Wisconsin's 11th Senate district

The 11th Senate district of Wisconsin is one of 33 districts in the Wisconsin Senate.[1] Located in southern Wisconsin, the district comprises most of Walworth County, most of Kenosha County, and southwest Racine County, along with parts of southeast Rock County. It contains the cities of Burlington, Delavan, Elkhorn, and Lake Geneva, and the villages of Clinton, Darien, East Troy, Genoa City, Paddock Lake, Sharon, Union Grove, Walworth, along with most of the village of Pleasant Prairie and part of the city of Kenosha.[2]

Wisconsin's 11th
State Senate district

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Map
2024 map defined in 2023 Wisc. Act 94
2022 map defined in Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
2011 map was defined in 2011 Wisc. Act 43
composed of Assembly districts 31, 32, and 33
Senator
  Stephen Nass
RWhitewater
since January 3, 2015 (9 years)
Demographics87.9% White
1.19% Black
7.41% Hispanic
1.19% Asian
1.7% Native American
0.08% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)
 • Voting age
177,921
139,936
WebsiteOfficial website
NotesSoutheast Wisconsin

Current elected officials

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Stephen Nass is the senator representing the 11th district. He was first elected in the 2014 general election, and is now serving in his second term. Before his election as senator, he was a member of the State Assembly from 1991 to 2015.[3]

Each Wisconsin State Senate district is composed of three State Assembly districts. The 11th Senate district comprises the 31st, 32nd, and 33rd Assembly districts. The current representatives of those districts are:[4]

The 11th Senate district is almost entirely contained within Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, which is represented by U.S. Representative Bryan Steil. The part of the district containing the northeast corner of Walworth County falls within Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, represented by Scott L. Fitzgerald.[5]

Past senators

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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.

Previous senators from the district include:[6]

Senator Party Notes Session Years District Definition
District created 1848
 
Washington County
Frederick W. Horn Dem. 1st
2nd 1849
3rd 1850
Harvey G. Turner Dem. 4th 1851
5th 1852
Thomas T. Whittlesey Dem. 6th 1853
 
Dane County
7th 1854
Hiram Giles Rep. 8th 1855
9th 1856
10th 1857
 
Eastern Dane County
11th 1858
William Robert Taylor Dem. 12th 1859
13th 1860
Samuel C. Bean Rep. 14th 1861
15th 1862
 
1862–1865

 
1866–1870
Eastern Dane County
Willard H. Chandler Rep. 16th 1863
17th 1864
Natl. Union 18th 1865
19th 1866
Clement Warner Natl. Union 20th 1867
Rep. 21st 1868
Nelson Williams Rep. 22nd 1869
23rd 1870
William M. Colladay Rep. Redistricted to 7th district. 24th 1871
Henry S. Magoon Rep. Redistricted from 13th district. 25th 1872
 
Lafayette County
Francis Campbell Rep. 26th 1873
27th 1874
28th 1875
29th 1876
Thomas B. Scott Rep. Redistricted from 29th district. 30th 1877
 
Chippewa, Clark, Lincoln, Taylor, Wood counties
31st 1878
32nd 1879
33rd 1880
34th 1881
35th 1882
Charles M. Webb Rep. Resigned Apr. 1883, appointed Wisconsin circuit court judge. 36th 1883–1884
 
Ashland, Clark, Lincoln, Price, Taylor, Wood counties
Vacant
Merritt C. Ring Rep. Won 1884 special election. 37th 1885–1886
George F. Merrill Rep. 38th 1887–1888
39th 1889–1890
 
Ashland, Florence, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida, Price, Taylor counties
John T. Kingston Dem. 40th 1891–1892
41st 1893–1894
 
Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Sawyer, Washburn counties
Thomas B. Mills Rep. 42nd 1895–1896
43rd 1897–1898
 
1896–1901

 
1902–1911
Burnett, Douglas, Polk counties
Edgar G. Mills Rep. 44th 1899–1900
45th 1901–1902
George Hudnall Rep. 46th 1903–1904
47th 1905–1906
48th 1907–1908
49th 1909–1910
Victor Linley Rep. 50th 1911–1912
51st 1913–1914
 
Burnett, Douglas, Washburn counties
Fred A. Baxter Rep. 52nd 1915–1916
53rd 1917–1918
Ray J. Nye Rep. 54th 1919–1920
55th 1921–1922
Vacant[note 1] 56th 1923–1924
 
Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Washburn counties
Marcus A. Kemp Rep. Won 1923 special election.
57th 1925–1926
R. Bruce Johnson Rep. 58th 1927–1928
59th 1929–1930
Philip E. Nelson Rep. 60th 1931–1932
61st 1933–1934
62nd 1935–1936
Prog. 63rd 1937–1938
64th 1939–1940
65th 1941–1942
Elmer Peterson Prog. 66th 1943–1944
67th 1945–1946
Arthur Lenroot Jr. Rep. 68th 1947–1948
69th 1949–1950
70th 1951–1952
71st 1953–1954
Richard J. Zaborski Dem. 72nd 1955–1956
 
73rd 1957–1958
74th 1959–1960
75th 1961–1962
76th 1963–1964
77th 1965–1966
 
Wayne F. Whittow Dem. Resigned in 1976. 78th 1967–1968
79th 1969–1970
80th 1971–1972
81st 1973–1974
 
82nd 1975–1976
Warren Braun Dem. Won 1976 special election. 83rd 1977–1978
84th 1979–1980
85th 1981–1982
J. Mac Davis Rep. Resigned July 1990, appointed Wisconsin circuit court judge. 86th 1983–1984
 
87th 1985–1986
 
88th 1987–1988
89th 1989–1990
Joanne Huelsman Rep. 90th 1991–1992
91st 1993–1994
 
92nd 1995–1996
93rd 1997–1998
94th 1999–2000
95th 2001–2002
Neal Kedzie Rep. 96th 2003–2004
 
97th 2005–2006
98th 2007–2008
99th 2009–2010
100th 2011–2012
101st 2013–2014
 
Most of Walworth County
southwest Waukesha County
southern Jefferson County
eastern Rock County
part of Kenosha County
Stephen Nass Rep. 102nd 2015–2016
103rd 2017–2018
104th 2019–2020
105th 2021–2022
106th 2023–2024
 
Most of Walworth County,
southern Jefferson County,
eastern Rock County,
part of Kenosha County

Notes

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  1. ^ Republican Ole G. Kinney was elected in 1922 but died before taking office.

References

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  1. ^ "Senate District 11". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Wisconsin Legislative Districts - Senate District 11 Boundaries". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "Senator Stephen L. Nass". Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  4. ^ District Map
  5. ^ "State of Wisconsin Congressional Districts" (PDF). Wisconsin Legislature. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  6. ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1991-92 edition, Statistics: History, pages 657-666.
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