
- William Lyman Smith, 1921-1928
- William Walter Clark, 1953–1960
- John M. Potter, 1961-1964
- William C. Hansen, 1965-1969
- Raymond F. Heinzen, 1969-1972
- William A. Bablitch, 1972-1983[8]
- David Helbach, 1983-1995
- Kevin Shibilski, 1995-2002
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.
Notes
- ↑ Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 66. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
- ↑ Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 66. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
- ↑ "District website". http://legis.wisconsin.gov/w3asp/contact/legislatorpages.aspx?house=Senate&district=24. External link in
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(help); - ↑ Wisconsin Blue Book, 2013-14 edition, page 67. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
- ↑ http://maps.legis.wisconsin.gov/#
- ↑ Wisconsin Blue Book, 2011-12 edition, page 17. ISBN 978-0-9752820-1-4.
- ↑ Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (comp.). State of Wisconsin 1991-1992 Blue Book. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Administration, 1991, pp. 657-666.
- ↑ Amy Rabideau Silvers. "Bablitch a longtime public servant", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 17, 2011.